Iris, Forest Path, Too Quiet

Continuing the blog post series prompted by COVID-19….

A Zentangle Prompt

Make a tile using these three patterns: WAVLIN, CURLY-Q, and DL Sunray.

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Here is a tile I made yesterday based on the prompt: Use the POKEROOT pattern to make the frame. Aura the POKEROOT berries like CRESCENT MOON.

Unique activities for yesterday:

Very Quiet Morning. Normally when I first wake up just after 5:30 AM, there is a lot of birdsong and I listen to it for a few minutes in bed – appreciating the sounds and trying to identify the birds singing. This morning it was eerily quiet. What was going on? My guess was a hawk (or other predator) in the area.

Four iris buds have opened on the stalks in my office. Bringing a little outdoor beauty indoors.

The path into the forest. The deer path into the forest doesn’t seem as obvious today. The plants are growing faster than the deer come through to keep it open.  I’ve decided to enter at a more formal path next time we hike since I’m sure the prickly vines that are part of the forest undergrowth are growing rapidly too….not pleasant to hike through even in heavy jeans.

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If I look in the other direction from my office window – I notice that our neighbor’s dogwood is still blooming. The little bit of pink seems to develop as the flowers get older. It was a very windy day for photography…but the little bit of blur appealed to me.

Links to my previous “filling a day of social distance” posts  here.

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