Click all images to enlarge One of my favorite places to walk with the dogs are golf holes 17 and 18. This page celebrates #17 – which has, by far, the most bird activity. Big birds! And, wonderful views of the marsh. There’s quite a lot to read here and it’s not one of my […]
Category Archives: Birds
Happy New Year!
A beautiful afternoon spent on Spring Island soaking up the sights. It was cloudy most of the day but when Rob and I settled on a place to park and paint, the sun broke through and warmed our backs. Boy the warmth of the sun sure felt good! In the distance, fog was rolling in […]
Evening Dog Walk Delights
The hounds and I picked the perfect time of evening to walk…. the time of the long shadows. While I really enjoy our walks together I sure was wishing I could be sitting and trying to capture these scenes on paper!! I soooo love the glow of the Spartina at this time of day. Along […]
Charlie Jay
The dogs and I were blessed again by a visit from Charlie, the Blue Jay. Out of the woods he flew to a sign post not 3 feet away. I greeted him warmly and tapped my shoulder to see if he’d perch there. Charlie tried, but I had a hat on and it fumbled his […]
Early May Sketches
On the north end of Hilton Head Island is a lovely place called Jarvis Creek Park. I like to visit and sketch the pond and it’s surroundings. There is a dock for fishing with big signs saying ‘Do not feed the alligators.’ In fact, these signs are posted all along the shoreline. No fresh water […]
Easter Nature Joys
Today was wildlife day. We had beautiful 80 degree, sunny weather and saw an eagle, red-shouldered hawk, laughing gulls, pie-billed grebe, common moorhen, lots of cardinals and blue birds and….. dragon flies – the first of the season for me. One was a Saddlebag, the others perhaps Emeralds. About a month ago, I met a […]
