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The View from Stettlen, over Vechigen.
This picture has been buzzing around in my head for four years now, trying to get out. It is a view of the little village of Vechigen, southeast of Bern in Switzerland, as seen from a hillside high up on the edge of the neighbouring village of Stettlen, where we were fortunate enough to stay for some time in the summer of 2008.
I am feeling my way into pastels. This is my sixth pastel work, and the first good sized, full landscape I have tried. This image was taken when the picture was just finished, before I had sprayed it with fixative. I had not fixed it at any stage. I’m not thrilled about fixing: it darkens the work and alters the appearance considerably: the ‘brushstrokes’ jump out at you, (when I thought I had everything blended just right). Some freshness is lost. But pastel is so delicate and vulnerable, I can’t see not doing that at the end to protect it. As I progress, I shall try fixing at intermediate stages, as the pastel guides suggest, and see how that works. Comments and ideas on technique are most welcome at this point.
I used Winsor & Newton soft pastels, Nupastels, and Derwent pastel pencils on light green Fabriano pastel paper. Image: 43x60cm.
While out birding at a local regional park, I spotted this beautiful bee hive high up in a tree. I love finding the unexpected!
“Let us not go hurrying about and collecting honey, bee-like buzzing here and there for a knowledge of what is not to be arrived at, but let us open our leaves like a flower, and be passive and receptive, budding patiently."
John Keats
05-01-2025
Plaza Mayor
Madrid, España.
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I was tired of my hair so I asked Chad if he could buzz it off. He did, and said "want to buzz mine?" So I returned the favor.
So, Norfolk is flat. No mountains means we enjoy an uninterrupted view of the fabulous sky so we can enjoy the light shows it delivers.
Buzz Sky : taken on birthday of astronaut Buzz Aldrin's birthday (b1930).
A Buff-tailed Bumblebee skedaddling from a Crocosmia flower in Culzean Castle & Country Park garden.
A topiary on display during Epcot's 2017 International Flower & Garden Festival.
Buzz Lightyear is a fictional character in the Toy Story franchise. He is a toy space ranger hero according to the movies and action figure in the Toy Story franchise. Along with Woody, he is one of the two lead characters in all three Toy Story movies. Tim Allen voiced the character in the Toy Story film series and the Buzz Lightyear movie.
Years ago, I was working on a project for Ft. Benning in Columbus, Georgia. My young family was with me for a couple of weeks, enjoying the pleasant temperatures and low humidity in a typical Georgia summer that made us pine for Minnesota winters.
Young soldiers enjoying time away from the base filled the downtown area's streets. Without exception, they sprouted close military haircuts. The haircuts captivated my 5-year-old son's attention, and he asked for one. We took him to a military barbershop, and it didn’t take long before he emerged grinning and well pleased with his buzz cut.
This Wood Duck doesn’t appear to be enjoying its similar appearance. Each morning for the last couple of weeks, as my wife and I slowly drove past this wetland pond, he would take one look at us and then glide off into the water toward the tall reeds a few feet away from the muskrat mound.
He seemed embarrassed to look drab rather than sporting the brilliant colors that make wood ducks a favorite of a lot of Minnesotans.
Currently, he is in an eclipse molt that makes him look a little scruffy, less colorful, and more like a female. During this time, he will lose all of his flight feathers. His traditional red eye, bill pattern, and colorful wing patches give promise that this isn’t a permanent stage.
During this period of molting, which can last 3-4 weeks, flightless males often break away from females and join other males and juveniles in secluded parts of wetland ponds to help reduce their visibility during this time of vulnerability to predators.
By early fall, the male will regain his bright feathers, and he will bolster his self-worth enough to attract females before their annual migration.
(Photographed near Cambridge, MN)
The bees were very busy, luckily they were too busy to notice me.
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Buzz made from icing. Used skewers on each leg for support, and a bendable armature wire on each arm. Was pretty happy with how he turned out :)
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I'm A King Bee · The Rolling Stones
Well, I'm a king bee, can buzz all night long
Well, I can buzz better, baby, when your man is gone