Christmas Adventures of the Admirable Mr. Seal
First, have you taken my poll? Help me figure out this zine thing!
Second, I got a new scanner for Christmas and figuring that puppy out may delay scanning the Christmas doodles a bit. But never fear! You will get your doodles!
Third, followers on Twitter and Facebook may have observed some shenanigans with seals going on lately. It was like this:
![](http://i1379.photobucket.com/albums/ah158/tb_jeremiah/2014-12-21153801_zps86646cd8.jpg)
Yr. correspondent likes Christmas. So does our good friend, impeccable gentleman, and crack tree decorator Mr. Seal.
Only a few of you have actually met Mr. Seal before, I believe, so perhaps introductions are in order. Mr. Seal has been with us for over a decade and a half, steadfastly being pillowlike and also seal-shaped (and also just a little bit shark-shaped? Rumors abound concerning forbidden liaisons somewhere in his family tree, but Mr. Seal maintains a dignified silence). He has traveled--oh, how he has traveled! Though a homebody at heart, he is willing to drop everything should one of his friends need his company on a road trip, plane journey, or midnight escape.
Take this Christmas, for instance, when he was called upon to leave his cozy home to take Christmas cheer to distant relations.
![](http://i1379.photobucket.com/albums/ah158/tb_jeremiah/2014-12-24073943_zps2dcc934b.jpg)
Dutifully, Mr. Seal prepared himself for a long ride with nothing to listen to but the radio, because this particular car (also steadfast, also more than a decade old) is a little deficient in the sound system department.
Mr. Seal always buckles his seatbelt. He is a stickler for road safety.
![](http://i1379.photobucket.com/albums/ah158/tb_jeremiah/2014-12-24174433_zps5d1e4ff1.jpg)
Mr. Seal is generally happy where he is (even when he has to travel), but sometimes he likes to sit down with a nature program about the Arctic, watching other seals and dreaming of strange, cold waters.
![](http://i1379.photobucket.com/albums/ah158/tb_jeremiah/2014-12-25062305_zps9256beff.jpg)
But he really loves a cozy Christmas morning.
![](http://i1379.photobucket.com/albums/ah158/tb_jeremiah/2014-12-26145319_zps06099538.jpg)
He is also not averse to making a stop at the local coffee shop wherever he finds himself, resting, watching passersby, and ruminating on seal matters.
![](http://i1379.photobucket.com/albums/ah158/tb_jeremiah/2014-12-26145526_zpsf7ba7676.jpg)
And, of course, enjoying a final latte before he starts his journey home.
Second, I got a new scanner for Christmas and figuring that puppy out may delay scanning the Christmas doodles a bit. But never fear! You will get your doodles!
Third, followers on Twitter and Facebook may have observed some shenanigans with seals going on lately. It was like this:
![](http://i1379.photobucket.com/albums/ah158/tb_jeremiah/2014-12-21153801_zps86646cd8.jpg)
Yr. correspondent likes Christmas. So does our good friend, impeccable gentleman, and crack tree decorator Mr. Seal.
Only a few of you have actually met Mr. Seal before, I believe, so perhaps introductions are in order. Mr. Seal has been with us for over a decade and a half, steadfastly being pillowlike and also seal-shaped (and also just a little bit shark-shaped? Rumors abound concerning forbidden liaisons somewhere in his family tree, but Mr. Seal maintains a dignified silence). He has traveled--oh, how he has traveled! Though a homebody at heart, he is willing to drop everything should one of his friends need his company on a road trip, plane journey, or midnight escape.
Take this Christmas, for instance, when he was called upon to leave his cozy home to take Christmas cheer to distant relations.
![](http://i1379.photobucket.com/albums/ah158/tb_jeremiah/2014-12-24073943_zps2dcc934b.jpg)
Dutifully, Mr. Seal prepared himself for a long ride with nothing to listen to but the radio, because this particular car (also steadfast, also more than a decade old) is a little deficient in the sound system department.
Mr. Seal always buckles his seatbelt. He is a stickler for road safety.
![](http://i1379.photobucket.com/albums/ah158/tb_jeremiah/2014-12-24174433_zps5d1e4ff1.jpg)
Mr. Seal is generally happy where he is (even when he has to travel), but sometimes he likes to sit down with a nature program about the Arctic, watching other seals and dreaming of strange, cold waters.
![](http://i1379.photobucket.com/albums/ah158/tb_jeremiah/2014-12-25062305_zps9256beff.jpg)
But he really loves a cozy Christmas morning.
![](http://i1379.photobucket.com/albums/ah158/tb_jeremiah/2014-12-26145319_zps06099538.jpg)
He is also not averse to making a stop at the local coffee shop wherever he finds himself, resting, watching passersby, and ruminating on seal matters.
![](http://i1379.photobucket.com/albums/ah158/tb_jeremiah/2014-12-26145526_zpsf7ba7676.jpg)
And, of course, enjoying a final latte before he starts his journey home.