birds of a feather

aliherrmann has bird on the brain in her latest treasury. check out her awesome aviary-inspired artwork in her etsy shop.

bird watching

tonight i worked late again in the studio: this time not distracted by the nba play-offs! i made one of my favorite (and best selling!) items: my little enameled soaring birds. they remind of how much i enjoy bird watching now. they are cute and colorful, just like the real thing! i started bird watching when i injured my knee a few years ago. now, not only do i have a bird identification app on my iphone, but i am also a member of cornell university's project e-bird. i have decided birds are kind of awesome.

gannet

i spent a lot of time on the bay this weekend...driving the boat 3 mph while the mister trolled.

he didnt catch anything, but i saw some gannets.

loon-ey!

i loved her jewelry first, then i met stephney wallace at the downtown holiday market, and now i love her too! stephney lives in the artistic mecca known as baltimore, one of my favorite cities in the world and home to the maryland institute, college of art (one of my alma maters). i was watching loons fly and dive on the potomac river last week, so this pendant caught my eye this cool morning while dreaming of spring migration.