Gaddo Reflections

David’s daughter loves butterflies so I wonder if he was thinking of her while he colored this one? I’d think to think, yes, he was. ...

Do you remember when pet stores would have colored chicks for sale at Easter time? One year we each got a chick for Easter, and I am...

Owln’t you ready for some cooler weather? Fall will be here before we know it and then winter. I’ll be dreaming of summer when the cold...

Another day to celebrate life! Another chance to make things right. Another day to say, “I love you.” Another day to say, “I’m sorry.”...

David loved color! I think this and the snakeskin were the only two in these two colors. Still have quite a few to scan so there could...

Use your imagination for this one. I saw snakeskin even though I have never seen a snake with these colors. Anyway, David loved to play...

We never saw whales as kids at Cape Lookout in the Outer Banks. We saw dolphins, sharks, horse shoe crabs and other sea life. We...

I don't remember if David would go out snorkeling or diving with my parents like I did. He didn't stay in Marathon long after we moved...

David had started experimenting with combining different colorings together. He did one for me with sea turtles and flowers that I love. ...

Scarab - David loved scary movies. The scarier, the better. The Mummy, Dracula and Frankenstein. Dark Shadows came on right as we were...

David did have a very vibrant imagination and it comes out in his colorings (and his pranks, too.) Enjoy those you love because tomorrow...

One of our rainy day activities as kids would be to race jigsaw puzzles. We would each pick a puzzle with the same number of pieces and...

One of our distant cousins had a reputation of not being nice to animals and knocking bird nests with eggs out of trees. We took the...

I should have saved the bee story for this coloring. He continued to play with snakes, bugs, squirrels. I came home into the basement...

This style reminds me of Britto (Romero Britto). The heavy think lines . And the vibrant colors. I don’t think he knew of Britto. He...

They are so regal. I don’t have a David story involving Eagles or birds at all. H did hate it when the sea gulls at the beach would...

David loved to be outside and play with all sorts of creatures. When he was about 7 we were playing outside in Minneapolis. He started...

David liked villains. I think he fancied himself when we was younger as a villain. Not an evil one, just a prankster. He was probably...

Jimmy was oldest of the boys in our neighborhood and David and his friend were a year younger than Jimmy. There was a little boy in the...

David and Jimmy were both big superhero fans starting at a very young age. We were living in Minneapolis the first I remember their...