Martha Horman: Animals

Saturday, May 16, 2015

The Year Away and a Cooper's Hawk

It has been over a year since my last post. In that time we have moved from Long Island to Pennsylvania and suffered some serious health issues. I have also gotten away from Art. I've missed not doing my doings and have just recently started a small water color. I hope to have it done by the beginning of next week.

At our new home a Cooper's hawk enjoyed a Mourning Dove on our front lawn. He ate some of it and took off with the rest. I assume there were some chicks looking for dinner....

Cooper's Hawk with kill

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Adriatic and Aegean Journal

Three lions of Venice:

The Lion of Venice and St Marks with friend.

A lion in the St. Marks Piazza.

The lion at the Ca' D'oro House on the Grand Canal.

AND:

A denizen of the Venetian Ghetto.

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Lobsters Are... Pink???

I saw this lobster in the live lobster tank at a local supermarket. He was moving around so I knew I wasn't looking at an ex-lobster ghost. Didn't know they came this color.

Saturday, April 3, 2010

Blythe's Goats

I have a niece who is quite taken with goats and also does wonderful pictures. Over the last few years she has done four goat portraits, two in acrylic and, recently, two in pastels.

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Florida Journal - Orlando

The first evening in Orlando we went with our nephew David to a great little Irish pub in Winter Park called Fiddler's Green. While we ate (and the food was excellent) we played Trivia. We came in 3rd against the other tables and won a $20 gift certificate to use at our next meal.

Thursday and Friday the weather was cold (for Florida) and rainy so I stayed in and did some beading. Saturday was sunny but not too warm. We went out anyway, back up to Winter Park where we walked around the shops, listened to a little Bach being played in the park and had lunch. After lunch I spotted an ospray sitting in a tree and got a rather good picture of it.

Today we drove over to the Orlando Wetlands Park were we set out on what we thought was a loop trail about 2.5 miles long. Somehow we got going in the wrong direction, we think.... Anyway, we realized that we really didn't know where we were and it was getting toward sunset, so we turned around and went back the way we came. We agreed that, all in all, we probably walked about 3.5 miles, much longer thab I was prepared to walk for the first hike of the season. We saw all the usual birds, herons, egrats, coots, anhingas and vultures. We also saw a beautiful Red-shouldered hawk.