Category: birds

• Frosty morning Sunrise

  

  I just looked back on my post for New Year 2020, only to discover that I posted a picture of a frosty morning sunrise; a view of our garden down to the little apple tree where the birds feed. This morning, it was just the same, a beautiful sunrise, with the light filtering through the […]

  Maxine Dodd – Art

  31/12/2020

  birds, gardens, wildlife

  2020, garden, new year

• Philip

  

  We have a pheasant, in our village, we call call Philip, who trots about from one garden to another and even takes walks along our street – he is quite a star. I am trying (again!) to capture him crowing which is a wonderful flurry of feathers and sound. Here are a few attempts in […]

  Maxine Dodd – Art

  12/10/2018

  birds, gardens, wildlife

• January blues

  

  This week the weather steadied – snow bedded deep and days were cold. The whiteness is wearing and we’re all tired. I ventured out  to meet my friend Sheila who was painting nearby, but mostly continued work in the garden. Along with my usual pen and watercolour, I changed to oil paint on board for […]

  Maxine Dodd – Art

  25/01/2013

  birds, gardens, Life, weather, wildlife

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