Tag: Wildlife
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Watercolor art
I’m really loving watercolors and have done several over the last few months. It’s easy, not messy, and I can come and go as life demands without worry of the need to complete a piece in one sitting. I have had some old prints for years, possibly from Home Interiors, that I decided to make…
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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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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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The anatomy of a cardinal
I decided several months ago to brush up on the art form of pencil sketching. I had sketched quite often in my 30s, but life happened, and I set it aside, completely forgetting that I had even sketched at all. Then, as I’ve written in previous post, my cousin asked me to paint her deceased…
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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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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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Snake Doctor…
…..more commonly known as a dragonfly are called a multitude of things depending on the area of the world and the culture. Here in the south they are known as snake doctors mostly because they are found around water and water in the deep south usually also has snakes. Some old myths say the insects…
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Spontaneous Road Trip
Between the heat, the soaring gas prices and the crazies creating havoc all over the country we have sorely decreased our travels. But, today we just had to do something. My large knitting project is almost complete and my hands needed a rest. My soul needed rejuvenated and refreshed. I did my regular Monday routine…
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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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