Friday...

In regards to the many questions I received in the comment section after Thursday's post, I probably should answer them here. To answer the question[s]: "No, I have never taken any classes or have I been trained in art. I did, however, take art class as an elective in high school...but what was covered in that semester was never drawing or painting...it was more studying the art, remembering mostly that BLACK AND WHITE ARE NOT COLORS, like primary and secondary colors...black & white...they're hues or shadows only. Bud and I argue this a lot, and I win. Many field trips to museums, studying classic artists, and crafts like key chains, jewelry, etc. took place in art class." For me personally, I've always paid much attention to colors and shapes of things from childhood...it just grew from there." Trust me, I've thrown more away than ever saved, It's an outlet...a stress reliever more often than not.

Okay, that is out of the way.  Yesterday I finally felt up to taking a nice long walk.  The Gulf Humidity was ever-present tho, so I got over-heated and coughed my head off once back in the car, heading home.  But, the great outdoors felt wondrous.   I ended up walking part of Charlie's Pasture, walking along the ship channel, and a couple of birding spots.  I must tell you, it was a morning of being at the right place at the right time in one instance!!  Each year, I most always have to drive a 50 mile one way trip to find the migrating, wintering, Whooping Cranes.  And, there have been many many years that the trips were worthless...no cranes the time I'm there.  For the last month or so, there have been two Whooping Cranes reported seen in Charlie's Pasture!!  Many many mornings I've searched and searched.  To go home disappointed and thinking "Do I have to drive to Goose Island to find them there?"  Looking from the observation deck, I saw two small white specks about a couple miles off...I used my zoom [I didn't take my scope 'cause it's heavy]...zoomed in and saw the tell-tale red patch and ornate tail feathers!!  The elusive cranes were visible!!!

This photo above was never resized....it's very large to see where I found 'em. What it looked like with the naked eye.

I took photos of them the best I could and called it quits and moved on to search for more birds. I opted to walk a bit along the channel, no ships, but a few dolphins surfaced now and then to blow then dive underwater again. I took the pasture's 'pioneer' trail to finish my step count...[unpaved and natural]:

More of my sketches coming up in next post when I can get it up and pre-scheduled. Thanks for all the positive feedback. You made this ol' gal feel good!