Tag: Creations
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Frog and Lily on the Nature Trail
#NatureDoodlewash Nearly missed this on the Nature Trail today… a frog basking on a lily pad. For this I’ve used my expensive paints (!) and a good brush. I can see instantly the difference between the paints, even when I squeezed the paints the new ones were much better than the el-cheapo ones at even…
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Long-Eared Owl on the Nature Trail
#NatureDoodlewash It’s early evening on the Nature Trail today, and we’ve quietly come across a long-eared owl. The tufts on the top of its head are feathers and not ears, although they look like them. It only raises them when alarmed, so, like the squirrel the other day, we’ve once again spooked a little critter.…
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Stag on the Nature Trail
#NatureDoodlewash I’m really getting into this watercolour malarkey now! I’m not counting my chickens yet, but I may be able to do a few more than I thought, if I keep this up, for July’s World Watercolour Month. We’re once again on the Nature Trail, and look what we’ve bumped into today… a young stag.…
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What the heck’s that on the Nature Trail?
There’s some odd creatures on this #NatureDoodlewash. Believe you me. I moved the green garden bin earlier, and out from underneath scuttered about a million and one earwigs and woodlice, they were probably sheltering from all of this rain we’re currently having. Inspired by the sheer volume of these creepy crawlies, I decided to do…
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Icewolf on the Nature Trail
#NatureDoodlewash (Loosely, I hasten to add!) We’ve kind of found ourselves a little lost on the Nature Trail today. Knee-deep in snow, which is nice and refreshing for the time of year, we come across the most rare of rare creatures: the Icewolf. Occasionally seen in Cheshire, they are normally found around, strangely, unused stations…