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Weekly Photo Challenge: Lost in the Details

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Living in the Pacific Northwest provides year-round pleasure in the beauty of moss.  It is a fascinating plant form which, when photographed up close, has an other-worldly appearance.  I hope you enjoy this small study of moss growing on the … Continue reading →

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Porcelain Berry Vine

Everything in nature is perfect, even though it may not appear so to the human eye.  What I want to do with my drawings is transform a flat surface, using color and texture, so that my subject appears three dimensional.  … Continue reading →

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Harbingers

chickadees feast woodpeckers cling hummingbirds spar lapping long draughts ever more slowly koi course last light profiles pear tinged poplars against steely blue sky maple leaves big as dinner plates lie scattered wet shreds of storm clouds tangle in branches

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Batshit Tidbits

In a company of widgeons, huddled under a cloud of bats, a parliament of owls and a wisdom of wombats remark upon a loveliness of ladybirds. A convocation of eagles approach a tower of giraffes who are watching a memory … Continue reading →

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Feather

With a storm brewing and my blog established, I started to draw yesterday, and continued today.  This is my ‘fledgling’ drawing this year.  Hard to believe, yet these are intricate, detailed renderings I make, and it takes a lot of … Continue reading →

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