Face Markings

Sometimes it helps to draw out the differences .

Fast Sketches

Found Friday - "The Deceiver"

Fungi are great subjects to bring home for a closer look and a sketch. They don’t move about as quickly as the juncoes…

Snoozing Sea Lions

Deer Sketches

This buck came to the yard and offered some poses for my practice.

Band-Tailed Pigeon

I never see or hear this bird, but finding feathers is not uncommon where I walk. I also found a feather belonging to the Varied Thrush, a bird I do see everyday in winter.

November Flowers

It has been such a mild autumn with some flowers and pollinators still in the warm spots in the garden. Clocks turn back today and winter will suddenly feel much nearer.

Worlds Within Worlds

The Ocean is the birthplace of the creative forces that created us. A salty, electrical bath giving forth to all forms of life of which we are but one. And above our heads, an Ocean no less nourishing. Stars imploding, exploding. Galaxies colliding. Worlds being created, giving forth to all forms of life of which we are but one.

When Thoughts Turn to Feathers

Feathers are of the Air element.

Dreams, aspirations, and wishes all ride in the breath of the wind. Wind moves around us and through us. We are not passive lumps in the swirls and eddies of wind currents, but rather participants, as our thoughts and intents engage with this element.

The feather is a good symbol to remind us that what we think and say, travels on the wind affecting everyone around us.