piano lesson at regent's park in London. UK

Musée du quai Branly

metallic watercolor & pens

also, winson & newton watercolors

Jiji was not the oldest kid in class, but she was the bravest! She's an Arizona waterbaby!

syncline, anticline, faults.... tortured rock- the Els Ports mountains from Peñagalera- our hiking destination .

Note to self: NO DANCING ON CONCRETE IN BARE FEET. This is the result of my dancing around to "Ice Ice Baby" and "Can't Touch This" and becoming the legend of the crawfish boil (when 200+ people all are fixated on your dancing you can't let them down!). I'm hobbling around for the next few days; it looks worse than it feels (but I did have to peel away some of the dead skin so now there's big red expanses of skin that I've got bandaged up.

I keep changing my kit a bit so this is a drawing I did in August of the kit plus recent additions plus a Pentel Brush pen that I haven't used yet (as you can see). Yes I am a kit junky.

Momotus lessoni

Pájaro bobo

Santa Ana

Historia Natural

Reproducción

Su nido consiste en una madriguera larga y a menudo tortuosa de 1.5 a 4 m. de longitud y aproximadamente 10 cm. de diámetro, con una cámara terminal desnuda, excavada en el barranco de una carretera o quebrada, o en la pared de alguna cueva o hueco en el suelo, bien escondido. Ponen de 3 a 4 huevos y se reproducen de marzo a mayo.

Alimentación

Se alimentan en el suelo de arañas grandes, lombrices de tierra, insectos, lagartijas y culebras pequeñas (ver imagen). También atrapan insectos y frutos del follaje.

Visita comederos en busca de banano y pan.

Comportamiento

Son solitarios o forman parejas.

Habitat y Distribución

Habitat

Son muy adaptables y viven en los bordes de los bosques húmedos, secos o de galería, en barrancos con árboles, bosques secundarios viejos, plantaciones de café, banano, áreas semiabiertas, setos o jardines.

Distribución

Es una especie residente a lo largo de las bajuras y elevaciones intermedias de la vertiente del Pacífico; asciende hasta los 1500 m. en la parte norte y hasta los 2150 m. en el sur. Es común excepto por la parte seca del noroeste donde es local, y se restringe al bosque de galería. Es común en el lado del Caribe, desde el área de Cartago hasta los alrededores de Turrialba, y de poco común a rara en elevaciones medias y bajas en la ladera norte de la Cordillera Volcánica Central. Se encuentra ausente en la mayor parte de la bajura del Caribe, aunque es relativamente común en las áreas más secas al sur del Lago de Nicaragua.

Distribución fuera de Costa Rica

Se encuentra desde el noreste de México hasta el noroeste de Perú y el norte de Argentina.

Distribución de Area de conservación

ArenalGuanacasteOsaPacifico CentralTempisqueAmistad PacificoHuetar NorteCordillera Volcanica CentralTortuguero

Descripción

Descripción científica

Mide 39 cm. y pesa 120 grs. Es grande, con la coronilla y la máscara bordeadas de azul. El pico es fuerte y aserrado, ligeramente curvado hacia abajo.

En los adultos el centro de la coronilla y la máscara ancha que termina en punta en los auriculares son de color negro. La coronilla presenta un borde azul ancho, más claro y verdoso en la frente y más violáceo detrás del ojo. La máscara y la mancha pequeña negra en el pecho presentan un borde angosto y azul. La garganta es verde azulado y la remeras y las timoneras son azul verdosas. El pecho y la parte superior del abdomen varían entre verde con un leve tinte oliváceo y oliva ocráceo. La parte baja del abdómen y las coberteras infracaudales son más verde azulado. El iris es rojo y el pico negro, y las patas negruzcas

Los especímenes juveniles son parecidos a los adultos, pero con toda la coronilla teñida de azul verdoso y con los límites no muy bien definidos. La máscara negra es más pequeña y fusca. No presentan mancha en el pecho ni raquetas en la cola. El iris es café oscuro.

Información taxonómica

Reino: Animalia

Filo: Chordata

Clase: Aves

Orden: Coraciiformes

Familia: Momotidae

Género: Momotus

Calin's amazing progress at his swim lessons

I tried some layering here. The original is warmer than what I can see from this view. Used a limited palette of Albrecht Durer pencils: Light Ochre, Alizarin Crimson, and Delft Blue. Drew this on Strathmore 300 series, 140 lb WC paper, 6"X9".

Light Ochre pencil on all of the picture, then wet it with a brush. After it dried, added the Alizarin Crimson areas and wet them. When the AC was dry, put in the Delft Blue.

Lastly, is dry pencil work alone.

I was giving someone basic photography lessons, and at one point I was talking about how I never ask children to smile for pictures. If they smile, cool, but if they aren't smiling, the picture can still be beautiful. Then we glanced over to see our kids interacting, having a sweet moment together in the pretty light from the window.

I took them to test a D600 that we have borrowed for review.

Nikon D600 / Nikon ED AF-S NIKKOR 24-85mm 1:3.5-4.5G

I used an HP pencil and took about ten minutes or so. I think his body is very weird shaped... O.O

Title: Object lesson

Artist: Sykes, Charles Henry, 1882-1942

Date Created: 1940-01

Publishing Note: Cartoon was published in the Evening Public Ledger (Philadelphia) on January 31, 1940.

Subject(s): Labor leaders -- United States; Labor unions -- United States -- Political activity; Political campaigns -- United States; Presidents -- United States -- Nomination; United Mine Workers of America; Lewis, John Llewellyn, 1880-1969; Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

Rights Management: © VCU. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/). Acknowledgement of the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required.

Collection: Sykes Editorial Cartoon Collection

Reference URL: dig.library.vcu.edu/u?/syk,183

Snake Lesson

Vancouver Guitar Lessons

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Lessons, 16 Jan 2023: History - NDW

#Lesson 4. I managed to dig out some pretty cups! Embracing wonkiness and once I allow myself to release the outcome I have fun. This is turning into therapy.....

The kids started final week of swim lessons for the summer.

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Lessons

The kids started final week of swim lessons for the summer.

Lessons, 16 Jan 2023: History - NDW

(From the series: "Adventures in the Euclidean parking lot")

Brahma Kumaris, Maharagama.

This is the blanket over chair thing. I ran out of space, so you can only see the top of the chair.

Those bags were filled with tiles from when they stripped the floors. Set up like the desks would have been

Lessons, 16 Jan 2023: History - NDW

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