CARDINAL WATERCOLOR

Lots of things I should have been doing this morning. Did this instead.

watercolor, charcoal pencil, ink

Based on this picture taken at Adkins Arboretum last week.

But that's enough of that. Time for barn chores and a little housework. Just between us, barn chores are more fun. XO.

The Waterfowl Festival

This was waterfowl weekend in Easton. The 40th Annual Waterfowl Festival, a wildlife art, and sportsman's expo, held the second weekend in November.

Warning #1. If you're not a dog person, you might want to scroll through quickly. My camera seems to automatically focus on dogs. Try as I might to broaden my photographic horizons, if there are plenty of dogs around, I will come home with mostly dog pictures. It's beyond my control.  Warning #2, if you are a dog lover, there's a picture of a chocolate lab puppy coming up, that will make you want to lick your screen! So, here's my dog loving view of the Waterfowl Festival.
Let's start with the ever-popular Delmarva Dock Dogs competition...where I learned that taking pictures of dogs in flight, takes a little practice...

There! That's better...

There were adoptable dogs also...

Talbot Humane

Dorchester Humane

Scenes from downtown...

In the yarn shop window.

Yum!!!

Chesapeake Bay Retriever

 I have to say, Talbot County is a great fall getaway any weekend. Seriously, people come from Baltimore and Washington to eat in our restaurants. For more info about the festival, click here, Waterfowl Festival.
Hope your weekend was at least fun, if not actually, "festive."

Down to the River

Took a quick walk down to the river with Nigel this evening. We're rapidly running out of daylight for after dinner walks. Disturbed the geese who were already settling in for the night...

they rose up noisily, but didn't go far, just down the bank and into the river.

Nigel was mesmerized...

A little wading and a sniff around the rushes...

and time to head for home with the geese already settling in behind us.

Sweet dreams!

River Birds

Went down  to the fishing bridge this AM hoping to get some good shots of the morning sky.  Too cloudy, but these guys were happy to pose...