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http://punditkitchen.com/2010/08/31/political-pictures-raptor-rainbow/

Got some painting done today, which always happies me, but I was doubly exicted when the inspiriation for said painting came and sat outside the window!( artz in progress )
:~)

Had a rather luscious downpour this afternoon, which made Peepers and Zazu VERY happy. They kept running through the overflow from the gutter! Just like kids used to run through sprinklers in the 'old days' (before water restrictions made them a fond memory!)

Sketchfest YAY!

Prompt # 1 - Lady of the Light 


Prompt # 2 - End of Summer

Prompt # 3 - Unicorn Sonata


Didn't get as many done as I'd hoped, and was falling asleep during the unicorn sketch! Just too many demands on my time at home!  But I was thrilled with what I did achieve and will definitely participate again! 

Daughter's hands!

( pix! )

:~)

ETA: not MY birds; outside birds.  ;~P

A result of the prompt from the June EMG sketchfest - "Gothic Lolita Fairy."  :~D

( a gothic lolita fairy! )

...who was beautifully handreared before his new family bought him from the breeder (for a lot of money!) and they named him, Sam.

They must have liked him and wanted him, but not understood the ways of parrots.  When he bit their child, they stopped getting him out of his cage.  His screams of frustration and loneliness saw him renamed, SammyShithead, moved out of the family house and relegated to the garage, where he was given food (seed only) and/or water when somebody thought of it. A sad way to spend the first year of Life.

When angelicvampyre rescued him, there was no food or water in his cage, (which was no more than a cat/dog carry cage, No perches, no toys.) and the owners couldn't remember when he'd last been fed.  Severely malnourished, the avian vet did not have high hopes for his survival, and one of the tests showed that the poor little parrot had Psittacosis.

( what happened next? )

The eta Aquarid Meteor Shower SpaceWeather.com

Global Notes: This shower can be seen from both hemispheres, but south is favored with twice as many meteors.

 

( cut for your comfort, but there's a really cute koala cartoon under here! )