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Scratch Scratch

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This is what a squirrel looks when it scratches its back on a peanut shell.

Sexy, non?

scratch2scratch.

Apparently he became itchy while trying to steal seeds from the bird feeder. The local birds were not all that thrilled.

crankybird titmouse woodpecker.

Run, little squirrel! Run!

eagle2

bald eagle bird raptor

It’s okay, he’s safe, that was from February. 

Spring is definitely in the air here.

tulip.

rhodedendron

Meanwhile back at the easel..

The palette came out better than the painting!

palette knife painting.

And at the drawing board. This is ink, 10x 3 inches. I’m debating on whether or not to color it in.

town ink Virginia Spencer

Close ups.

halftwo

half one

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Hope everyone is having a good spring!

©Virginia Spencer, thepurpledogpaintingblog.com, 2016

Happy Easter!

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I was fortunate enough to get a glimpse of the rare Westie rabbit today.

It is a truly rare and wonderful creature although this particular one looks as if it has been grubbing about in the mud.

 

Happy Easter!

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Leaps and bounds..

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I didn’t want to leave February without a post, thank goodness for that extra day!

My surgery went well and I’m as happy as a squirrel with  a piece of buttered popcorn.

squirrel happy tree vmrs

Dummy was a bit perturbed that I didn’t share his holiday greetings so…

Happy Belated Valentine’s Day!

Valentinedummy..

See you soon!

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Happy New Year!

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A bit late but well intended nevertheless.

Here’s a bright bird to start the year off. I’ve had an injury and will be having an operation on my arm so this was an experiment with large brushes and lots of paint mostly because it was driving me nuts not to paint.

I have lost some movement and control but I have not lost the ability to write run on sentences. Yay!

11×14, Acrylic, Goldfinch on a cone flower.

goldfinch small.

Don’t worry though I have some friends looking in on me. I mean literally  just walking up and looking in the window. Who does that? I appreciate the thought but use the door for Pete’s sake.

buck.

While I’ve been icing my arm, my trees decided to show me how it’s done and are doing a little ice therapy in my backyard. So pretty.

winter trees small.

I hope you and yours had a wonderful start to the year!

©Virginia Spencer, thepurpledogpaintingblog.com, 2016

Christmas Cactus

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Ba dum tsssssk…

christmas cactus plant.

Bwahaahahaaaa.

*cough *

Ahem. Pardon me.

That one was for the green thumbs out there.

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And I’m walking slowly away…

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The Ghoul

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Slowly, drifting
Moaning, wailing
The ghoul
Appeared in the sky.
With his face corroding
Decomposing
The beast
It would not die

floating ghost blog halloween.
In the garden waiting
Anticipating
Dummy
Flashed his knife
With his courage fading
His wooden limbs
Shaking
He would fight for his life

dummy halloween pumpkin scary.
The ghoul it crept
To our hero inept
As a skeleton
Cried from the ground
A gargoyle leered
The pumpkins they feared
That the beast would win this round
But as the ghoul soared
Dummy jumped on the gourd
And sank his knife deep into its chest
The ghoul cried “Boo Hoo!”
‘Cause he knew he was through.
Though he had given it his very best

dummy ghost halloween blog.
The beast
It went to his grave so green
Shouting to all who could hear

You’re all so mean!

But Happy Hallowe’en.

Ghost in the tree small

I’ll see you again next year!

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Keep Clam!

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Zeus is itchy.

It’s his yearly Autumn Itch.

So I bought him some itch relief stuff.

Let’s read the bottle..let me see..we have

Deep skin cleansing….splendid, that’s much better than shallow skin cleansing.

Complete body cleanser..even better, not much point only cleaning part of it.

Soothes ….great stuff, nothing better than a soothing soothe.

Clams.. sure a good clam is..What?…I mean..Pardon?

Hmmm..Yup that’s what it says..

Soothes and clams…

clams.

I’ve never had my dog clammed before.

Shellfish of me I know.

I wonder if it’s good for his mussels?

zeus exasperated

Sorry  I’ll scale back.

zeus lab dog sillyI know it’s getting ruff.

sammy drinking dog

It’s  load of carp really.

carp fish koi

Llama get back to the point.

llama blue eyes heterochromia

It’s not like this happens aviary day.

vulture It’s dragon on…

dragon lizard reptileNo use hanging around.

snake green hangingOr lion..

lioness sleeping lions cat feline

I’m just kitten..

lynx box cat feline

Sea ya!

dog lake water chase

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Public Service Announcement

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This is a public service announcement.

Do not run with apples in your mouth!Zeus yellow lab apple.

Stop it!

Zeus lab yellow dog apple.

Put that down!

Zeus lab yellow apple dog.

It looks ridiculous.

Much as I appreciate the art of meditation that doesn’t look much better.

Zeus zen

“Thpbfft!”

Westie Lab Retriever dog tongues small.

How rude!’

Now everyone..

Jump!

Zeus Sampson lab westie jump play.

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