"Charming Stone House in Gated Community"

Painting took a back seat to another project this weekend. 

Our community is a Bird City, and my Garden Club was instrumental in obtaining that designation.  Each spring our community celebrates Green Day with basically a Love-Your-Mother-Earth celebration, including a weed-out, recycling of hazardous materials, and including many other fun and educational activities.  This year we will partner with our Civic Foundation with a fundraising silent auction of hand decorated birdhouses.  I have been working on my birdhouse all week long, have snipped the tip off of my middle finger and cut another.  I should not be allowed near sharp objects, in this case, garden snips.  Here is a photo of my birdhouse, "Charming Stone House in Gated Community."  I really enjoyed making it. 

p.s.  my biggest dilemma was how to treat the perch---decided a paintbrush would be perfect!

394 One Little Egg and a Feather

My friend Ann found this little egg in her back yard grass, and a nest on the ground in her front garden.  I am sure I will paint the entire nest another time, but for today, I enjoyed painting these two little bits of nature.  The mat is lighter than appears on my monitor.  The mat color is called sauterne and I think softly accents the paintings.

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370 Feathers

Watercolor was my first love, artistically.  It has been a very long time--decades,  since I broke out the water colors.  It felt pretty good to revisit this old friend.  I have always loved birds and have collected feathers for many years.  These are a few from my stash.

241. Acapella

This tiny bird is a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, a songbird, and was photographed by Brian Hansen.