Tag Archives: birds

What’cha been doin’?

I’m waiting for the paints to set up in my new travel palette. What colors? Hansa Yellow Light, Quinacridone Red, French Ultramarine, Indigo, Sap Green, Hooker Green, Burnt Sienna, Sepia. All Daniel Smith except the sepia which is Winsor Newton. … Continue reading

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NaPoWriMo Day Seventeen Haiku Day

Happy International Haiku Day! Determined flying Beaks slice frothy morning clouds Springward northward bound Faceted glinting Restless metamorphosis Springs up, vanishes.  Out of night’s quiet And still, sleepy murmuring  The first bird’s clear note. 

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Morning

There is nothing like looking up and seeing a bald eagle fly over, (middle-bridge Brainard) gleaming in the bright morning light.  Later in my commute I spotted a pileated woodpecker flying over I-90 west of exit 6. 

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What I Did Today

Got to work too early so I sat in my car and admired the really big gulls up on the mall roof for a little bit and when that had gone on too long I did this: Not sure why … Continue reading

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Day 25, NaPoWriMo

but then if you can’t recall if that is •
a red-winged blackbird or eastern towhee Continue reading

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