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Sometimes the things that arrive in the sketchbook are best not explained.
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woman sunflower black-eyed susan frog elephant hawk-moth caterpillar badger trumpet watering can cosmos murano glass elizabethan ruff robin crest fence
Or, in the original as we heard it in the garden: “twee twee twee t-t-t-t-teee twee twee trrrrrrrrrt”
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Bird in nest to bird carrying twig: "Idiot! I asked for a #12 twig. You've brought a #14!"
I don’t have a comic to post at the moment, so instead here is yesterday’s page from my sketchbook, I realise that’s not quite the same thing. We wandered around the V&A without a plan, and somehow the page filled with drawings of things that caught my attention. Later we went to a concert South of the River, out beyond Peckham, with friends.
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China:
vase with lotus and fish design, 1750-1850 Qing dynasty.
Teapot 1989, Gerald Gulotta and Bao Li'an
Owl-shaped wine vessel, 1250-1050BC, Shang dynasty. Bronze.
Korea: Bottle with willow design 1100-1300 Koryo- dynasty
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"Bartmann" pitcher with medallions and a crucifixion scene. 1575. (Workshop of?) Jans Emens Mennicken
Two earthenware pots ~1880. Linthorpe Art Pottery, designed by Christopher Dresser
Knitted green hat. Provenance unknown. ~late 20th century?
vase with lotus and fish design, 1750-1850 Qing dynasty.
Teapot 1989, Gerald Gulotta and Bao Li'an
Owl-shaped wine vessel, 1250-1050BC, Shang dynasty. Bronze.
Korea: Bottle with willow design 1100-1300 Koryo- dynasty
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"Bartmann" pitcher with medallions and a crucifixion scene. 1575. (Workshop of?) Jans Emens Mennicken
Two earthenware pots ~1880. Linthorpe Art Pottery, designed by Christopher Dresser
Knitted green hat. Provenance unknown. ~late 20th century?
A regular occurrence in our garden.
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[Wood pigeon on a garden bird table, scaring away the little yellow bird. Police helicopter arrives and the birds scatter. A robot appendage extends and grabs the food from the table]
Well, it’s been a while, sorry. Nice to see Noah again, and then I found that a pair of hippos had crept in to this comic too. Probably they came just to communicate with their cousin. I have no idea what that pair leaning out of the porthole are.
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Noah: Get gopher wood, he said. Get tar and pitch, he said. Take two of each animal, he said. Didn't bloody say nothing about bringing change for the meter.
The weekend of 24-25 January 2015 is the date for the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch, so you’ll need to get ready to count!
RSPB were interested enough to publish today’s comic on their blog… so if you arrived here from there WELCOME. Please consider leaving a comment to say you’ve been here. Thinking about it, quite a few of comics from the past have been about birds, RSPB or wildlife in general.
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RSPB Birdwatch...
I've already seen eighteen adults and eleven children! How about you?
I've already seen eighteen adults and eleven children! How about you?
Happy “whatever” to you, dear readers.
Today’s comic was inspired by our visit to our local RSPB bird reserve at Otmoor, yesterday, where we saw and heard an astonishing murmuration of starlings (estimated at around 50,000) swirling around above us and finally coming down to roost in the reeds. My point-and-click photo doesn’t begin to do it justice, and of course there’s the sound of the wings and the calls too! If you get a chance, enjoy this sight while you possibly can — starlings are on the critical list and in serious decline.
(click for the whole picture)
UPDATE: Karen put up a video of this on her blog.
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starlings at home:
"I don't feel like going out again this evening. How about we stay in and have a nice, cosy murmuration here - just the two of us?"
"I don't feel like going out again this evening. How about we stay in and have a nice, cosy murmuration here - just the two of us?"
Another one from Adam’s comic class…
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birds can't ski on roof tiles...
but that's why we have solar panels.
but that's why we have solar panels.