When cats are alert,
light and shadow flirt,
listen
for kingfisher blurts,
echoes on ponds skirt.
Glistened
steel grey plumes assert
self-crowned king of turf —
frisson!
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That’s a great drawing Lisa! 🙂
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Jen, thank you! I drew it a couple of months ago for Draw a Bird Day. It turned out better than I thought it would. Not quite to daVinci yet….
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Well I’m still at stick people so….lol
Excellent work.
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🙂 ❤
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🙂❤
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Very nice drawing.
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Thank you, Sadje 🙂
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You’re welcome 😉
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Fantastic! I love the play between the cat and bird. And yes! Wonderful drawing!
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Thank you very much, Donna, for your comment and your inspiration for the form.
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That’s lovely! Your drawing is good too, Li.
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Thank you, Punam. Glad to see you back ❤
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You are welcome. It feels good to be back. ❤️
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Birds! And cats too…(not to mention shadows) (k)
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the details here are so so good.
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I had fun writing this one. Many thanks 🙂
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That is a majestic looking bird.
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Someone got the kingfisher’s name right 🙂
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Yes they did!
PS…sent an email
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Just answered it.
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