sun at last having fun with art

Today is a perfect day weatherwise, as far as I am concerned. It was only 37 degrees this morning. It has warmed to a lovely 60 at 2:00. The sun is toasty warm; Deezel has been sunbathing most of the day. Zeek has gone out several times only to come in a short time later.
Deezel and I did 4 miles this morning. The water is very high in the ponds. I saw a great blue heron and we both watched and listened to the chatterings of a flock of turkeys . They were about to cross the road, saw us and turned around in that totally chaotic, turkey style.

Yesterday, I did leaf rubbing with the 4th graders. I liked it so much I did some at home today with water color pencils. I  outlined the leaves with a Micron 005.

The second is of only dandelion leaves.

Here is the owl art work from earlier in the summer. It is based on one from my "doodle book". I used envelope papers on this piece. I liked the richness of the scrapbooking paper. I'd gotten it on sale at Stamped Designs in Dover.

Owls on October 1

We went to Strafford to see an owl program with live owls. Actually she had six: a saw-whet, a screech, a barred, a snowy and a Eurasion eagle owl. I've heard a barred three times over the summer, around 3-4:00 am when the windows were open and no air conditioner humming.

This is a page from my doodle book. I also did an entry in ART JOURNAL MMXI-2, but need natural light to get a good photo.

This great horned owl was hurt as an owlet, rescued and now cared for at their aviary. It is not open to the public; they do shows.

Check out http://www.eyesonowls.com/