The Little Nuthatch
Cardinal, Saltators, Finches, Tanagers, Vireo.
Another painting from my bird watch series. I love these cute little songbirds!
Bright and sunny.
Here are some photos from Thursday, a lovely summer morning at Canaveral National Seashore (Playalinda Beach). So quiet. Turtle tracks!!
Shells.
Living in Florida my whole life, I've accumulated quite a collection of shells. I have a jar full of them, and lots thrown on top of plants in flower pots. Yet every time I go to the beach I can't help but collect more. They are so pretty and cute. This photo captures the ones I've collected so far this Summer. I'm sure more will be added to it... most of them have holes in them for stringing, the allure of crafts always hanging in the air!
Instant metal key collection.
How cute are these keys I picked up at Michaels in the scrapbooking section? They are K&Company "Life's Journey" Metal Art. I am going to use them in birds nests. A nice addition to my growing collection of trinkets for future nests.
Further adventures in rubber stamp carving.
When I first started making rubber stamps I was using a regular old x-acto knife, I was doubtful the rubber stamp carving tools were actually worth the money. Well, at this point I made enough stamps to make the investment so I got the carving tools from Speedball (sold at Michaels) and wow, what a difference in makes! I was telling all my friends how easy it was to make stamps, but these tools make it REALLY easy. I made this duck stamp in 20 minutes. And then made a couple more... (Now that I'm looking at them, they all...