I’ve been doing a lot of sightseeing lately. I took this photo at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens when I traveled there early last week.
I took the second photo in Santa Monica, California on a photography field trip later that same week.
I’m in Austin Texas this week visiting our son and daughter-in-law. These beautiful sun flowers were waiting for me when I arrived. This has certainly been a time of travel for me and I’m loving it.
Colorful plant containers were plentiful, so we spent several hours last weekend looking for the right size and color plant container for the front of our house. Continue reading
Today I met this friendly young macaw at Omar’s Exotic Birds, this week’s Artist Date. Omar’s is so colorful and I love seeing their birds. Our cockatiels came from Omar’s and we’ve been customers for over twenty years, so they know us well. I asked permission from the store manager before I took any photos. This lovely macaw was very friendly and not at all disturbed by my camera. In fact I had to be careful because he was a little too curious and kept reaching for the lens.
I saw this bright little Senegal Parrot, while looking around the store, and it tugged at my heart. We lost our Senegal a little over a year ago and I still miss her.
Before I left, I went back to see the friendly macaw, and found him eating his lunch.
I spent a few minutes looking at the wall covered with bird toys, but I resisted buying any and headed home.
I love to watercolor and watch what the paint does when it contacts the water. Continue reading