Look who showed up on my thistle feeder?
You know, I put up a thistle feeder for the gold finches. Sometimes there are as many as thirteen on my feeder at a time! They are little piggies! Anyone who feeds birds knows that only the economy bag is a prudent purchase. This morning a white-crowned sparrow was on the finch feeder shooing the […]
Bewick’s Wren
Yesterday I wrote on Facebook that I was going to paint a Bewick’s Wren. But like most things, I would plan to put it off until I had the time. This morning I was woken by the sound of the Bewick’s wren’s song. “Ok,ok”, I said,”I’ll paint you.” So I put off my morning swim […]
The birds one can see while travelling
One of the perks of living in Chicago was the variety of birds I saw when the weather changed. In the Spring when it was getting warm and a sudden cold front came , I was visited by Red-breasted grosbeaks. In the fall the white crown sparrows(one is pictured here) appeared just as they do […]
Goldfinches
There is something wondrous about watching a goldfinch on a thistle feeder. When I lived in Highland Park, a suburb of Chicago I always had a thistle feeder primarily to attract goldfinches. I had a feeder outside of my bedroom window and I watched their feathers change color with the seasons. In the fall and […]
Painting dreams
When I paint birds or landscapes I have an agenda, a plan before I paint. Usually I am painting them so someone else can enjoy the painting. I already have had my enjoyment during the process of painting. However,when I paint dreams it’s because I am looking for an answer to something within me or […]
What’s in a name? The reason I named Uccellino Uccellino!
From a marketing standpoint Uccellino is the worse name to call a business. It is hard to pronounce and it is at the end of the alphabet. What did I know? I named Uccellino, pronounced ooch a lee no, Uccellino because I love birds and it means little bird in Italian. Why birds? Why Italian? […]
