Tag Archives: Birds

Crow Baby

This little guy (gal?) has been on the lowest branch of my Douglas Fir since Michael left for work today (that’s about 15 feet from the ground.) He doesn’t seem hurt but he hasn’t flown yet either. All this morning two larger crows have been taking turning bringing him food. He is a bit smaller [...]

Garden Trellises

Feeling under the weather today and Damian is napping so I figure this is as good of time as ever to pour some thoughts into a blog post.

I have been considered various options for supporting my climbing plants this summer. Vertical gardening lends itself well to raised beds as it is a fantastic space saver and keeps tender fruit (like tomatoes) from being attacked on the ground[...]

each separate dying ember…

…wrought its ghost upon the floor

I occasionally make photo manipulations, but I rarely share them, obviously this being an exception. For the most part, all my them are strongly inspired by my dreams, this one is no exception. One chronic problem I have in my dreams is not being able to find my glasses, so [...]

Bird Question

A question for my bird loving friends. I am designing a character that I want to be part avian (and part human.) I am looking for a bird that is orange (surprise!) or has orange markings on it’s body (not head.) If possible, I would like it to be a fruit eating bird (mmmm fruit.) [...]

Dream: Little Bird

I have a question for my bird savvy readers.
This is probably just a flash of my imagination adding my favorite color to a bird, but I had a dream last night starring the little guy, so I thought I would share a little. (My dream mind has been active lately! It seems to go in [...]