catbird and red currants

[asakiyume]

I love catbirds. They are so friendly! They come very near to people and just start chatting. When I hang up laundry, when I go out on my porch, when I'm looking at my plants, along comes a catbird.

The catbirds also like to eat my red currants. The season is pretty much over now, but I drew a chalk drawing in the 90+ degree heat to commemorate catbirds and red currants. I had it on good authority from the weather people that it wasn't going to rain until tomorrow at the earliest, which meant the chalk drawing would survive at least until morning for people to see.

NOPE! Flash storm! Big rain! Ah, evanescence.

Anyway, here is the drawing, which had a life span of approximately seven hours.



And here is a close-up.



Beneath the cut are a couple of process shots







And here's a photo by Marie Lehmann from www.audubon.org of this friendly bird:

Comments

[sovay]

Anyway, here is the drawing, which had a life span of approximately seven hours.

It was gorgeous!

[pameladean]

Oh, that really captures a catbird!

Ours like to yell incessantly from cover. Yours sound more like robins. I don't mean you mistook one for the other, just that for me, the robins are the curious, chatty ones.

P.

[ranunculus]

People walking down the sidewalk may not have had time to enjoy it, but all your friends are! Very nicely done.

[sartorias]

I'm glad you took a picture!

Chalk drawing is so fun.

[sonia]

I love how much personality your bird drawing has, and the green and currant-y setting you gave it. How long did it take to make it? Would you consider making the chalk drawing again?

Great new icon!

[anna_wing]

Lovely! Basically the artistic equivalent of cherry blossom...

[gingicat]

I hope you enjoyed making the art, at least. It's lovely!

[umadoshi]

I love your art! And I've never seen a catbird before, so thank you for including the photo of one. What a darling!

[elusiveat]

Beautiful. Love the natural asphalt color as the gray of the bird.

[mallorys_camera]

❤️❤️❤️

[squirrelitude]

Lovely drawing! I mostly know catbirds as fairly shy and reclusive, so it's great that you get to see and hear more of them. Probably has something to do with the availability of currants. :-)

[osprey_archer]

What a beautiful chalk drawing! Unfair of the rain to wash it away so quickly, but such is the nature of rain, I suppose.

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[minoanmiss]

You bring us so muvh beauty!

[puddleshark]

NOPE! Flash storm! Big rain! Ah, evanescence.

LOL.

But it was gorgeous, while it lasted. Thank you.

[nineweaving]

What a lovely, mischievous drawing! Evanescence is a quality you share with Andy Goldsworthy.

Nine

[smokingboot]

Heart lifting art, thank you ... and the model's pretty sweet too!

[wayfaringwordhack]

Your evanescent art is beautiful, and what a character-full bird that is, both in your art depiction and the photograph.