Do you See?

As we started walking

the 'Moonset' made me smile

It looked like a pair of eyebrows above

one eye open

one eye closed.

(How come we have the word Sunset but not Moonset?)

Polished tidal ice sculptures

I see a duck

perhaps

and a seal shape

seems appropriate

Some creature craning it's neck

watching us go by

A snowboard perhaps

I was just going to write 'violence' beneath this for some reason

then I saw the snake coming in from the top!

Anyhooo

have fun seeing things today.

Walking under Purple Skies

Fascinating...the purple sky

behind a huge setting moon

As the sun's rays slowly came up in the East

the Western sky

changed from purple to pink.

With the grey clouds

it kind of looks a bit like a Fauve painting.

Beneath the moon's dance

these two do everything together

Sometimes one takes the lead

Back on the dike RP Shandy always initiates puppy games.

A lovely walk

 but boy it took me all morning to warm up again back in front of the fire!

Perhaps Some Work is Never Finished.

I always liked this piece

but cheeky son thought it was my weakest piece

So I've been reworking it.

Speckled Suet Lovers

Crowds of starlings

Huddle in the crab apple tree

Awaiting their turn at the suet ball.

They fluff up their feathers in the cold

and patiently wait.

Trouble is the hawks also wait higher in the spruce trees.

It's Monday Again

That was the week that was

Just doodling around the green splodges.

No green to be seen here at all at all.

Starting to work out how to approach my next commitment

a huge 7 ft panel for a group show.

Must get cracking on that one

but need to make some decisions first.

Another day of doodles.

Perhaps cabin fever looks like this.

Feeling a bit confined and claustrophobic 

in a cold, cold winter.

Playing with blanket stitch 

was all that came to mind on a quiet Sunday

spent recovering from a late, late night.

Wintry Layers and Discovered Games

Walking through our unruly woods

the Rusty Pups and I found

Wintry layers

a snow capped burl

Summery remnants swaying by the stream

We watched the stream still flowing beneath icy coverings

Rusty Pup, Shandy, discovered a new game...

drop a tennis ball in the stream...

then try and retrieve it without diving in and before it disappears beneath the ice.

Luckily she retrieved it each time.

If she hadn't

she would have looked at me with those big sad eyes

and expected me to do something about it!

Snow on ice on water...

More layers

from a very cold tangled woods!

Sticky Snow

We woke to snow falling

(so what else is new!)

Snow that clings to rusty gates

Snow that clings to frozen faces

Snow that even clings to the sides of things that stand still long enough.