Frank Thoughts – 270 – December 19, 2011
Another Rufus Hummingbird Update
I haven't been able to get any more good pictures of Ruffy since early November because every time I station myself at the peephole, she alights on the one hole opposite my point of view. After many failed attempts, I almost succumbed to the temptation to put duct tape over that one hole. I didn't want to do that because she's never quite forgiven me for aiding and abetting in her capture. Forcing her to a feeder hole not of her choosing didn't seem like the best way to get on her good side. A couple of days ago, I decided to drill a new observation hole in the side of my alcove. She came for a visit soon after I made the hole, but I didn't get all of her in the frame. I later made the hole a little bigger. She came again immediately. With drill in hand and camera in house, I could do nothing but observe. Sunday morning, I set up the tripod beside the new hole. She came before I could get it well positioned, then soon came again for her first decent shots since November. The numbers 3 and 0 are visible on her band. Her new gorget feathers glow gold in the right light. While those best gorget feathers don't show in the second shot down, a few feathers are reflecting gold in that shot. I also left one of her November shots in place for comparison. I didn't take a new shot of the alcove. The new observation hole would be directly above the red pansy on the right.
Other selected Lyne Art pages
Alison's Illustrators Linkup Page for Midsouth SCBWI members
Big Picture - Shows me demonstrating how to position a block of wood for carving
Links to people we know
1. Daniel Arite - Nashville, Tennessee - Daniel is both a musician and a visual artist. His first CD is called The Secret Marvelous Instead, Vol. 1 and features the lyrics of Thandiwe Shiprah and Daniel's music.
2. Tracy Barrett - Nashville, Tennessee - Tracy teaches at Vanderbilt University. She is also Regional Advisor Emeritus for the Midsouth (Kentucky & Tennessee) Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.
Search engines
Google - Yahoo - Alltheweb - AltaVista
News
Link exchanges, individuals
1. - Colleen Cassidy-Burns - Sarasota, Florida - Colleen's work includes painted furniture, watercolors, art classes and custom framing.
2 - Sonya Moran - Byron Bay, Australia - Sonya is a sculptress. Her mediums include marble, wood, cold cast alloy and clear resin.
Link exchanges, organizations
1. Kentucky Ornithological Society - A web site for Kentucky birders. The KOS also sponsors an email listserv called Bird Kentucky
2. - Soho Gallery - Sydney, Australia - Soho gallery features a diverse mix of talented emerging and established artists. Many mediums shown, servives to private and public collectors
Shooting Star Nursery - specializes in plants native to the forests, prairies, and wetlands of eastern North America. Plants are grown from seed or vegetatively. They do not sell wild-collected plants.
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