…thanks to Kevin for bringing us another Wacky Bird

…plus and old photo of our first daughter and a drawing of a bird

…back in August I promised to post photos of the birds in the birdbath
On the weekend I decided that I needed to put the birdbath away for the winter. To be honest with you since I put it into my garden I hadn’t seen one bird use the thing. Well at least I hadn’t observed any action over there. I wondered if it was too close to where we sat.
Looking out the back door on Saturday I noticed that a bird landed on the edge of the bath. I quickly picked up my phone and gingerly made my way to the patio table. The bird took no notice of me but I didn’t want to chance it and scare him off so I stayed back and used my zoom feature on the phone. They’re not the best shots but I was pleased that the birdbath was a hit with this little fellow.
…thanks to Nancy Merrill for hosting A Photo a Week Challenge
I’ve probably posted some of these before but they’re my favourite ‘eye’ photos.







….part of the Sketchbook Revival
On day one of Sketchbook Revival one of the two visiting artists was Carla Sonheim. You’ve heard me mention her many times on my blog because I’m constantly taking on-line classes with her. For this particular session, Carla had us look for animals or objects in a photo of sidewalk cracks that she provided. I’ve done this exercise many times with my students when I was teaching. It’s a lot of fun and it’s amazing how many different things people can find. Here are 3 animals and one person that I found in the same photo.



| synonyms: | harvest, year’s growth, yield, produce, vintage, gathering, reaping, gleaning, garnering;
fruits
“some farmers lost their entire crop”
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This bird certainly has a thick crop of feathers on top of his head.
An abundant crop of apples on the tree and vegetables at the market.
