…and some weeks you need to draw a rhino on a tricycle.
This was a rhino week. I regret nothing.

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When Jo Robinson won my Doodle Contest, she didn’t just win a doodle, she also won a story, written by me, using the five words she provided. Her words are:
Weatherwax
Books
Nuts
Jelly
Zimbabwe
Below is the result of my storytelling efforts. Enjoy!
Last week, the lovely and talented Jo Robinson was the winner of The Official Semi-Annual Mike Allegra Win a Doodle Contest. Her prize was a custom made doodle of anything she wanted!
What she wanted was a flock of birds:
“Can you do a doodle of my birds, please? I have four of them — two nanday conures (a male called Beep Beep and a female called Beany), and two masked weaver bird boys called Jelly and Button. I call them my feathered horde… They fell out of their nests up in Zimbabwe (lived there for 18 years until we had to leave a couple of years ago) and have been my babies ever since.”
Well, Jo, your wish is my command:

But that’s not all! Jo also won a Mike Allegra-penned story featuring five words of her choice. Those words are:
Weatherwax
Jelly
Books
Nuts
Zimbabwe
So far I’m stumped, but I’m sure I’ll come up with a story by next week. Stay tuned.