In this picture, you might notice that the chickadee does not have his little feet on the ground, yet he is also not flying. In the picture, he was hopping from one part of the feeder to the top of… Read More ›
Chickadee
SKETCHBOOK 84 – FEAR
AN ILLUSTRATION AND A FIRST It was a new “Provocative” question from Fandango. I was looking for a picture that showed fear. Everywhere I looked, it was someone else’s work. Drawings, photographs, posters. None of them seemed any better than… Read More ›
SKETCHBOOK 83 – CHICKADEE TOO
Another chickadee with different colors and a slightly different shape. There are at least four different chickadees in this state. The black capped chickadee is the state bird and he has a white stomach. The other three have varying levels… Read More ›
BETTER OR WORSE? DO YOU REALLY HAVE TO ASK?
Fandango’s Provocative Question #160 So the question is: Do you think, given everything that is going on in the world, that children born these days will have a worse or better life than their parents? Why do you feel that way?… Read More ›
SKETCHBOOK 31 – A BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE
I spent most of the afternoon doing a portrait that is not ready for prime time, but the Chickadee looks like a chickadee. He’s the Massachusetts’ state bird, too. He tiny, round, and looks like a little feathered ping-pong ball…. Read More ›
SKETCHBOOK 8 – MORE BIRDS
I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that I draw birds better than anything else. Probably it’s all the time I spend watching them, taking pictures of them, feeding them, cleaning up the godawful mess they make on the decks. Birds… Read More ›
MEALWORMS AND MOM
Once upon a time about 45 years ago, Owen wanted geckos. They were popular with kids his age. You could buy a couple of them at the pet store for a couple of dollars. The real money was spent buying… Read More ›
SYW – IS IT REALLY OCTOBER?
SHARE YOUR WORLD 10-4-2021 Hey, wait a minute! What happened to summer? Oh, right. It rained almost every day for three months and then it was September, when it rained less, but not much less. It’s October 5 and it rained… Read More ›
WATCHING BIRDS WHILE THEY WATCH YOU
It was maybe a month ago. Garry and I were watching Colbert and his guest was a big star — whose name I’ve forgotten. I’m not good at remembering names so that’s not unusual, but I remember the conversation. “What,”… Read More ›
OISEAUX DU JOUR?
It was a perfect day to be a bird. Or, really, anything since the day was perfect. I bought new food just the other day and the birds get really enthusiastic about fresh food. Although many birds flew in and… Read More ›
BRUNCH FOR THE FEATHERY AND FURRY
It had been a cool night, so the air conditioning was off and the windows were open. It was around 9:30 in the morning when I realized that there was a lot of noise coming in through the windows. I… Read More ›
A TUESDAY TREE PORTRAIT
MONDAY TUESDAY TREE PORTRAIT The heat was back this morning. I could feel it pouring in through the window in the bedroom. We got a week off for which I’m grateful. It was also obvious that it was a respite,… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 