July 28, 2007
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animals, window & canvas
The other day within 36 hours I saw a bunny, the groundhog, a possum & a hawk all while looking out my living room window. These sorts of sightings used to be more common before most of the woods were cut down, so it's a banner day to see any one of them, much less so many. The possum was very svelte, at first I didn't realize that's what it was snuffling along the driveway. The groundhog had a cute expression on it's face as it decided whether to move away from the fence, for some reason it reminded me of Rufus, though larger & darker. Their little club tails always surprise me.
It was an immature sharp-shinned hawk trying to sneak up on some goldfinches in the thistles. Sitting on the telephone pole it was ducking the swallows that dive bombed it and then it swooped down, long tail fanned & twisted through the air, landing in a far maple tree, where it disappeared in the leaves. I don't know if it caught anything, but it was a thrill to see such a large bird so close.
Haven't been online as much lately because I'm trying to finish up 2 paintings for a show in mid-August. They are nearly done, thank goodness, but I still feel quite pressured. Then I've got to frame them before shipping them to Florida. I'll be posting photos of them as soon as they are completed.
Comments (6)
I missed some of your blogs Jacky but some events bloked me .
I see you always live in a world in which you can see many wild animals . You will tell me it is sufficient to be able to look at . Yes we have to keep our eyes open .
What about Rufus ? He was severely sick some times ago .
What is the topic of your next paintings ?
In friendship
Michel
Will you take pics of the paintings to show us?
I saw an opossum on the road when driving into Boston a few weeks ago.
I'd never seen one before.
I also fell behind. Hope your back is doing better. I can relate of course. Don't ever get neuralgia of a facial nerve, believe me it is worse than back because no pain killers work for it! Again experience.
ryc: Chandler was named by our daughter as he used to be her cat. We got him when she had to move and we all decided the dog trying to carry him all the time was only terrorizing Chandler. He is doing well so far. I cover the couch with plastic trash bags when we leave and today I did that too the bed to see what he would do. Still I don't trust him.
I hope that back is better, Jacks. Lovely that you are able to see so much wildlife! Causes me to feel a little homesick...
Angel
Re: your comments, you're so sweet, Jacks. :) I commented after them. What a precious, loyal person you are. Thank you; thank you...
-Angel
Great photo of the hawk! I wish we saw more wildlife where I live, but I do live in the middle of a big city! We get a couple of different types of birds and the odd bat in the tree outside our flat, but that's it.
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