Today's Shot!

 

Love To Our Avian Friends!

 

Have A Happy!

 

New Etching

Back inside working on the smaller printing press (too cold in the studio over the garage) and finished this one on Christmas. An experiment with water soluble pastel background run through the press, then a bunch of stuff to finish it off. "Flathead Lake Osprey" is inspired by summer trips to Wildhorse Island with best pal Barry Gordon.  His rustic cabin included an Osprey nest overhead and friendly birds breeding every year. R.I.P Barry, this in his honor. 8 x 12". That makes a dozen this year if you include the Red Fox on New Years Eve!

Killdeer On the Beach

Is this winter? The Killdeer looked right at home without any snow to be found. "Birds of Montana" by Marks, Hendricks and Casey reports that the few winter residents here may be those that breed further north. Apparently Missoula and here in the Bitterroot is where winter Killdeer are more likely to be spotted. Love 'em!

Sonora and Pals

 Just finished a new etching with Sonora watching over my shoulder, and another pigeon picture.

Our Pigeons

 

Friday's Red-tail Shot

 

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.