The Last Supper

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Rice Harvest

I was out looking for something to photograph the other day, and there was a big north wind blowing hard. I should have known better, nothing was out in that wind except me and the rice harvesters.

More Raptors

This red-tailed hawk was having quite a time trying to keep several turkey vultures from stealing his lunch.

Accipiter striatus?

Here's a little hawk that hunts in the walnut orchard everyday. This behavior plus it's size and tail markings leads me to think that it's a sharp-shinned hawk. But I'm not sure. My raptor identification skills leave something to be desired.

Canvas?

I just received a sample pack of professional fine art papers. They present a lot of possibilities; however, what really interests me are the canvas samples. Hopefully they will not be too heavy for my purposes.

Bugs!

Recently, I've been looking at some possibilities of painting a variety of local insects. I've always liked insects: as a boy I was an avid collector.

Spiders are great too, but they seem harder to draw for some reason. I'll try to do some tomorrow.

Cache Creek Clean Up

After a large section of one of the main structures fell into the creek, the "Friends of Cache Creek" volunteered to remove the debris. They came out early on a Saturday morning and removed all the metal roofing material.

It looked like quite a chore -i.e., hauling it up the side of the levee on their backs!


Thanks!