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Cows at Dawn

Kildeer in back pasture

When I come downstairs in the morning, my first glance out the window gives me the secret of the day...

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Uploaded on Apr 5, 2008

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The Kildeers are back, and their shrill calls are definite signs that Spring is arriving. ...

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Uploaded on Apr 5, 2008

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Red Winged Blackbirds trilling

Mud Season

When Spring arrives, the Red Wings come to our Aspen tree in droves, and ravage the bird feeders. ...

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Spring brings mud season, and there's muck everywhere now that the snow has melted. The migrating...

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Uploaded on Apr 5, 2008

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Winter Peace

My trip to Florida in January-February gave me a chance to try out my new palette of gouache--I love...

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Uploaded on Apr 5, 2008

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The New Year brings a sacred silence, a snowy peace to the landscape after the frenzied hubbub of...

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Uploaded on Jan 1, 2008

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My warm corner

my drawing table

I did this sketch last winter, but here I am again, cozied up most of the time in my warm corner of...

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Uploaded on Jan 1, 2008

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I bought this table many years ago at a yard sale for $8 and refinished it myself. It has served as...

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Uploaded on Jan 1, 2008

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The importance of studio space

Frost is on the pumpkin

The dawning of a new year brings the reminder that it is important to me to have a physical, mental,...

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Uploaded on Jan 1, 2008

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Frosty glazes, in early October, marked the beginning of Autumn in earnest, so I harvested...

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Uploaded on Nov 28, 2007

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Moleskine Sketches

Trusty Moleskine

A truly great field journal, the Moleskine. I remember sneaking up on this moose that was munching...

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Uploaded on Mar 27, 2007

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Even though it doesn't take water media well, my Moleskine goes with me everywhere, packed in my...

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Uploaded on Mar 27, 2007

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First Robin!

Red Wing Male

What a thrill, to see my first robin under the aspen tree, pulling and tugging a large earthworm...

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Uploaded on Mar 27, 2007

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The other side of the double-page spread in my journal, featuring the typical male red-winged...

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Uploaded on Mar 27, 2007

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Red Winged Blackbirds

Aspens turning

Because of the slough nearby, we have a heavy concentration of marshland, with cattails and reeds...

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Uploaded on Mar 27, 2007

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Sketching on the deck at a small mountain resort just 15 miles from home, while attending a wedding...

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Uploaded on Oct 1, 2006

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Autumn-ness

Inn of the green world

Just a pause in a busy day, late afternoon, sitting out in the yard drinking in all of the warmth of...

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Uploaded on Oct 1, 2006

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A late summer visit to Missouri, and I am swooning over all of the deciduous trees, the humid air...

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Uploaded on Oct 1, 2006

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