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Suet feeder birds drawn from images taken with my iPhone camera held up to my birding scope. We’ve had a run of cold, raw, grey days with just a day or two of sunshine in between – highly unusual. I’ve lived in the lowcountry long enough to have become quite used to having a lot […]
Do you see any pertinent information missing from this page? I didn’t notice the ‘omission’ until creating this blog post. I will correct my journal page, but thought this would be a good quiz for you. How did the omission happen? I was feeling ‘Late for a very important date!’ so to speak. AKA: It’s […]
Last week was our local SketchCrawl. We are still holding them virtually – sketch where you are and post work to the group’s FB site. Autumn in the Lowcountry is staring to bloom. I could get lost in the textures of the grasses and other plants that are changing. It’s a great time […]
For our recent Virtual Bluffton Sketckcrawl, my husband, our dogs and I visited Jarvis Creek Park on Hilton Head Island. There is a lovely walk around a good sizedpond and trails are cut through the wooded areas. Lots of places to picnic. Wading birds and osprey come and go. Gators can be seen swimming or […]
Under our bird feeder station is a busy place for birds and critters to gather. A couple of squirrels can be found there anytime of day, along with juvi cardinals, doves, grackles, brown thrashers and an occasional visit by an eastern towhee. Every now and then, I’ll pass by the kitchen window in the evening […]
This tall plant in a pot at the Native Plant Project greenhouse at work was calling to me. I chose to paint directly with Tombow dual tip markers and a waterbrush. In a Canson Mixed Media sketchbook, I started laying down tan, brown purple and red marks for the flowers and stem. Just a few […]
