The Cardinal

 

11-08-24-cardinal

Is a flock of cardinals a conclave? Would you birds please intervene here! The humans seem to have some serious problems. I wonder what the animals would enact were they to vote and legislate?

The Water's Edge

10-03-24-mallows

10-08-24-cattails

10-04-24-pickerelweed02

10-02-24-pickerelweed

10-02-24-island

 

Black eyed Susan

I haven't been walking much since I hurt my leg but I have been able to focus on things closer to home. My wife built and tends this garden in our backyard and the rest of us benefit. Black eyed Susan is particularly lush right now.

08-22-24-flowers

08-24-24-blackeyedsusan

08-14-24-flower

08-10-24-blackeyedsusan

08-07-24-flowers

 

Wabbits!

 It's been a good summer for rabbits :)

04-28-24-rabbit

05-19-24-rabbit

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07-07-24-rabbit

07-05-24-rabbits

07-30-24-rabbits03

08-19-24-rabbit02

There is Life Everywhere

There is life everywhere.
Just be patient and the animals will show themselves. Just be patient and enjoy the waiting (don't look at your phone, just wait). Pretty simple.

06-16-24-turtle

06-12-24-grackle

06-10-24-hawks

06-06-24-chipmunk

05-14-24-robin

05-02-24-warblers

June 8: 2014-2023

What will today bring?

06-08-23-chipmunks

06-08-23-walnut

06-08-22-goose

06-08-22-heron

06-08-21-robin

06-08-21-redwing

06-08-20-grackle

06-08-19-river

06-08-19-deer

06-08-17-trees

06-08-16-heron

06-08-16-bridge

06-08-14-bunny

Robins

I see robins year-round but this time of year they are the stars in the spring drama that brings summer ever closer. And once again, a pair has nested in an exuberant honeysuckle vine and is raising two babies close to a window so we can keep an eye on them. They seem to have learned our habits and adjusted to our comings and goings. I see them foraging and returning with beaks full of some dark squirming thing. It gets quiet for a minute and then with a squawk, the robin is back to the grocery store.

05-14-24-robin
pastel, charcoal

05-17-24-robin
ink

05-20-24-robin
watercolor

04-27-24-robins
crayon, ink

04-13-24-robin
ink

03-25-24-robin
ink, pastel

 

The Sparrow

 I have befriended a sparrow. It not a good artist's model though so only the most superficial sketches have to do. I see it in the criss-crossed twigs and winter stalks alongside Leach's Brook where it crosses under the lane. 

04-22-24-sparrows
pastel, crayon, ink

04-21-24-sparrow
pastel

03-10-24-sparrow
charcoal

04-30-24-sparrow01
charcoal

04-30-24-sparrow02
charcoal, ink

2023 Observations books available to order

I've just published my 2023 Observations in five A-5 size paperbacks. They are organized by quarter with an additional book that sums up the entire year.
They are available here. Prices: $15-18 USD