DRAWING CHALLENGE- BIRD

new and old birds...

What to do with wings.... 3/11/11

tempera on cut cardboard (cheap fun) 3/11/11

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autumn and winter feathers... 2010-2011

still working on deciphering woodpecker code... I think I'm close

3/11

the geese return!  3/11/11

owly sketch 

 an old roseate spoonbill painting '98

bluebird on Cape Cod

This was fun.  I am a huge bird fan.  Thank you Elisabeth for hosting the BIRD drawing challenge!  And Thank You Hanna for telling me about it.  :) Please see Elisabeth's blog for more drawings in the Bird drawing challenge.

trees around me

= hungry birds

a walking stick tree (is much prettier in winter)

Wild Turkeys in the Bee Yard and one quiet hive

The turkeys seemed to have scoped out the yard for the detritus because most of the bees that

were fallen and scattered here from the last cleansing flight were gone from the entrances and surrounding areas.  Only hearing the buzzing from one colony.

March's Lion

Nature walk - recommended often

Turkey tracks

Boy tracks

woodpecker !

hungry woodpecker at that...

melting pumpkin

I call this one 'hedgehog in snow'

   She was hidden in the woods.  I'm not ready to explain this sort of thing to our boy.  I was glad he didn't see.  He is so inquisitive and I am sure he would ask "why?",  just like we all do, even as adults.

I don't want to make up stories, I don't want him to be sad or confused or scared and at the same time I don't want to desensitize him...

Life is real, death is real and he is precious.

If you notice a child doing or saying something selfless and compassionate, please, please drop what you are doing and praise them for it.  Don't go crazy about it, just let them know that you notice and genuinely appreciate them.   The world needs it and it feels really good.