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Bunnies

2010-10-11T14:37:00.001-05:00

We have a lot of cottontails, which I always refer to as "bunnies." These 2 were waiting for me to come to my studio yesterday. They're normally OK with my presence close by and I just happend to have my camera. Imagine that!

This one below didn't want to use any energy to run, it just flopped down and got comfortable! They're way up there on the "cuteness" scale.

The family seems to be settling in. Kittie is OK with it all, but I do get a little nervous when the tail playing starts.

I have a landscape painting to show you in my next post - stay tuned!

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Hill Country Fall Beauty -- New Helper

2010-10-04T09:04:00.001-05:00

I was in the middle of the beautiful Texas Hill Country last week. Fredericksburg is beautiful any time of year, but after our mild and wet summer, it's gorgeous now! I have a few photos I want to share with you this morning. More to come soon!

The field behind our lodge was full of these yellow beauties:

This elk was magnificent! When he bellowed after his harem, I couldn't believe how loud it was:

The view is beautiful no matter which direction you look.

They insisted on coming along: More to come!

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Sagebrush in bloom, Ice cream!

2010-09-17T11:12:00.001-05:00

The sagebrush has been a little strange lately, 1/2 blooming, stopping, not really in a full run towards flowering.. But this one, just outside of my studio is giving me a great show every day.

It's full of blooms yet to open, so it should be much fuller soon. This particular bush is light violet. When the hillside we over look from the patio is covered with sage in bloom, it's awesome. It's such a treat to see whole pastures brilliantly colored like this!

The flowers range from a very light violet to a vivid deep violet. Here and there you'll see a white bush, but really, it's not a pretty show like the violets.

You'll hear it called both "Cenizo" and "Ceniza." More common names in this area are Sage, Sagebrush and Purple Sage. The light silvery gray leaves always stand out when backed by the greens of the pastures.

Deer browse the sage if their normal food supply is sparse. Butterflies are loving the blooms, you can find 3 or 4 different types right now, all happily enjoying!

They wanted ice cream. Kittie likes vanilla.

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Vulture inside of the patio!

2010-09-04T10:51:00.001-05:00

Turkey Vultures

Turkey Vultures occasionally sit on the patio fence, but this one came inside of the patio.

His huge size is apparent perched on the bird house tree!

I tried to get a close up so you can see the color on his head. These were shot from inside of the house, looking into a bright morning light - not the best, but the best I could get. Hope you enjoy!

I'm posting these photos from my Posterous blog, which will automatically post to my regular blog at Blogger. Post from Posterous will look a little different from my regular post (and won't have a photo of my helpers, ....sigh...) but this will let me send short post quickly. This is test post, so please bear with me as I make sure all of this will come out right!

Jean

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Vultures

2010-08-10T14:00:00.001-05:00

The Turkey Vultures are on the patio fence again.....I'm being careful to keep an upright posture and continue moving.

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New Wildlife Photos

2010-07-12T18:23:00.002-05:00

I wanted to share our animals and birds again. Here are deer, antelope, wild Tree Ducks and hummingbirds.

Enjoy!

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Painted Buntings are back!

2010-04-26T12:26:00.001-05:00

I saw the 1st painted bunting of the season today! The fountain is starting to attract birds again!

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Fredericksburg wildflower photos

2010-04-14T09:12:00.001-05:00

The wildflowers in the Fredericksburg, Texas area are awesome this year! I've never seen them prettier!

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Lake Jean photos, ducks, antelope

2009-11-17T13:38:00.001-06:00

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Monarch Butterflies

2009-10-16T09:11:00.001-05:00

A few years ago, I was painting at Lake Jean and the Monarchs were clumping over my head! In good years, you can see dozens and dozens in a clump. It's such an amazing site! This was 2006.

Ok, I have to add one kitty photo! Stella has her usual pillow, Clothilde.

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Egrets at Lake Jean!

2009-09-17T13:30:00.001-05:00

Egrets at Lake Jean! I've never seen so many. I'm not sure if they are still there today, I can't see them from the house, and haven't walked down there yet.

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More photos of the baby ducks

2009-09-15T18:30:00.001-05:00

More ducky photos, I simply cannot help myself!!

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2009-09-03T13:33:00.001-05:00

Duck photos!!! We have chickens too, they sent the chickens to help keep the ducks warm. Hmmm, I figured 100 degrees was warm enough!

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Fleur de lis paintings

2009-09-03T12:54:00.001-05:00

Fleur De Lis, mixed media. The 1st 4 pieces are appx 5 7/8 by 3 7/8, on 300# arches watercolor paper. The last piece is on 5x5 square stretched canvas, 1 1/2 inch gallery wrap. These will be going to The Royal Standard in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, unless I sell them 1st!! Let me know if you're interested.

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Blue Quail with babies!

2009-07-20T09:30:00.001-05:00

Here are the quail and the little ones!

These are Blue Quail. When the birds are very young, they look like little walnuts on a short tooth pick! I was so glad to get this shot, they came on the patio earlier than yesterday.

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The chickens and ducks are growing!

2009-06-16T09:12:00.001-05:00

The chickens and ducks are doing great. They are growing already, not even a week old!

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Fallow deer and cactus

2009-06-05T09:11:00.001-05:00

These are shots from last weeks drive about 20 miles north of Brackettville, I'll blog about these on my Art blog later.

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New Landscape Oil Painting

2009-05-26T20:13:00.001-05:00

Worked on this landscape this week, from plein air reference. 18x24, oil.

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2009-05-25T10:57:00.001-05:00

This cute bunny was outside of my studio this morning!

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Hummingbird photos!

2009-05-21T07:56:00.001-05:00

humming bird photos!!!

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Painted Bunting, bath time

2009-05-09T07:31:00.001-05:00

a very fuzzy Painted Bunting taking his bath!

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Plumbago plein air and detail, May 4th painting

2009-05-05T09:09:00.001-05:00

Plumbago plein air (14x11) and detail, May 4th painting

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2009-05-03T19:29:00.001-05:00

I love this shot of the painted buntings!

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Plumbago bush, plein aire

2009-04-20T11:10:00.005-05:00

This is the other plein aire piece I did yesterday. This is my plumbago bush, 9x12, oil. The sun was cutting through the bush, leaving a nice shadow/light pattern.

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Orioles!

2009-04-19T09:49:00.004-05:00

Here is our Orchard Oriole on the brick, and the Hooded Oriole on the orange half.

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