Day 62 and it seems that life is just happening left and right here and so it's been a challenge to continue in the midst of all of it. I'm grateful always to those that stop and leave me a note. Encouragement is always a great thing when your tempted to stop .. i mean some days ... I knew that at some point there would be the days that I just didn't want to paint.. and there are some days when I just get to it and the process just seems to take over and I don't even think about what I'm doing .. i just get in the flow of things and it works out .. I like this one today of the blue heron. I tried to think of something that my mom would like .. because today is the day she was born. Yep .. she died six days before her 78th birthday and so today she would have been 79. I just don't still know where a year has gone. I don't know how it's possible. But it has and a lot has been going on this week ..
My mom loved the herons because at her home in Florida there was always a blue Heron sitting on the back deck overlooking the river. She loved the water and loved to sit and look at the river and the birds and sometimes a manatee or dolphin would come near the house. I guess I got some of my love of nature from her.
This is painted on some anniversary cards that she and my dad got for their 50th wedding anniversary. Sewn together and painted on with acrylic paint. If you would like to own this heron please send me an email to iwilldream4ever@aol.com. See you tomorrow.
There are a lot of herons always standing next to the water that runs along our garden.
ReplyDeleteThey can stand still for a long time and than lash out and grab something from the water
(the coots hate them though ...)
Keep painting Tammy !
Thank you Els I will keep painting. I think that my mom used to call the Heron that sat on their dock George, not totally sure but it was amazing to watch him catch fish. This week has just been harder to keep going .. but i will .. it's all good!! Thank you !
DeleteThere are a pair of herons that we often see as we drive out to the restaurant where we have breakfast on Saturdays. It's always a pleasure to see them there. Tonight there are at least a hundred vultures wheeling about in the sky outside my window. I think they're congregating together and mustering their courage to head south.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a wonderful way to spend a Saturday Mary Anne... the vultures are a fascinating bird also they get a bum rap i think because they don't look so pretty but they are incredible birds. I can't imagine seeing a hundred. Sounds awesome. :)
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