Went for a walk at Umstead Park today and saw a summer tanager! Having failed to bring my binoculars, and it being hotter than–if not Hell, at least the warm end of Limbo–that was my only bird spotting, and had it not been bright red and obviously not a cardinal, I doubt I would have […]
Monthly Archives: May 2005
It’s fledgling season on the feeder. There are, at the moment, young house finches, titmice, bluebirds, and one glum young female cardinal. While visually almost indistinguishable from the adults, they can be told apart by behavior. They are trying to use the feeders. They are not good at it. They fly as if held aloft […]
It’s one of those days. I spent the morning sketching pigs for this Nameless Project of Coolness, which was a lot of fun. Pigs are like bats. They range between so cute you want to claw your eyes out and a sort of gnarled, wrinkled hideousness that I still want to paint. One of these […]
Despite some misgivings about the cartoonyness of the dragons, I do rather like the antelope character. He needs another painting. http://www.deviantart.com/view/18226611/
A teeny little scrap of a sketch that nevertheless appealled to me… http://www.deviantart.com/view/18205862/
It’s gonna be a scorcher today. James left for work, and as I held the door open, I could tell. It was almost room temperature outside at 9 AM. The humidity has not yet hit the truly epic levels it will achieve during the summer, but it’s already damp enough to make you feel like […]
A very off-the-cuff doodle. Visually, there’s a few things wrong with it, but c’mon, it’s a painting about free pie… http://www.deviantart.com/view/18178133/
Must…not…listen…to…NPR….creationism in schools being discussed…blood pressure…rising…
I have been dealt another relocation food-blow. Readers may be familiar with my woe at not being able to find a Red Vine anywhere in the Triangle–Twizzler, yes, but Twizzler is to licorice as an apple-scented candle is to apples. The other evening, I was struck with a sudden, powerful longing for a hit of […]
This post is about religion. Everybody tired of it, or easily offended, may wish to bail now. If you’ve already decided that I’m going to be bashing Christians, DEFINITELY bail now, because you’re probably not going to get my point, which is somewhat subtle, but I think worth making–or at least worth bringing up. It’s […]