A Tree From the Internet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Social Weaver Bird Nests in Africa? I regret that I can’t find the source of this image. Something that was on my twitter feed yesterday, and reminded me of the shapes of trees that George Herriman used to draw,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

so I saved the tweeted image and drew it:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

---

This page is informative: http://www.duskyswondersite.com/animals/social-weavers-hippie-birds/, and has more pictures like this one:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This makes me wonder about the relationship of the Social Weaver Bird Nests in Africa to these mud Swallow? nests under the bridge in Monte Rio California:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Do these birds and their nests have a common ancestor, or is it more like a form follows function, parallel development of similar solutions to similar design problems situation?…which all goes to show that I’m fascinated with shapes and what they might or might not mean. And I guess I’m easily amused.

Red Gum Bark

 

Collage. Bark, ink & inkjet print on Bristol Board. 11 x 14”

 

 

Detail

White Aloha Butterfly

Said bienvenidos & adios. Yelapa.

Bacillus Series

Marker

---

Watercolor, black uniball, silver gel pen, pencil

 

Here’s the cartoon of the above painting:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

---

Black Uniball, watercolor, white china marker, blue pencil

On the Waterfront with Dagmar (Bleiminium)

Black uniball, watercolor, lead

Wiener Dog

On Sunday we walked down to the lake

Jhonny Amygdala 14

Jhonny’s having a problematic day.

Common Table Salt

Okay, who let Maxwell's Demon into the salt cellar? Because now all the sodium ions are on one side, and the chloride ions are on the other and this just tastes wrong.

Red Dog Spring Greens

Thanks for doing our taxes, Cathy!

Mary Did Easter Eggs

One of each color.

Dental Xrays

Photo credit: Martina at Rincon Dental

Composite

Catacombs

$7.00 ALL DAY

Crizzled.

 

Detail.

Ruthie with a Mouse

Photo by MJF

Hyperventilation Blues

Breathing. What do you see when you close your eyes?

Watercolor, 11” x 15”

Palms & Sky

16th St & Mission

When we Notice the Lights Coming on vs Sunset

Mary got us some solar-powered lights for the deck. They have a sensor which turns them on when it starts getting dark. This is related to when the sun sets, but is also affected by atmospheric conditions—overcast skies will cause it to get dark enough to trigger the lights earlier than on a clear evening. An additional layer of variability is added because we don’t always notice exactly when the lights come on.

The blue line shows official sunset time in Oakland. The plateau at the top of the curve was midsummer. The red line records when we notice that the lights have come on. 

Thanks to MJF & Jim for assistance with data collection.

Later at the Oakland Museum Sculpture Garden

I love this piece

 

---

‘Rinie likes it too.

At the Oakland Museum Sculpture Garden

 

 

Quiet Pool