Changa here, Sy Isn't at a level where he can even use his phone so I thought I would dive into this account to push out the word. We're really thankful for the support the community is giving us right now. We are on our 6th hospital so you can imagine our stress right now.

The 12 Cards of Christmas, Bonus Day! In 1974 my favorite animated film was UPA's "Gay Purr-ee", a musical with Judy Garland, Robert Goulet, Hermione Gingold, Red Buttons & Paul Frees. The characters are on a clear cell. the background is a paining. I made up the orange kitten for Robespierre.

The 12 Cards of Christmas, Day 12. 2022. This is the Fur Tree, set up in the library. Theta (the first skiltaire I created) sits with a gift. This actual size plush was made by Julie Bowman who was one of the first to sell tails at furry cons. Stay tuned for a bonus card tomorrow!

The 12 Cards of Christmas, Day11: For my 2005 card I went for a minimalist, simple graphic design. Raani (Vinson Mink), Sy (me), Seriayne, Changa (Changa Husky) I liked how this turned out.

Vinson Mink and I tell the story of how we met at Loscon 7 in the Furry History exhibit of the Virtual Furry Museum world of VR Chat. Photo by Chenall.

The 12 Cards of Christmas, Day 10. Skipping many years to 2004. (I may find more eventually), A photo of our real "Fur Tree" With Changa (lying), Seriayne (standing on his back), Sy (me) with Raani (Vinson) on his shoulders. "Zappy Holidays" (skiltaire are electric). Our family for over 20 years.

The 12 Cards of Christmas, Day 9. 1989 Marker and colored pencil, cutout and pasted on red paper, with shading added. Clockwise: Raani (Vinson), Kawauso (Andre), ? (Noah Miller) ans ? (Shayne Raney), Sy (me) in the center. I made this while visiting Ken Sample in New Jersey for the holiday.

The 12 Cards of Christmas, Day 8. 1987: Painted on tan illustration board, using under-painting for the characters. L standing ? (Lance Rund), ? (John Perchalski) w/ribbon, Tari (Ken Sample) on floor, Sy (me) wrapping gift, Raani (Vinson) and Kawauso (Andre) snoozing. Wish I could remember names.

The 12 Cards of Christmas, Day 7. 1986, another "police lineup". Chirpy Holiday is for the "chirp!" skiltaire greeting. Steve Martin helped with the airbrush background and under-panting. L to R, Tari (Ken), Kawauso (Andre). Raani (Vinson), Sy (me), ? (Lance Rund and Steve Corbett), Omni (?)

The 12 Cards of Christmas, Day 6. For 1985 I painted on illustration board myself (belly sledding) Sy, Raani holding my tail (Vinson Mink), Kawauso with snow on his head (Andre Johnson) and Tari, in the tree (Ken Sample).

The 12 Cards of Christmas, Day 5. This 1983 card is a drawing of the front of The Prancing Skiltaire, our house. From left to right: Raani (Vinson Mink), Tria (Lisa Sample), Sy (me), Tari (Ken Sample). A gray & red arboreal (I can't remember) and Kawauso (Andre Johnson)

P22 the Griffith Park cougar lived for a decade in the center of the city. He inspired the funding of the largest wildlife bridge system ever conceived.

The 12 Cards of Christmas, Day 4. In 1982 I worked for the Subaru Tech Center (Subaru cars were imported by a US company back then). I was hired to fix the OEM radios so they would work in the US. This is Kawauso, Andre's brown/orange skiltaire and Midori (green) in a 1982 Subaru wagon.

The 12 Cards of Christmas, Day 3. Many of my holiday cards are groups of skiltaire. My mates and myself and friends I designed custom skiltaire for. From left to right: Tari (Ken Sample), Fanta (C/FO mascot w/video camera), Sy (me), Ora (Linda my girlfriend) and my friends Mark and Kim.

Got up this morning to find the aging Mitsubishi 50" monitor on my gaming system was replaced with a new 65" 4K Samsung! I expect it was an inside job...

The 12 Cards of Christmas, Day 2. By 1978 we were redesigning the speakers based on an improved vent system. The Qysonic wizard became our new promotional mascot. My mother made a costume for me to wear at trade shows. Many companies boasted "accuracy", we decided on the "the magic of neutrality".

I remembered I had an old photo of the Lantana Sable T-shirt from a CES we exhibited at. The sable character was designed by Ken Sample and was the company mascot. The sable system was a 3 or 4 piece modular speaker system with tad monitors and 1 or 2 LAug bass extender units.

The 12 Cards of Christmas, Day 1. In the 70's I made Christmas cards by taking photos of art and sending the prints as postcards. the first was just a wildlife winter scene from a magazine ad, but later I started making my own art. This is Theta with my Qysonic Research speakers in 1977.

Nick, Holly the jackalope beside the Fur Tree before the gift exchange at the December Prancing Skiltaire party.

My first computer was a Pied Piper CPM machine with a built-in HD 5 1/4 floopy drive. I used a green monochrome monitor. I got it for writing. Came with Perfect Office suite, but a friend gave me Wordstar 3, which I downloaded over a 6400baud modem in 6 hours.

Trains are up! All aboard!

Getting ready to set up the model trains, but I have to get the kitties off the table first.

We are all made of star-stuff.

I made these.

Yes.

The veil between worlds becomes thin at the Furality Portal at MFF.

While we're at MFF, I will be checking telegram for any messages from friends that want to meetup. My telegram is Sysable.

My partner and I will be presenting our Two Old Furry Fans Q & A at MFF, Saturday 12-2-23 in the Hyatt LAX room. We hope to see you there!

Rod and I are at The Academy screening of Wish. The directors, song writers and producers were interviewed by a reporter from Variety. The reception is on the Dolby terrace above the theater.

CLAWS! Furry event at Hamburger Mary's in Long Beach, CA. The drag show performers and my mate on the dance floor with a fox.

There needs to be more events like this.

Laptop Gideon

Is there anything more majestic than a foxtaur in full winter fluff?

The fursuits at MAW in Arcadia, CA, 11-18-23.

Cheetah with a big MAW fan.

A starstruck dude with bad hair (me) shows Dr. Osamu Tezuka Sensei a drawing of a skiltaire at a C/FO animation club screening at the Animator's Union Hall in1979.

Yes, Tezuka was a furry. He liked my skiltare and asked me if he could include them in his Astroboy reboot.

I think every furry convention that does themes has done pirates at least once.

Amazing post!

Werewolves Playing Poker, by my partner Changa Husky for his Creator's Showcase video for MFF.

Of course.

One of my favorite posters by Steve Martin (the artist, not the actor/comedian)

My husky partner Changa is on the video team of Furality, the VR Chat furry convention. He is a video genius IMHO.

Pied Piper CPM computer with HD floppy drive. It came with Perfect Office suite software, but a friend let me download Wordstar 3 from his office. It too 6 hours.

Bob Hill, creator and performer of Hilda the Haku-hasin (Bambioid) character, designed by Jerry Collins, was one of the first non-mascot style full-body animal character costumes. Bob was an artist, model-maker and a character performer at Disneyland. I was his photographer.

The first Prancing Skiltaire party was over a weekend in 1980 at my parent's house in Garden Grove. This was 5 years before the first furry room party at Westercon 1985 in Sacramento, CA. Here is the original wooden painted sign.

Useful information.

Saturday Morning Cartoon Breakfast at PAWcon.

The famous Party Patios of the Doubletree San Jose at PAWcon.

The Furry Family Ofrenda is set up at PAWcon in San Jose.