tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222503441854374850.post2118637908827322578..comments2024-03-27T16:06:06.759-05:00Comments on Sketching in Nature: For the Love of Leaves!Kate (Cathy Johnson)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03296053923338246127noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222503441854374850.post-28021122709624000372009-06-14T20:12:22.197-05:002009-06-14T20:12:22.197-05:00Just wonderful, Vickie! And now I am REALLY kicki...Just wonderful, Vickie! And now I am REALLY kicking myself, because there was a huge hawk perched on the eaves of a barn hear the highway yesterday, and I was just too tired to back up and turn around to try to sketch or photograph him!<br /><br />These are sooooo beautiful...Kate (Cathy Johnson)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03296053923338246127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222503441854374850.post-60395530702296835052009-06-14T18:38:52.916-05:002009-06-14T18:38:52.916-05:00You really have patience to wait around not knowin...You really have patience to wait around not knowing if you'll be able to see the birds. I love the two page spread in your sketchbook showing the juvenile hawk perched in its beautiful habitat with all those glorious leaves.Diane AZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02304549124035767882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222503441854374850.post-35025534955777821842009-06-14T15:02:42.050-05:002009-06-14T15:02:42.050-05:00That you, Spinyurchin. That's a good expressi...That you, Spinyurchin. That's a good expression, "brain-freeze". I've had plenty of those during this journey of observations!Vickiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11301484477954719161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222503441854374850.post-84312841419350344812009-06-14T13:45:04.484-05:002009-06-14T13:45:04.484-05:00I am really enjoying these posts of your Red-shoul...I am really enjoying these posts of your Red-shouldered hawk family. I feel like I am getting an exclusive insider's view to their world. <br />You must have been so excited when you realized you weren't looking at a clump of leaves! (I call them "brain-freezes" when you see something in nature that is so unexpected and wonderfully surprising that it takes your brain time to process).spinyurchinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06610684672490817744noreply@blogger.com