Well it is April, and I am still blogging!
Beautiful spring days and the air is full of bird song and bird chatter; I have devoted most of this post to birds.
Young Canary having a bath (Hawaii)
‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers –
That perches in the soul –
And sings the tune without the words –
And never stops – at all …
That perches in the soul –
And sings the tune without the words –
And never stops – at all …
Emily Dickinson
Heron above and Red Winged Blackbird below
Hummingbird on my feeder
Hail to thee, blithe Spirit!
Bird thou never wert,
That from Heaven, or near it,
Pourest thy full heart
In profuse strains of unpremeditated art.
Higher still and higher
From the earth thou springest
Like a cloud of fire;
The blue deep thou wingest,
And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest …
Bird thou never wert,
That from Heaven, or near it,
Pourest thy full heart
In profuse strains of unpremeditated art.
Higher still and higher
From the earth thou springest
Like a cloud of fire;
The blue deep thou wingest,
And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest …
Percy Shelley
Eagle chased by a Seagull above and Grebes below
Swallow
Our bird house is definitely in the fixer upper category, but it has attracted a family of Nuthatches:
Here is a peek at one.
Guess we avoided the vacancy tax!
I haven't managed to get a photo (whole bird) of them yet but here is an image of a Nuthatch from the internet:
no how-to video this month but here is a You Tube video I made of Java Finches from videos I took when I was in Maui.
(when we were still allowed to travel)
Java Finches
From the Studio:
Painting.
Shore Crabs
More 3D work too.
I have been busy working on another in what may become a series of Mysterious Corvids. This one is called Sherlock:
Still more work to do on the cover of the book
I gave him a jeweled Victorian pencil
and of course he had to have a deer stalker and a pipe
This is made from a polymer clay called "Sculpey" which is molded then baked in the oven and painted. A big thank you to Lea Price for all her advice, I am definitely still in the learning stage with this medium.
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A couple of funny videos from the BBC:
Best of BBC talking animals (and birds):
What if Animals could sing like humans?
