Floating Chair

Most people don’t know that acorns can float. I know what to do with this information.

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Acorns

Because I am a squirrel, acorns are my favorite food.

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Deer

I drew a lot of stuff in the woods. Seems there was a deer hiding nearby too.

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Woodstock

Just came home from 2 months in Woodstock. this church is in the center of town.

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Leaves

There are a lot of different leaves in our yard, after all we are in the woods. Being extremely dumb, it took me a while to realize the ones I was drawing were coming from the same tree. Then I noticed what looked like hard tennis balls lying around the yard. I searched the inter web to see if I could identify what kind of tree it was. I discovered it’s a black walnut tree.. The walnuts are inside the tennis ball looking fruit. I feel a little smarter this morning.

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Bugs

i’ve always had a very good relationship with bugs. They don’t ever seem to bite or flock to me. I have a certain immunity from their stings and arrows. Plus they don’t particularly creep me out, no matter how many legs they have, or how large, or hairy they Amy be. We’re very symbiotic. I’ve made a lot of new crawly friends now that I’m Mr. Countryboy.

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Irish Accent

My grandfather had a thick Irish accent. His pronunciation of the word thing was ting. I was thinking about that while I drew all the tings in our country backyard. Among the tings I found was a lunar moth. It was lying dead in the grass. This strange creature has a four and a half inch wingspan. I didn’t know what it was so I had to look it up. Before I knew it, my sketchbook page was full of beautiful tings from the garden. It reminded me of the old Martha Stewart saying, “ Tis a good ting.”

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