Category Archives: Sharing Life Stories

Staying Home and Drawing Birds ~ Class Two

Staying home during the Pandemic 2020 has me leaning heavily on the enjoyable past-times that I used to enjoy. Turning to them once again has taken my mind off what’s happening outside my window and all over the world. I’m finding it hard to focus on reading. The things I’m turning to and finding rewarding are writing and sketching/watercolor.

One past-time that I’m getting a lot of joy out of is bird watching! What would I do without the view from my window watching all the local birds coming into my feeder. Little did I know that a huge portion of the world population is doing the same thing!

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So, wanting to focus on something that would take my mind off of COVID-19, I began to think about sketching birds and watercoloring them with my new set of Sakura Koi watercolors. Or using colored pencils.

And along comes a Facebook Post about a cool webinar Audubon class ~ Drawing Birds ~ with John Muir Laws. If you’re on Facebook, you can find the videos on the Audubon California Facebook Page.

Class Two Drawings: Shore Birds and Waterfowl

Stay tuned for Class Three Drawings: Raptors

Sketches (c) Mary Lou

Photos used from birdpixel.com, seeingbirds.com and pixabay.com

For more information on the Audubon webinar please visit their website: https://ca.audubon.org/?fbclid=IwAR1QD2Cgp8uW0B447dFt4KDzR-w7Z-uj3szdSqcVcYhxT4kinowhN7rcdYw

Staying Home and Drawing Birds

Staying home during the Pandemic 2020 has me leaning heavily on the enjoyable past-times that I used to enjoy. Turning to them once again is taking my mind off what’s happening outside my window and all over the world. I’m finding it hard to focus on reading. The things I’m turning to and finding rewarding are writing and sketching/watercolor.

One past-time that I’m getting a lot of joy out of is bird watching! What would I do without the view from my window watching all the local birds coming into my feeder. Little did I know that a huge portion of the world population is doing the same thing!

So, wanting to focus on something that would take my mind off of COVID-19, I began to think about sketching birds and watercoloring them with my new set of Sakura Koi watercolors.

And along comes a Facebook Post about a cool webinar Audubon class ~ Drawing Birds ~ with John Muir Laws. If you’re on Facebook, you can find the first video on the Audubon California Facebook Page.

Stay tuned for Class two Drawings: Shore Birds and Waterfowl

Sketches (c) Mary Lou

Photos used from birdpixel.com, seeingbirds.com and pixabay.com

For more information on the Audubon webinar please visit their website: https://ca.audubon.org/?fbclid=IwAR1QD2Cgp8uW0B447dFt4KDzR-w7Z-uj3szdSqcVcYhxT4kinowhN7rcdYw

Me in the Middle of Lessons Learned ~ Letter Z (Reblog)

My Life Is My Masterpiece ~ Lessons Learned

My theme ~ Lessons Learned.  I’ll be posting a word that begins with each letter of the alphabet that fits my theme.   This blog/website has become one way to share about myself to my children, my grandchildren and my extended family who are scattered all over the country and the world.  Hopefully, anyone who reads this will be in some way blessed by my throwing my words out onto the World Wide Web and into the Universe.  

 My About Page gives me the focus so that, as I age, I don’t forget what I worked so hard to learn.  It’s going to be fun and challenging!   I hope you’ll stick with me as I strive to meet my goal!!

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Zest for LIfe

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Destiny!

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Creative Living

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celebrities time youtube what back

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* Note:  My letter sketches were made from ideas I found on Google Images. *

****  This Alphabet Series is a recycle of the posts I created while participating in the A to Z Challenge in 2016 ***

Me in the Middle of Lessons Learned ~ Letter Y (Reblog)

My Life Is My Masterpiece ~ Lessons Learned

My theme ~ Lessons Learned.  I’ll be posting a word that begins with each letter of the alphabet that fits my theme.   This blog/website has become one way to share about myself to my children, my grandchildren and my extended family who are scattered all over the country and the world.  Hopefully, anyone who reads this will be in some way blessed by my throwing my words out onto the World Wide Web and into the Universe.  

 My About Page gives me the focus so that, as I age, I don’t forget what I worked so hard to learn.  It’s going to be fun and challenging!   I hope you’ll stick with me as I strive to meet my goal!!

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 “We contain all the ages we have ever been.” 

♥ Anne Lamott ♥

Aging

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Forever Young ~ Joan Baez

 
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 * Note:  My letter sketches were made from ideas I found on Google Images. *

****  This Alphabet Series is a recycle of the posts I created while participating in the A to Z Challenge in 2016 ***

Me in the Middle of Lessons Learned ~ Letter X (Reblog)

My Life Is My Masterpiece ~ Lessons Learned

My theme ~ Lessons Learned.  I’ll be posting a word that begins with each letter of the alphabet that fits my theme.   This blog/website has become one way to share about myself to my children, my grandchildren and my extended family who are scattered all over the country and the world.  Hopefully, anyone who reads this will be in some way blessed by my throwing my words out onto the World Wide Web and into the Universe.  

 My About Page gives me the focus so that, as I age, I don’t forget what I worked so hard to learn.  It’s going to be fun and challenging!   I hope you’ll stick with me as I strive to meet my goal!!

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Xan·a·du
ˈzanəˌdo͞o/
noun
~ an idealized place of great or idyllic magnificence and beauty. ~
~an idyllic, exotic, or luxurious place ~
~ a place of great beauty, luxury, and contentment. ~

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Yup!  You guessed it!  I couldn’t think of a word that began with X sooooo …………… X is my Wild Card.

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Xanadu ~ Olivia Newton John

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I had heard the whispered tales
Of immortality
The deepest mystery
From an ancient book. I took a clue
I scaled the frozen mountain tops
Of eastern lands unknown
Time and Man alone
Searching for the lost–Xanadu

Xanadu ~ RUSH

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... And then if you’d prefer to watch a video with the Peanuts Gang singing ‘Xanadu’ …..

Here they are!

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* Note:  My letter sketches were made from ideas I found on Google Images. *

****  This Alphabet Series is a recycle of the posts I created while participating in the A to Z Challenge in 2016 ***