Shall We Dance

 

Shall we dance

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I am taking a class from Páivi of Peony and Parakeet

I love her art and she is a wonderful teacher. 

She has some videos on YouTube if you want to experience her teaching before considering a class. 

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I woke to our second snowfall today, around 2"

Then it rained all day and still coming down into the night. 

My little birds were all wet:

And my fingers got SO cold. 

Tis glove season. 

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The Pearl

 

 

the chickadee

with great gratitude

drops a pearl into the hand

that feeds it

 

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Recently I found this unfinished painting and sat down to finish it. 

The same week the wee birds came back to take seeds from me. 

Such sweet timing. 

Their presence feels like the gift of a pearl. 

 

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this film is from yesterday

2/3rds of the birds were first timers

they learn from one another that it is safe to take seed from me

 

 

The film is in half time

showing the swift movements of the wee birds more clearly. 

Enjoy

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A Hill with a View

 

the tree

was entirely happy

that it grew

with such a grand view

atop a hill

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 just in case you were missing my feathered friends

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Dreaming of Spring

this is what showed up while sketching

I wondered..... what is going on here

a snowshoe hare turn white in winter 

browns the rest of the year

a winter rabbit in a spring/summer setting?

I believe this hare is dreaming of spring

today we are half way through winter

the days are noticeably longer

the birds stay out and busy a bit longer in the day

Life is full of changes

this is how it was before I painted it

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Lovely Imbolc to one and all

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Feeding Birds

I wanted to draw

picked up a pad

it had her legs, nothing else already sketched on the page

what will those legs become

what are they doing

and 

this is what happened

I don't mean it to be a self portrait

but I am still enjoying feeding the birds!

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(photo credit: Abigail)

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Woodland Living

forest kinship

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