Daily Doodle # 18: Great Blue Heron
April 18, 2017
Great Blue Heron
Great blue heron at Green Lake
Great blue heron at Green Lake
In Praise of Idleness Drawings 87 – 95
December 31, 2016
Fuchsia
Trumpet flowers
Leaf
Calla lilies
Trees
Great blue heron
Face
Crow
Hands
The end
It was a rush to the finish, but I did complete this project by the end of the year as I had hoped. Time for new projects in 2017.
Happy New Year!
In Praise of Idleness Drawings 77 – 79
December 28, 2016
Seagull
Great blue heron
Duck
In Praise of Idleness Drawings 72 and 73
December 19, 2016
Canada goose
Great blue heron
In Praise of Idleness Drawings 32 – 34
November 26, 2016
Great blue heron
Frosty Mornings, the Gelid World
January 5, 2014
January morning at Green Lake
“How glorious the perfect stillness and peace of the winter landscape.”
— Henry David Thoreau, from Winter: The Writings of Henry David Thoreau, vol. 8, December 31, 1854
Path through the frosty grass, Green Lake
“We must go out and re-ally ourselves to Nature every day. We must make root, send out some little fibre at least, even every winter day. . . . Staying in the house breeds a sort of insanity always.”
— Henry David Thoreau, from Winter: The Writings of Henry David Thoreau, vol. 8, December 29, 1856
I took Thoreau’s advice and walked around Green Lake on this frosty January morning. It was crisp and clear. I saw three great blue herons, a bald eagle perched in a tree, honking Canada geese, foraging ducks, and other Seattleites out to enjoy the fresh air.
Joggers at Green Lake
Fishing from the dock, bundled up, enjoying the natural world
One of three great blue herons (notice the frosty back feathers)
