No, I don't have a St. Paddy's day picture. Well, I guess it could be if you want to imagine that the rhino's bow tie is green. I drew him in honor of the honorable judge who presided over the case I participated in (as a member of the jury, I might add, not the defendant). I loved the judge. He had a sense of humor and was a cute little guy who wore a bow tie every day. Before we entered the court room the jurors would place bets on what color bow tie he would be wearing that day. Unfortunately, he never got to polka dots, only solid colors and stripes. I do wonder if he will be wearing a green bow tie today. Possibly a green polka dotted bow tie? On the last day of my civic duty, after the verdict was read and everyone was cleared out of the court room, the judge called us back in to thank us. At this point he invited us to ask questions. Since we had been wondering about how many bow ties he owns, one of the jurors asked that question. I could tell he loved that and that he enjoys talking about his bow tie collection. It turns out he owns about 50 bow ties and he started the tradition about 10 years ago, when another judge convinced him that it would be a good idea. He is retiring next year and is hoping that another judge will carry on the tradition. I hope so too.
