The robins are back and busy with nestlings. It's the time of year for finding broken shells of beautiful robin's egg blue in the garden. For "daring fledglings who test their wings too soon" Guardian Patrol fairies will come to the rescue with "stretchers of twigs and last year's spiders' webs", according to (who else) Dr. Flora Fauna of (what else?)
The Illustrated Fairy Gazettes, Spring edition.
There is a beautiful Saskatoon Berry tree in my parents' back yard and a nest with robins nearby. They have taken to nesting over the back door and come back every year. Here is one of them, part of a demo piece from my watercolour classes.
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| Robin, watercolour, Frances Tyrrell ©2016 |
"A blessed and enchanted Spring to fairies everywhere"
it's reassuring to learn that there are helpful fairies rescuing little robins who are having difficult first flights! Both of your paintings are charming!
ReplyDeleteRobin's egg blue has been a favorite color of mine, ever since childhood discoveries of those shells in the backyard.
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