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Crayon d'Nash watercolor pastels. Commissioned as an award for Wisconsin Women in Writing.Related content
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AWWWWWWW! Thank you. I appreciate that! So nice to see you here!
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Thanks for everythingΒ Β
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I love this...love the color and its very imaginative
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The Macaw is a portrait of my avian child, Ellie Bellie Turtle Dove.
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Cool 
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Awwwwwwww. How cool. They are incredibly intelligent birds - have the emotional skills of a two year old child, the intellectual skills of a three year old. Sadly, my Ellie passed not too long ago after 17 years. We were so close, honestly she was like my child. We talked together very well. I learned her language, she learned a lot of mine. She understood everything . . . I mean Everything we (my husband and I) said. One time we talked to her about taking a trip. Some days later, when we had the suitcase open, she one by one, dismantled her toys and PUT THEM IN THE SUITCASE. Then . . . she put HERSELF in the suitcase! How's that for smarts. Hell no, she wasn't going to be left behind. We had taken a trip without her once and she never forgot it. Never again did that happen! She told us very specifically what SHE needed around that! Also, one time we asked her where she wanted to go on vacation . . . she replied . . .FLORIDA! I have no idea where or how she learned about Florida, but she knew, boy, that was the hot set-up.
I'll upload a picture of her at some point. She was an abused bird when we took her on and almost feral. She had been kept in a dog-cage for her first three years. She had begun plucking her feathers and becoming psychotic. I rescued her for a birthday present for my husband, who adored them and had birds before. We both worked with damaged animals in our histories, so we kind of knew what we were taking on. Low and behold, Ellie chose me as her mate. She died way too soon. They have a life-span of 80 years in the wild. We lost her at 17 when she became egg-bound. An egg she had incubated (infertile of course) grew too large, lodged in her cavity and could not be pushed out. Surgery followed, and infection which impacted her respiration. She was dead a week after the surgery. It was horrible. But, she knew without a doubt she was cherished . . . and more than that, that we respected and honored her. Truly, she was an amazing soul, ergo . . ."Soulmates"!
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Awww, i'm sorry...I know how it can be and she definitely sounds part of the family...well , at least you've kept her in heart..and in art
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Yup. I know it's strange to say, but it was as complete a bond as I've ever had with another not my husband or child. It was karmic. She was a mighty soul.
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a personality like that is very real thing in your life, big hole to fill :HUG:
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not at all...I know how it feels
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