Ba dum tss!!
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nature
Happy Turtle Day!
We recently saw a few of our reptilian friends at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa.
This one in particular seemed glad to see us.
Such a nice smile!
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These ones were lazing about on the boat launch railings. I’m guessing they were trying to get somebody to take them out on the big boats. Turtles love yachting.
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These ones were having a spa day complete with mud baths and natural moss scrubs.
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This one appears to be stuck.
His friend seemed to find that amusing. Turtles are like that.
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This is a green sea turtle who was rescued. The blue bean bag thing is a weight pack/buoyancy device which helps her swim. She was hit by a boat and her back flippers are partially paralyzed.
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This is an octopus.
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This is a quickie sketch of a house in town. 4×6 inches.
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This an acrylic painting of a mason jar from a lesson in the book “50 Small Paintings” by Mark Daniel Nelson, a great book for everyone from beginners to professional and all in between. 4×6 inches.
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This is an acrylic of a farm near my house. 4×6 inches.
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This is Sammy playing Frisbee.
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This is the moon.
Because it’s time to say Good Night.
See you soon.
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Happy May Day!
Tiptoe through the tulips.
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Dance with the daffodils.
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And have a wonderful day!
Happy Birthday to my May Day sister, Sherry!
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Squirrel!
There once was a cheeky squirrel
who was driving my poor dog mad
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He mocked and he laughed and he chortled
Oh! He was such a cad.
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He used diabolic acrobatics
To show me his tummy bare
Hanging about on the feeder
He masticated without a care.
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And yet he is saved from my revenge
By a fact of no dispute
Thief and bandit he may be
But aw look, he’s just so cute!
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©Virginia Spencer, thepurpledogpaintingblog.com, 2015
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Seeing Red
Last week while we were still in the deep freeze I heard a knock at my window.
As I was on the second floor, I was a bit startled.
I looked around and there on the ground was a very woozy cardinal.
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Now I know, it’s not a good idea to mess with nature even if you mean well and normally a bird after hitting a window will be okay after a rest but it was so cold the cardinal was starting to stick to the ground so I had to intervene. (Now there’s a good example of a run on sentence. I haven’t written one in awhile, I’m so glad I haven’t lost my touch!)
He really didn’t seem to mind the open box with a hot water bottle in it.
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He stayed there for quite a while, I was starting to get worried.
Fortunately, he was just really comfy.
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After a couple hours, all was well!
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He’s still hanging around. I think he’s waiting for me to put the hot water bottle back out again. Maybe I should add a little bird spa to the front porch. I could call it “Chic Chicks” or “Pique Your Beak” or “Fly and Dry”. On the other had we already have many “Seed and Feed” franchises around the yard. No body ever pays but we like the company.
Here’s an ink drawing of a church in the woods. (thank you to the person who put the reference photo into WetCanvas, Reference Image Library). This is 3×5.
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These are all ATC”s (artist trading cards). They are 2.5 by 3.5 inches, the size of a playing card.
A blue heron in acrylic.
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A ibis in ink.
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A helmeted guinea fowl in ink and colored marker.
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A Somalian wild ass in acrylic.
(This is a terrible scan, it looks way better in real life)
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And a laughing zebra in acrylic.
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I hope you enjoyed your Friday the 13th and today’s Pi Day.
Have a happy Ides of March tomorrow!
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©Virginia Spencer, thepurpledogpaintingblog.com, 2015
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May the Dog be with you.
If you haven’t heard, it’s been a mite chilly out.
I know, I know, it’s shocking news.
I’m sorry I had to break it to you like that.
Personally I don’t mind the cold or snow.
Especially when a walk around my neighborhood looks like this.
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I must admit, it is a bit rough to have this much snow and a white dog.
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Of course when temperatures drop into the frostpaw levels, the dogs need to mostly stay inside.
Sometimes when I try to make them go outside even when it’s not that cold out, they simply vanish into thin air.
I don’t know how that happens.
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Hmmmm.
It’s a mystery.
I recently made a bunch of ATC’s of animals for a trade.
ATC’s are artist trading cards. They are 3.5 by 2.5 inches, the size of a regular playing card.
These are in acrylic.
They will most likely appear larger on your screen then they are in real life.
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And here’s a couple of ATC’s in ink.
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Have a good one!
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Ode to a Turkey
There is a turkey in my yard
I don’t know what he wants
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He struts to and fro
And yells oh such nasty taunts
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He waggles his wattles
And snoozles his snood
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And he blocked the driveway
Cause he’s in a fowl mood
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But I will not let him
Get to me
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For instead I have painted
A watercolor tree.
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The End
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From Heron in…
I surely will know
That sometimes herons stay
Even where there is snow!
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Strange but cool.
Please excuse the fuzziness, I was hiding, albeit badly, behind some reeds.
Judging by the look on his face in the last photo, he found me.
What a glare!
So I guess I’m “It”.
Hide!
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First hummingbird!
There he is!
I’m serious there is a hummingbird in that apple tree.
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Can’t see it? That’s okay.
Sometimes things are hiding in plain sight.
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Can you see it?
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Come a little closer…
Too close!! Too close!!
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Phew. There he is.
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Mmmm, that apple tree smelled delicious.
This painting was for a friend. It’s 11 x 14 inches, acrylic on canvas.
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And this acrylic, 4×4 inches is of a friend’s dog.
He made this face right after he nipped at my husband.
He’s working on not nipping and this face made me laugh!
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Have a good one!
I’ll be back soon…I’m writing poetry again.
Mwah ha ha ha!! (that’s my evil laugh!)
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It’s May?
Hmm, somehow I missed April.
I think what happened is that the spring came and I lost my mind.
But I did take some photos.
This is the Lock and Dam No 15, on the Mississippi River.
It is the largest existing roller dam in the world. It’s nickname is the “Washing Machine of Death”.
dum dum da dummmm
Nothing like a nickname that sounds like some cheap knockoff wrestling name.
“And in this corner, ladies and gentleman…the Washing Machineeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee of Death!!!!!!!!!!”
And the crowd goes wild!
It’s listed on the National Register of Historic Places as “Lock and Dam No. 15 Historic District, #04000175 covering 3,590 acres (1,450 ha), 2 buildings, 9 structures, and 1 object.” I know where the two buildings and nine structures are but what the heck is the one object?
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This is a water pumping station. (I think)
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This was taken inside the car wash.
Because that’s how I roll.
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And I made my own planet.
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I saw a dinosaur.
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I painted a few tiny geese, with watercolor.
(I’ve painted these before but not with watercolor)
These are all ATC/ACEO size. (2.5 x 3.5 inches, the size of a playing card)
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And this is a sunset.
I’d like to claim that I meant to do that, but actually I was in a moving car.
And the camera was on the wrong setting.
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Much like the setting I used to take a photo of the “Blood Moon” which incidentally is a much better nickname then the “Washing Machinnnnnnnnnne of Death!!!!”
The blue is the star Spica.
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That’s alright, you win some, you lose some.
I also wrote a poem about squirrels which I lost.
I think the squirrels may have stolen it.
Oh don’t me give me that cute face..
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Ah well, have a good one!
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