Great capture! I have the opportunity to see Sandhill Cranes here in Florida A lot. They are so majestic but very loud when they are doing a mating dance.
Nicely done, Gail. Spring migration has pretty well passed here, leaving our summer assortment of songbirds, along with their predators. I read Muir's quote like the closing argument in the trial of Nature's importance and our need to preserve same. Drawing? How about I start with the stalk of a cattail? Maybe graduate to the head before it becomes a fluff ball? Thanks as always for sharing your doings... great and small and in between! CURE!
Very nice, Gail! We don't have cranes around here in my part of upstate NY that I know of, but I'd recognize that as a crane any day. Was the crane telling you to soar when you can? If so, you beat it to the punch.
Nice crane! I can't comment on one kind of crane over another (I should be paying more attention to the bird photos Dennett posts on Medium) but this was undoubtedly in the crane family. And if you hold it closer, it's male, and farther, it's female! 👏
Wonderful and inspiring, plus a call to action. I bought an A5 notebook on Saturday, it’s time I made some marks in it. Great website you shared Gail. 💚
I love your art work. We haven't seen Sandhill Cranes often. Whenever we go home to Northern Michigan we always try to get a day trip in to Seney NWR. We seen the cranes every once in a while there. We even saw an Osprey nesting on one trip.
We've never been to Bond Falls. My family lives in the Petoskey area about 30 mins south of the Mackinaw Bridge. I have tried several times to get to Kitch-iti-kipi but get so sleepy driving across the Upper Peninsula we usually end up at Seney so I can stop. Seney has a short walking trail so then we have to do the driving tour while there and then it is time to return back to the family. One day I will get to Kitch-iti-kipi. We have been to Taquamenon Falls and Ocqueoc Falls. Do you live in Michigan?
My dad's family is from the Chicago area. One of his brothers used to live in Kenosha. Your friend Pennie is relsted to his wife. I've never met Pennie but since she is related to my aunt I consider her family. One of these days I want to take a trip to Florida to meet her. My daughter was born in Florida and my son in Minnesota. They both grew up on an army base in Germany. Their dad was in the army. These two kids have seen a lot of history that most kids don't even think about.
Thank you for sharing so much of yourself here Margaret. How long did you live in Germany? Did you like it there? Was the landscape/climate similar to Michigan? That is how ai visualize it.
We lived in Baumholder, Germany for 11 1/2 years. We loved it. I volunteered in the elementary school for years. Over there they had host nation teachers who taught the all the students about the country they were living in. We learned a lot and saw a lot. My daughter paid attention to everything going on. My son, not so much. The host nation teacher took the students on so many field trips. One was to Trier. That was the furtherest west the Roman empire reached. We got to see the ruins of the ampitheater where the gladiators fought. That boy just was glad not to be in class. I couldn't get him to understand thst he could be standing where Ceasar once stood and walked. Then one day after the movie Gladiator with Russell Crowe came out and we were watching it, he sat straight up and started hollaring that we had been there and see a real ampitheater. I just laughed at him and shook my head. By that time he was out of high school. Baumholder was one of Hitler's main training camps. As you walk around the towns over there you can tell which buildings were used for prisoners of war because the rolls of barbed wire are still on top of the walls and fences. The tops were bent in towards the buildings to keep prisoners in. If the barbed wire is bent out then it was there to keep people out. You still have to be careful walking around through the countryside. They have designated walking paths but if you get off and go wandering the danger is unexploded ordinances buried. We took a field trip to Belgium and got to see General Patton's burial sight. We got to see so many different castles. We even got to tour the one Disney used as a model for his Sleeping Beauty movie. We were there when the Berlin Wall came down. Just so much history. The climate there was about the same as Michigan and Wisconsin. Then when we came back to the States we got sent down here to Louisiana. A totally different climate. Not one we really like. But I tolerate it because my son lives in Texas now. He's about 6 hours from us. If we moved back North we wouldn't get to see him as often. That would be a 3 day one way trip.
Great capture! I have the opportunity to see Sandhill Cranes here in Florida A lot. They are so majestic but very loud when they are doing a mating dance.
They can be mighty loud!
Nicely done, Gail. Spring migration has pretty well passed here, leaving our summer assortment of songbirds, along with their predators. I read Muir's quote like the closing argument in the trial of Nature's importance and our need to preserve same. Drawing? How about I start with the stalk of a cattail? Maybe graduate to the head before it becomes a fluff ball? Thanks as always for sharing your doings... great and small and in between! CURE!
I think of you and your explorations as Muir-like. You have a strong relationship with nature’s wild places.
I love it! Michael O’Brien is leading a walking meditation at 5:00pm EST on CH. it’s a beautiful day!!!
Thanks for sharing pics from your walk with me!
Ah! Can the wanderings of my mind or not mind be a substitute for a physical wandering?
🤷♀️ Not sure. I guess that’s your question to live. For me… outside is a mood lifter.
Very nice, Gail! We don't have cranes around here in my part of upstate NY that I know of, but I'd recognize that as a crane any day. Was the crane telling you to soar when you can? If so, you beat it to the punch.
I like to think it was the soul of somebody in my life who recently passed… telling me he’s free and soaring.
A great Crane, Gail! Yes, feather patterns can be overwhelming.. I need to study it every time I draw a cockatoo.
I just read a great quote from Leonardo da Vinci: If one knows how to copy, one knows how to do.
First we learn the rules and then we break them to fit our style?
BUTTON: “SAVE THE UNIVERSE! Collect all four” 😁
Nice crane! I can't comment on one kind of crane over another (I should be paying more attention to the bird photos Dennett posts on Medium) but this was undoubtedly in the crane family. And if you hold it closer, it's male, and farther, it's female! 👏
Hahaha! You found a way to discern only one crane present. Bravo!!! 😄
Wonderful and inspiring, plus a call to action. I bought an A5 notebook on Saturday, it’s time I made some marks in it. Great website you shared Gail. 💚
Thank you Margaret!
Oh… another friend learning to draw! That’s fantastic. I took a quick look at the mammals… it all shapes and connections between them. Fun!
I love your art work. We haven't seen Sandhill Cranes often. Whenever we go home to Northern Michigan we always try to get a day trip in to Seney NWR. We seen the cranes every once in a while there. We even saw an Osprey nesting on one trip.
Thank you Margaret! Have you ever been to Bond Falls? My family went there a while back and I thought they were awe-inspiring.
We started seeing Sandhills here about 15 years ago — few and far between. Now the population is booming.
I saw a bald eagle on Monday. They are making a come-back in our area.
We've never been to Bond Falls. My family lives in the Petoskey area about 30 mins south of the Mackinaw Bridge. I have tried several times to get to Kitch-iti-kipi but get so sleepy driving across the Upper Peninsula we usually end up at Seney so I can stop. Seney has a short walking trail so then we have to do the driving tour while there and then it is time to return back to the family. One day I will get to Kitch-iti-kipi. We have been to Taquamenon Falls and Ocqueoc Falls. Do you live in Michigan?
I live in SE Wisconsin. We used to vacation every summer in Eagle River and sometimes go exploring beyond. Bond Falls was one of those trips. 😊
My dad's family is from the Chicago area. One of his brothers used to live in Kenosha. Your friend Pennie is relsted to his wife. I've never met Pennie but since she is related to my aunt I consider her family. One of these days I want to take a trip to Florida to meet her. My daughter was born in Florida and my son in Minnesota. They both grew up on an army base in Germany. Their dad was in the army. These two kids have seen a lot of history that most kids don't even think about.
Thank you for sharing so much of yourself here Margaret. How long did you live in Germany? Did you like it there? Was the landscape/climate similar to Michigan? That is how ai visualize it.
We lived in Baumholder, Germany for 11 1/2 years. We loved it. I volunteered in the elementary school for years. Over there they had host nation teachers who taught the all the students about the country they were living in. We learned a lot and saw a lot. My daughter paid attention to everything going on. My son, not so much. The host nation teacher took the students on so many field trips. One was to Trier. That was the furtherest west the Roman empire reached. We got to see the ruins of the ampitheater where the gladiators fought. That boy just was glad not to be in class. I couldn't get him to understand thst he could be standing where Ceasar once stood and walked. Then one day after the movie Gladiator with Russell Crowe came out and we were watching it, he sat straight up and started hollaring that we had been there and see a real ampitheater. I just laughed at him and shook my head. By that time he was out of high school. Baumholder was one of Hitler's main training camps. As you walk around the towns over there you can tell which buildings were used for prisoners of war because the rolls of barbed wire are still on top of the walls and fences. The tops were bent in towards the buildings to keep prisoners in. If the barbed wire is bent out then it was there to keep people out. You still have to be careful walking around through the countryside. They have designated walking paths but if you get off and go wandering the danger is unexploded ordinances buried. We took a field trip to Belgium and got to see General Patton's burial sight. We got to see so many different castles. We even got to tour the one Disney used as a model for his Sleeping Beauty movie. We were there when the Berlin Wall came down. Just so much history. The climate there was about the same as Michigan and Wisconsin. Then when we came back to the States we got sent down here to Louisiana. A totally different climate. Not one we really like. But I tolerate it because my son lives in Texas now. He's about 6 hours from us. If we moved back North we wouldn't get to see him as often. That would be a 3 day one way trip.