fifty five : evening on bird street

all hanging about being social n visiting on the porch      bird silhouette foreshadows more good things to come may le zizzle! loos lik owl be cominin! brazaaaaah… here begins the new poster for    Vancouver Collective House Network‘s upcoming series of workshops in March.

fifty three : light lunch

Light Lunch from Sara Ross on Vimeo. enjoying experience eating toast     light flashes through the bamboo

fifty one : like a skull

here i am posing in front of a whale skull    i requested my mom take the picture    mom is an artist too   lots of other people were taking pictures     mostly of the view. Point Reyes Seashore, Marin, California, USA.

fifty : little birds say thank you

thank you cards for my friends who led interpretive walks     taught twine-making    created art with nature    talked with birds    and other goodness    at  -Spirit Fish-  a community art and environment festival i helped create last year.   see five more cards

forty seven : cross border car part two

in this case i was playing with the sunshine i was on the road tar   on the road   on the tanker on the trees   and beside me grasp the fabric of the belt

forty five : zoom in on cute

my sister has an inspiring blog      this post is in response to hers from several days ago. yesterday i saw a fantastic site (yes this is my closet!): zoom in, you say? & two more on the same theme:

forty two : tasty bread

leftover potato bread          was delicious for breakfast this morning! potatoes were salvaged from farmers fields…

forty : beet star

how to make pickled beets   :   salvage beets from farmers field    peel    wash    slice thinly    arrange as star for photograph    add salt with no iodine    add tiny bit water    caraway seeds    wash bucket    mix all   wash plate    make weight to rest on plate maybe another smaller bucket…

thirty eight : short eared owl

i saw a few of these the other morning at Boundary Bay      up close and hunting during the day     as short eared owls like to do. they were fighting with northern harriers. three more process pictures

thirty two : chickadee

Sensitive Viewer Warning one of these things you will like. one of these things you will not like.

thirty : two trees

trees in my neighbourhood    are things i’ve got structure stretching up, an exchange light in the morning light in the afternoon   dark most of these dark days ah   but look at us, we are beauty!

twenty seven: add eyes

uh… making dinner this evening included peeling some tamarind which was gifted to us     and here it is for your viewing pleasure. for the eyes i opened that little pouch under my hole-punch   et voila!

twenty four: snowy owl

i rode my bicycle to Fraser River delta and there saw a snowy owl (tho drawing is short-eared owl) picked up a strong feather there and attempt two     cut a quill pen. this time success!!! beautiful double lines. please click on picture to appreciate details! here is my beautiful instrument:

twenty: banana cat fig

Click on Photo to VIEW SLIDESHOW<– i picked the fig from a neighbourhood tree. the cat called banana picked me   and we spent some quality time on the curb, all the while me trying to get just one “good picture”. not sure why on this series. any thoughts?