Frank Thoughts - 241 - April 26, 2008
Young Horned Owl
The weather was too perfect this morning for anything but a picture taking excursion down to the creek. A Louisiana Waterthrush sang its song at creek's edge, then hid as soon as it saw me looking. Across a quarter mile of heat distorting damp corn stubble, a turkey gobbler strutted up and down, showing his tail fan. A shortcut through wet waist high wheat startled a sleeping doe, which quickly disappeared over the hill. Almost home again with only two pictures, I still filled my memory card when this young Horned Owl decided to pose for me.
Alison's Illustrators Linkup Page for Midsouth SCBWI members
Big Picture - A page for showing larger images. Currently illustrating a carving tip
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 for the Midsouth (Kentucky & Tennessee) with the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.
3. Mark Griffin - Russellville, Kentucky - Mark's site is called Quake Magazine and features his photographs and writing on a wide variety of topics.
4. Charles and Regina Phillips - Russellville, Kentucky - Owners and operators of The Washington House Bed & Breakfast . The main portion of this house was built in 1824 by John Whiting Washington, a third cousin to George Washington.
5. David Tragle - Nashville, Tennessee - David's site features pencil drawings and some work in other mediums. He works with a variety of subject matter, including portraits of people and animals, landscapes, house portraits, church portraits and religious themed work. He also does an occasional opinion piece.
David recently asked me to update my description of his web site. I suppose he meant to draw attention to his latest opinion piece, consisting of only three words.
Search engines
Google - Yahoo - Alltheweb - AltaVista - Netscape
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 - The best site on the web for Kentucky birders. The KOS also sponsors an email listserv called Bird Kentucky
2. - Chip Chats - Home page of the National Woodcarvers Association and the online version of Chip Chats magazine.
3. - 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
4. - Woodcarvers on the Web - Links to some of the best wood carving sites on the web.
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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