Monthly Archives: January 2012

Great Photo of our Bourke on her eggs

My husband took this great photo of our sweet Bourke nesting on her eggs – and I wanted to share it with you. When he took the photo, he obviously didn’t want to use the camera’s flash, so the lighting … Continue reading

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These Boots are Made for Walkin!

Fun News! There are now boots being offered for sale using my artwork! The artworks used on the boots below are Lake of Dreams, Flower Faeries, Voting Booth, Bon Jour, and It’s Spring. I’ve been so excited about this license, … Continue reading

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The Ever Ravenous and Unendingly Cute Mort-the-Squirrel

Our squirrel Mort will eat and eat and eat. He just reaches into the bird feeder and chows down. He’s awesomely cute, and it’s fun to watch him hold the goodies in his paws and nibble away. It’s no great … Continue reading

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It’s a Squirrely Business!

As our Leonberger dog watched with his usual gentle fascination, we had two visitors to our bird feeder today – our inspirational Molly squirrel, whose broken leg happily still seems to be improving, and adorable Mort, who has the cutest … Continue reading

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Update on our Black-Headed Grosbeak

Those of you who follow this blog already know that we have a wonderful black-headed Grosbeak wintering in our garden – he is supposed to be in Southern Mexico or Latin America, but because of a wing injury, he has … Continue reading

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Brilliant Blue Jay masters a super-tough nut-to-crack, the Peanut Wreath!

Our wonderful neighbors gave us a heavy wire peanut wreath. It essentially is a super-tightly wound slinky, that is immobile – these wires are thick and can’t be adjusted even with human hands. The idea is to wedge the peanuts … Continue reading

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Update on Inspirational Molly Squirrel!

Our little squirrel with the broken leg, Molly, is hanging in there! Here you can see her progress – we are thrilled to see how much better Molly is doing on her broken leg. This post shares the follow-up video … Continue reading

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