Category: Wildlife
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What’s good for the goose
……..is good for the gander. My husband takes an early morning walk before I rise for the day. It’s good exercise and helps him stay mobile in his daily living with Parkinson disease from Agent Orange exposure. As he walks, he takes photos of things he sees along his path to share with me when…
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Morning walks
Are good for the soul. Completely regenerates me to be out in nature communing with God.
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Cardinal’s Mate
I continue to progress in decreasing the learning curve of more life like sketches to the point of adding more color interests in some. I’m still not comfortable adding color. Even the best possible quality color pencils such as Prismacolor have a different feel and handling than graphite Fabercastell sketching pencils. But I am determined…
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A walk in the woods
We have dealt with either very cold or dreary rainy days or both the last several weeks. Yesterday I walked outside into beautiful partly sunny skies and a mild 66 degrees. Managed to prune the dead leaves from our lambs ear that has been struggling with the Mish mash weather in its own way. It…
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Long ago talents renewed
I’ve developed a routine the last couple weeks of sitting daily to sketch something. I used to draw in the early 90’s to keep me busy while students worked on their assignments in a high school art class I often substitute taught. I had actually forgotten about those sketches till I went looking for a…
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River Walk
It wasn’t so stifling hot last Thursday so I took advantage and went for a short walk along the river front. Had I chosen to go early morning it would have lasted longer but I didn’t get out of the house till closer to noon. By the time I walked onto the board walk it…
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A Necessary Rant
I just have to discuss this issue that seems to be growing. I honestly will never understand the need of people to leave a mark…… an unnecessary damaging mark on nature. The words Group think comes to mind….. you know those people that tend to do whatever the others do without rhyme or reason? I…
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Blue heron and friends
One of the advantages of living near a river is the abundance of places to hike and catch a glimpse of the wildlife that thrive there. This beautiful sunny day was quite warm and I found a more secluded area off the beaten path that I had never explored. The shade on the shore drew…
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