Oct. 8, 2008 - A beautiful fall day

This past Sunday was a beautiful fall day.  Warm and sunny, light breeze-just perfect.  We decided to take the blankets out and just hang out in the back yard. Of course, the paints and the camera came, too.


Emily spotted this praying mantis underneath the picnic table.


Breezy brought her pocket palette and basket of supplies.  Bently enjoyed the sun by snoozing and rolling around on the blanket.  He also drank some of Breezy's paint water when she wasn't looking. 


I watched this praying mantis fly in from the field and land in the oak tree.  When we got up to get a closer look, it turned it's head and looked right at us.  Just creepy.  I thought it was strange that we would see two of these on the same day.



Breezy painted several little scenes, this one is looking to the southwest. 

We never really made a habit of nature studies.  It was always hit and miss, but over the years the girls have realized what a treasure it is to capture what we are seeing and experiencing. 

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Oct. 8, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Leigharev2

Her painting is lovely. We do not have prayin mantis where we live. they are pretty neat!

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Oct. 8, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Forrest

I tagged you. Please see my blog.
Forrest

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Oct. 8, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Sleepy Cat Hollow

Sunday was a beautiful day here too...I painted with my camera. :)

Lovely painting!

Michelle at Sleepy Cat Hollow
http://sleepycathollow.wordpress.com/

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Oct. 9, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Shutterbug

What a lovely day for your family. Times like that are so precious and few. What a blessing to have memories like that.
Have a glorious day friend!
Love,
Marie :)

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Oct. 10, 2008 - art

Posted by heartofwisdom

Beautiful. We just our water colored pencils in the mail. Can't wait to try them out. Thought we'd attempt the turning leaves.

Thank God the gas prices are down. We went to a pumpkin patch this weekend.
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Oct. 10, 2008 - Hi!

Posted by sonshine4u

I love your photographs, your blog name and that watercoloring is fantastic! I am adding you as a friend ... your blog feels like home!

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Oct. 11, 2008 - what beautiful fall images...

Posted by HoneyBee10269

Hi, love the pics...especially the praying mantis...we have some from several years ago with our cat, who we couldn't even get to look at the bug...stupid cat!

Anyway...I stopped by because I'm tagging people for a couple of tags...however, please don't feel like you have to partcipate (and I apologize if you are one of the "No Tag" people)...I understand that we all have better things to do...but if you want to join in I would love to read about your randomness and/or fall favorites :-) But, I won't be offended if you don't want to participate! Have a great day!

Melissa

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Oct. 24, 2008 - Day Of Nature

Posted by basketflat

I love the idea of doing nature journaling. The photos are beautiful and your daughter's paintings are gorgeous. Well done.

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