The Black-Capped Chick!

• The Black-capped Chickadee is a small, short-billed songbird with a black cap and throat. They have a reputation as saucy, active birds that are very curious and relatively tame.
• They can remember where they hide food for at least a month after putting it in its hiding place (this is more than I can say...hence, my day timer that travels with me)
• To keep warm the chickadee erects its soft, thick feathers to trap warm air close to its body. This serves as good insulation against the cold. (feather count? astronomical!)
• The chickadee makes at least 15 different calls to communicate with its flock-mates and offspring. The best known is the chickadee-dee-dee that gives the bird its name.

With the weather getting cooler, these 2 black-capped chickadees have excavated their own cavities in her mane and named her 'The Black-Capped Chick'.

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Halloween Season again???

How Does Halloween Come up so Fast every year???

Every year, I paint something to mark the occasion. This year, I was inspired by an upcoming movie called 'The Book of Life'.  From the second I saw the trailer at the theatre, I was enamoured by the vivid colours dancing on the screen. It comes out in a few weeks, prior to Halloween...and you can bet on the fact that I'll be watching it the second it does.

I couldn't stop painting just 1 and made a series of 3. When the paint is flowing, you don't ask questions ;)

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