Category: illustration
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Doves Fly
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One of the sounds I enjoy hearing in the morning is the call of the Mourning Dove.It’s cooing call has a melancholy feeling to it.I remember the first time I heard it. I was like, “What is that bird”. It was day time. It couldn’t be an owl. It wasn’t an owl, but the Mourning…
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LA Fires
The Los Angeles Fires are a huge loss to those who lived there. I can’t even imagine or find the “just right” words.They’ve lost so much. Yet there are people coming together to help in many ways. Organizationsthroughout Our country are collecting donations to help those in needs.I came across an article, “After The Fires:…
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Cool Breezes
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In the cool of the late afternoon I sit outside. Cool breezes sweep through the yard.Chimney Swifts fly above catching bugs in flight.I adore the female humming bird that has made our backyard her territory.Last month I had a bad fall. I am recovering.I bought some new brushes and scratch board.Time to experiment. Best,Lisa G.…
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Finding Peace and Joy
2024 How do you find time for a moment of peace and joy? In our busy lives it’s easy to get caught up in the rush and noise. For a while now in the media everywhere there’s news about Trump trials, extremepoliticians, war in Ukraine, Israel and Hamas terrorism, etc. I do my best to…
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Characters
My younger daughter and I enjoy being out in nature and bird watching. Bird watching opened us up to learning to identify birds, as well as learning more about each bird that we saw. We would note how they moved and acted in their surroundings. How they moved and acted got my daughter and I…
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Coming Forth
It’s amazing to note and see the transformations that happen in nature.Just last week I noticed some green leaves of Daffodils pushing up through the soil.I was happy to see them.Then just today I noticed some stems with buds had come up.Slowly but surely, The flowers make their way up to the surface and eventuallybloom.It’s…
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Big Wide Mouth Frog
Happy Spring Green leaves are pushing through the ground up to the light.Buds are forming on tree branches.Birds are singing and looking for a mate.Animals, such as frogs and turtles, warm up in the sunshine, .My mom always loved frogs. She would occasionally collect frog items. At one timeshe had googly eyed sticker frogs that…
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Fly Away
Happy Autumn Autumn brings cooler days.The leaves of deciduous trees change color and fall in their preparation for winter.Some birds migrate south to warmer climates. In summer, I enjoy seeing the ruby throated humming bird that visits my hummingbird feeder. He hovers as he sips from each sugar water hole. Sometimes he sitson the perch…
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Wood for Hagrid
There was an article in The National Audubon Society’s newsletter aboutphotographing birds. The author mentioned that one could set up a perch with abranch and place it in an area that would be ideal to take pictures of birds, yet notdisturb the birds too much. I found a stub branch in the yard. I placed…
