Footprint

The Beautiful Ground

Screw

Orange-Striped Moth

Kitchen window sill, Thursday morning (though it was there Wednesday night as well).

Water Droplets

Pod, Burst

I love these pods. If I were any good, I'd know where they come from, but I don't, and maybe it's for the good that some mysteries just remain mysteries.

Bird Sheets, Part II: the Pillowcase

This is the pillowcase and honestly, I am utterly in love with it. Almost as much as I am in love with Woodie and Woodina and the woodlets. I couldn't be happier with this; in my mind, this is just exactly what they look like!


Woodina


The tree, with woodlets


Woodie


Woodie and Woodina, detail

Bird Sheets, Part I: the Sheet

I've just completed this project that I started back in September. (Sometimes it takes me a while to finish things; the artistic juices cannot be forced....or something like that. Ha.) Anyway, finally I have finished, and if we overlook the tragic outcome of the cardinals (which were the first and last birds that I painted, note to self, next time do a trial run first), I am really rather pleased with the end product. They are a set of sheets painted with Birds of The Cabin and as a (very late) birthday gift, will soon be given away, and so I memorialize them here.


The Bobwhite


The Scott's Orioles (her shape is more correct than his, by the way; he's too plump and roundy)


The Chickadee


The Black-crested Titmouse


Titmouse with Afghan pine stem and pinecone


The Scrub Jay


The Wren


Scrub Jay, Acorns and Wren

The cardinals are too sad to post. I'm contemplating redoing them on a little patch that could be sewn over their existing corner. Yes, it's that sad. The little finches are OK except their eyes grew too big; the previously-untried black fabric paint turned out to be excessively runny (which was also the cardinals' downfall).

Pretty

Lampshade