Power Outage

With the huge winds Wednesday morning, a ponderosa pine fell across the road and knocked down our power lines. Electricity was out starting at 9 am and the chimney cover blew off and smashed.  I was waiting for a mouse delivery but had power lines across the driveway.  So I wrote a sign on the fence for FedEx to STOP and give me a call, that I would come get them on the road. Thankfully got the mice. 300! Then power out all day, finally fixed at 2 pm. We ran up to the ACE hardware for parts and Tom fixed the chimney top, then I climbed on the roof to reinstall. Tom sat down to watch the news, hit the button and power out again!  So happy it was light enough here to paint an etching the last two days. I never do the whole edition of 5, so it was 2/5 Heron Trio!  I just whistled and hummed songs- never done art without music, and a new appreciation for electricity.

Morning At The Raptor Ranch

 

Happy Birthday Tom

The Big Seven-Oh! Thanks friends!

And a Raccoon, Daily River Walks

 

Gotta Love a Muskrat

 

Just Now!

 Okay, a few hours ago.

Here's Another Old Favorite

 

Next One

The next etching is an Osprey, probably this bird at Flathead Lake but a different pose. Love reviewing these old "shots."

New Etching

After days of experiments, and the new etching, "Pacific Peale's Peregrine" from a much-loved bird on the Washington Coast. This falcon was banded in 2007 by Dan Varland of Coastal Raptors as a first-year male. Wearing visual ID band W/Z, he was exceptionally approachable which, for years, made him a favorite falcon of the Coastal Raptors research group and photographers alike. Sadly, W/Z died at age eight after striking a powerline on the beach. (To the relief of those of us who knew him, several years after the tragedy the line was removed.).   Drypoint etching with gouache, 12" x 16"

Just One This Day

"Get Back Here, You Big Baby"

 

Happy Turkey Day!

 

MAM Auction Piece

This is my etching in the Missoula Art Museum Auction in February, Yay! And on Friday afternoon I had a Raptors program for Clark Fork School, 60 little kids. I had my etching in the car to drop off at MAM afterward. We thought to bring it inside and at the very end I held it up, asked the kids what these animals were, flipped it over and they all shouted:   “Pelicans!"    Junior Zoologists, all. So proud.

On and On!