work in progress 3

Here's the next stage, not yet finished,
so , 'to be continued'.

work in progress 2

I 've worked on it a little bit more,
here is where it stands now.
I started blocking in the dark and the light shapes
to add depth and lines.
I have to wait for the paint to dry,
before I can do the next stage

work in progress

this is only the start of two paintings of birds visiting a very small house.
it's just a quick rough sketch ,
I hope to be doing more work on the first one tomorrow.

visitor ( part 2)

At this season I seldom had a visitor.
When the snow lay deepest
no wanderer ventured near my house
for a week or fortnight at a time,
but there I lived as snug as a meadow mouse.
[Henry David Thoreau

Life's truest happiness

“Life's truest happiness is found in friendships we make along the way.”

visitors

“A house may draw visitors,

but it is the possessor alone that can detain them”
Charles Caleb Colton

flowers

“There are always flowers

for those who want to see them.”

Henri Matisse

flowers in tints

“When I bring you colored toys,

my child,

I understand why there is such a play of colors on clouds,

on water,

and why flowers are painted in tints”
Rabindranath Tagore

little captain

“I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore,

and diverting myself now and then

finding a smoother pebble

or a prettier shell than ordinary,

whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.”

Isaac Newton

face to the sun

“Turn your face to the sun

and the shadows will fall behind you.”

Charlotte Whitton

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Love is like a balloon..

Love is like a balloon..

when you push your relationship with someone forward,

it is like blowing up the balloon.

If you blow too hard and too fast,

the balloon pops and likewise the relationship breaks.

But if you take things slowly

and let the balloon of love stretch on its own,

it grows into a huge, prosperous balloon,

full of love.

Also, if you don't push the relationship at all,

or at least hold it at the same level it was at,

the air will flow out of the balloon,

deflating it,

and your love will shrivel up and become flat & lifeless.

So when you are in love,

push the relationship forward slowly and gently

and the balloon will grow comfortably into a strong,

immense love.

Crystal Southerland

Emergency Bird Care 2

Hold fast to dreams,

for if dreams die,

life is a broken wingedbird that cannot fly.

Langston Hughes

a fine bird

It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.
Aesop

Emergency Bird Care

Our cares are the mothers,

not only of our charities and virtues,

but of our best joys and most cheering and enduring pleasures.

William Gilmore Simms

sweet heart

“She gave me eyes,

she gave me ears;

And humble cares,

and delicate fears;

A heart, the fountain of sweet tears;

And love and thought and joy.”
William Wordsworth

the songs of our birds

“I never for a day gave up listening to the songs of our birds,

or watching their peculiar habits,

or delineating them in the best way I could.”
John James Audubon

I miss you

You may not be here with me...

But thoughts of you are always in my heart!

I Miss You!

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under the rose

“We all love a pretty girl - under the rose.”
Isaac Bickerstaffe

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flower of love

Let the flower of love grow in your heart

flower of love

Let the flower of love grow in your heart

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missing you

“Who knows how long I've loved you,

you know I love you still.

Will I wait a lonely lifetime?

If you want me to I will.”

The Beatles

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panorama of colors

Although our plumtree was planted only two years ago,
we had lots of plums and they are
about as beautiful as a plum can get!
There are few fruits that come in such a panorama of colors
as this juicy sweet tasting plum.
It's a feast for the eyes , I just had to take a picture.

missing

“Love is missing someone whenever you're apart,

but somehow feeling warm inside because you're close in heart.”
Kay Knudsen

small harvest

Broad beans still in the pod
Broad beans got their name from the seeds which are large and flat.
Is there a more versatile vegetable than the humble broad bean?
Okay it's a very small harvest,
but what a pretty sight.