The Little Nuthatch

Hilary Knight is famous as the illustrator of Eloise. Eloise is of course fabulous, but I am more inspired by his fairy tale art such as  Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella, and The Owl and The Pussycat. I find the art in these picture books to be particularly stunning, especially Beauty and Beast with it's art nouveau style. Beauty and the Beast: Cinderella: But you don't have to take MY word for it! ♥ (That's some Reading Rainbow love.)

Here are some photos from Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge last weekend. I went to the beach, and took a drive down Bio-Lab Road, a little road along the Mosquito Lagoon. My favorite moment was spotting a beautiful blue Scrub Jay, although I did not get a photo, I was too busy enjoying the sight!   Today our first real cold front of the season came through. It's wonderful, and I am forming plans for adventures this weekend! Can't wait!

Box Turtle  

'Daily Animal Doodles September' I managed to whip out the rest of September's Daily Animal Doodles! I'm surprised I got it done, but luckily there were a lot of easy ones, like many birds and a mermaid. Also it's been raining all weekend and I'm stuck inside! But the snow leopard was hard so it just got a face. Sorry dude. September #18 Airedale Terrie r   September #19 Hyena September #20 Snow Leopard September #21 Chipmunk September #22 Opossum September #23 Bandicoot September #24 Red-winged Blackbird September #25 Phoenix September #26 Mermaid September #27 Pelican September #28 Caterpillar September...

Took a walk this morning and did some bird watching. All the usual suspects were out, as well as an Eagle, two pairs of Eastern Bluebirds, and lots of little Warblers.