A RURAL GEEK

Sitting across from an elm tree at lunch today. The bark pulled me so I had to quickly sketch it. 🎨

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Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there. I was fortunate to be up before dawn so I could sketch outside. Then a wonderful breakfast with my wife a girls. Enjoy the day!

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I spent my lunch hour just sketching a pine cone. Now I can take on the rest of the day.

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Red admiral outside this morning. They have excellent camouflage but in the second pic you can see it chose to land on my shorts for a close-up. No wonder I have the nickname Dr Dolittle. Btw, this is common behaviour with red admirals.

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Blandings turtle in our pond. This turtle is considered threatened in Ontario which makes this sighting even more special.

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4 for 4. This eastern swallowtail just emerged. My daughter is so happy because she had quarantined these last fall when they were in chrysalis form because she was worried they were comprimised by a wasp. They love dill, parsley and carrot tops. We should start seeing the monarchs arriving any day now.

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Drawing Inspiration, 03: Drawing with an iPad

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Dropping the next episode in my podcast later today where I talk about drawing on the iPad and I mention this piece I am currently working on.

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This is what an eastern swallowtail butterfly looks like less than a minute after emerging. This one slept outside all winter until just now. Nature is awesome! We have possibly 3 more coming. Monarch butterflies won’t be up to our area for maybe another week.

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Well this is fun, my podcast made it to “New and Noteworthy” for a little bit in iTunes. It didn’t last long but that’s ok 😃 Next episode is Monday about drawing with the iPad.

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