The Ailing Bird Who Dropped By

The Gannet

This Thanksgiving weekend (Canadian) I visited my cousins in NS. Some of the boys found a odd feathered friend in the backyard. He was misplaced about a 10 min. drive from the nearest shoreline, but he was for sure a shore bird. He seemed to be either ill or injured because he was making no attempt at flying away as we got closer. 

My Uncle & I decided to catch him & drive him down to a sheltered part of the Bay so he would be in his own element where he had more of a chance of surviving. 

Northern Gannets are the largest seabird in the North Atlantic, with a wingspan of up to 2 metres. Gannets can dive from a height of 30 m, achieving speeds of 100 km/h as they strike the water, enabling them to catch fish much deeper than most airborne birds.

The gannet's supposed capacity for eating large quantities of fish has led to "gannet" becoming a disapproving description of somebody who eats excessively, similar to "glutton".

I later read that they cannot take off in flight unless they are in water or dive off a cliff; so I am very glad we brought him to the shore. I hope he doing well now. 

Patience

 via: personal photo

[3] Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
[4] But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
[5] If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
[6] But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.

James 1:3-6 Bible KJV

But let patience have her perfect work,

Lets go sailing

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TO sea, to sea! The calm is o'er;

The wanton water leaps in sport,

And rattles down the pebbly shore;

The dolphin wheels, the sea-cow snorts,

And unseen mermaids' pearly song

Comes bubbling up, the weeds among.

Fling broad the sail, dip deep the oar:

To sea, to sea! The calm is o'er.

To sea, to sea! our wide-winged bark

Shall billowy cleave its sunny way,

And with its shadow, fleet and dark,

Break the caved Tritons' azure day,

Like mighty eagle soaring light

O'er antelopes on Alpine height.

The anchor heaves, the ship swings free,

The sails swell full. To sea, to sea!

Thomas Lovell Beddoes

its friday...

More art soon to come

found: [link]

So I am in dire need to re-tune my art skills.

If you look in my art book from two years ago my art was a kabillion times better.

I guess thats what happens when you get a boring desk job in an office with two other people

aka: you can't doodle all day because it looks bad & like you are not working!

Never fear I am going to start trying to produce one piece of art every day from now on.

I will load my best/most interesting drawings on Mondays and Thursdays.

The only bending of this rule is if I am working on a art project & take some time to work on it each day. Wish me luck.

brrrr

My cheeks are flush,

my toes are cold

I see the ice,

It shines like gold

pretty in pink

not strictly pink but you get the idea.
(top image is mine)

FASHION INSPIRATION CONTEST

for: Jane over @ Sea of Shoes; art Contest
I picked a look from Anna Sui's most recent runway show
I decided to use the pattern from the dress to design the background.
I picked this look mainly because of her cool feather headdress.
I hope she likes it!

FRIDAY

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