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Picture a Day #131 – When You’re a Bird
It isn’t easy to feed a family these days, no matter what your species. If you live in a neighborhood with few snags (do you want a dead tree looming over your home?) and you are a cavity-nester, you make … Continue reading
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Tagged bird watching, California, hobbies, nature, orioles, postaday, woodpeckers
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Picture a Day #130 – A Home for Woodpeckers
There are a variety of large trees, including pine and oak, all around my daughter’s house in Trinity County, California. But this pair of Acorn Woodpeckers seemed intent on setting up housekeeping in a nearby telephone pole. They were quite busy … Continue reading
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Tagged bird watching, California, hobbies, nature, postaday, woodpeckers
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Picture a Day #129 – Spring Creatures
Today I photographed a pair of orioles in my daughter Katie’s yard in Trinity County, California. I had the wrong lens on my camera, and when I returned to the oak tree where they were feeding, they decided to leave. Here is … Continue reading
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Tagged apple blossoms, bird watching, California, hobbies, insects, nature, orioles, photography, postaday
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Picture a Day #128 – Katie’s Veggie Garden
This week I am visiting my daughter Katie, who lives in a mountain valley in northern California, at an elevation of about two thousand feet. It has gotten quite warm during the day, but is still cold at night. She … Continue reading
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Tagged family, gardening, hobbies, nature, postaday
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Picture a Day #127 – Oh, Pear!
OK, today I’m back on the topic of pears, but I also have some mixed fruit to share. After I had drawn pears the traditional way, I decided to change-up the shades, and put my pears in the company of … Continue reading
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Tagged art, drawing, fruit, hobbies, postaday, Prismacolor pencils
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Picture a Day #126 – Happy Birthday Cake
Sometimes adults need yummy birthday cakes. Before I went to visit my daughter for her birthday, I decided to make my Rocky Road Cake from last December again, but I used a different recipe, and gave it a twist. This … Continue reading
Picture a Day #125 – Mailing My Pears
My 6×6 inch art is in the mail now. Today I sent off five pieces to RoCo: two drypoint prints from my 2006 edition, two watercolor landscapes I painted last month, and this soft pastel pear, my most recent fruity … Continue reading
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Tagged 6x6x2012, art, fruit, hobbies, landscape, nature, painting, pastel, postaday, printmaking, watercolor
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Picture a Day #124 – May Showers
Today was another one of those showery days when the sun finally comes out and it’s still raining. I ducked outside a couple of times to check on things in the garden, and couldn’t resist this soggy but still brilliant … Continue reading
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Tagged gardening, hobbies, home, inspiration, iris, nature, postaday, rainbow
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Picture a Day #123 – More 6×6 Art
Awhile back, I decided to create a sampler of 6×6 inch art using a variety of media. I was not completely satisfied with my first project – a Prismacolor sketch on Arches watercolor paper. Oh well. Nothing ventured. I have worked on several other … Continue reading
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Tagged 6x6x2012, art, hobbies, nature, painting, postaday, watercolor
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Picture a Day #122 – More and More Pears!
OK, here we go again. My pear hobby really took off three years ago when I began drawing pears using Prismacolor pencils. I just couldn’t seem to stop! Here are some examples of my work during this period. I was … Continue reading
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Tagged art, drawing, fruit, hobbies, pears, postaday, Prismacolor pencils
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