Rain fell last night and through the morning. The oaks and hickories, their bare limbs aching for spring, drank in the moisture, as a Carolina Wren's lilting song drifted through the moist air.
Two wrens have slept in their shelter on our front porch the past two nights, after being absent for much of the winter. It could be a good sign. Last year, their nest building started a week earlier than this, but who am I to cast stones? Seems like I'm behind on everything, too. We're just hoping, after last year's unfortunate events, that they'll choose to nest again within sight of the kitchen sink.
In the meantime, they're residing in the forest in this piece, and also on a mug in my Zazzle shop. Check it out here, if you like.
Linking with World Bird Wednesday
28 comments:
Beautiful!!! I love it. Good luck with the Wrens. Enjoy your week.
I believe it was some type of wren that nested in our bird house last spring. We watched as all the baby birds flew away. It was thrilling! We have put up another bird house hoping they will return.
Such a beautiful and delicate painting, Connie. So expressive too.
Have a wonderful week and I hope your wrens do have more success with their nest building this year.
What a beautiful painting -- perfectly capturing the pert nature of these sweet birds.
Wow what a great painting, Connie! I'm glad the birds are back. Mine are always in our trees waiting and watching for us ;-)
Beautiful!
Connie...I've got to ask...did you paint this or is it a photography edit? I LOVE it!!
I painted the birds and trees with watercolors. The background is a photograph, and I combined them in Photoshop.
Love what you did with this Painting/photo. Wonderful Art. You are very talented.
Connie, this is absolutely beautiful, and I am so in awe since I cannot even draw a recognizable stick figure!
So nicely done.
Nice job! I like it!
So wonderful to see... love it.
Lovely painting!
Great work!
oh Connie it's wonderful!
i love the spirit of your art
as well as the beautiful yumminess
of your gift.
thanks for sharing so sweetly,
Jennifer
Very lovely!
Thanks so much for telling us how you did this - wonderful work!
How creative and skillful you are - admiring !
Lovely painting! You are skillful indeed!
Lovely picture!
This image is AMAZING, what a glorious post!
Wow did you do that picture, it's brilliant. From Findlay
beautiful birds and your creative spirit has made such wonderful rendition of
Love the cute wrens! Your watercolor is beautiful!
Very nice work!
I've heard Carolina Wrens singing on my last three outings. I take it as a good omen!
That's a lovely painting!
Nicely done!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.
This is beautiful work, Connie!
I love that you combined a painting & a photo! It turned out great & what a fun idea!
I may be able to take a half decent photograph now and then - but how people draw is beyond me!
Cheers and thanks for linking to WBW
Stewart M - Melbourne
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