Dear Auntie Em

 

I'm once again joining Neet at Hickydorums, our host this month at Art Journal Journey who has chosen Type as her theme.

Dear Auntie Em.  That is the title of this post today.

Here is the letter in all its glory:

Dear Auntie Em,

How are you?  Toto and I
                  w
are fine, no    that Almira

Gulch can’t find Toto.

Last week we went to the
z
 oo and saw some scary

flying monkeys.  Toto was

very scared.


Good news! Mr. Bradly has

hired me to wokrk in his

shop.  I will be painting

horses.  Toto can come to

the shop, too.
    
Love to you and UncleHenry, 

Dorothy

Dorothy is preparing to send a thank you letter to Mr. Bradly as well as accepting the position he has offered her.

 

Toto appears to be looking forward to accompanying Dorothy in her new job.

This cute cairn-terrier has some ideas about painting horses, too.

I started this page by painting it with two colors of Staz-on reinkers to which I added 91% isopropyl alcohol.  Once dry, which took no time at all, I computer generated the letter and scanned the envelope to Mr. Bradly.  I got the cairn-terrier from the internet and fussy cut it.

For those of you who may be unfamiliar with the Wizard of Oz, there are several references you should know.

While in Kansas, Toto bit the wealthy and mean spirited Almira Gulch on the leg, causing her to obtain a sheriff's order to have him put to sleep.  She was in the process of taking him to the sheriff when Toto ran away and returned to Dorothy.  Dorothy decided to leave the farm to save Toto's life.  

This is where the letter Dorothy wrote to Auntie Em steers away from the real story.  Instead of heading to the Land of Oz, Dorothy heads to Baltimore, where she applies for a job with Mr. Charles Bradly, who hires her on the spot, even though he lives in Connecticut.  

The flying monkeys are a reference to the Wicked Witch of the West (who looks suspiciously like Almira Gulch) sending her winged monkeys to find Dorothy.  Painting horses that Dorothy will be doing in her new job refers to while in the Emerald City, there was a scene entitled Horse of a Different Color You've Heard Tell Of.  The horse, attached to a carriage that pulled Dorothy and her friends/co-conspirators through the halls of Oz, changed colors through the use of varying shades of jello powder being applied to the horse.  I doubt Dorothy will be using jello powder and her horses will undoubtedly be non-living.

Thank you ever so much for visiting today and allowing me to bring you a bit of the Wizard of Oz your way.  Bleubeard, and I are delighted you joined us and hope to see you at Art Journal Journey with your own take on Type.