Many of my drawings have emerged out of laborious photo shoots.  Receiver, Reception, Rejection, Burdens, The Back, and On Television are all examples.  Capturing other subjects has seemed more like catching lightning in a bottle: Outing, Reading, Adjustments, Grill and Cast, to name several.  McDonaldland Cookies was one of these.  Marsha and I had taken a very cold, midwinter day trip to Madison, Wisconsin.  As we were running from indoor space to indoor space to avoid death from exposure, we came across this scene.  A mother had placed both her children on the high ledge of the bus shelter as a way of ensuring they would not run off and otherwise cause trouble while she was on the phone.  While it was true that the kids had been bribed with cookies and soda, neither one seemed happy to be stranded here.  Their protestations were, in fact rather comic.  They were gesticulating wildly, and from our rather distant point of view, they seemed almost like muppets interacting with people from this unusual shelf like perch.  I was laughing so hard that I had difficulty taking the shot.