Once upon a rainy day this Eastern Grey Squirrel was perched on our deck railing under our bird feeders. Happy and proud. Perching just for me. Earlier we had decided we wanted to feed the blue jays…but the squirrels had a different idea.
Omigoodness the melie
Blue jays tend to loudly announce their arrival. Shrieking in their arrival. The are squirrels aggressively willing to defend their stash. There were a number of interesting clashes of wit and will that provided us with endless entertainment.
This fella was perched just for me. At least that is my story and I am sticking with it!
Concrete dust and other distractions
The painting started to come together well at the beginning. What happened next, was not the fault of the painting. We had contractors in to start the remediation for the water problem we incurred. We installed an internal drainage system with a sump pump. But the concrete dust in combination with the gyprock dust is unbelievably relentless. Clean it up today and tomorrow it is back with a vengeance. Not exactly conducive to oil painting. Soon… it will all be ok (sigh)
Sorry for your water problems but the painting is beautiful. Such a happy squirrel I think. They sure love their food don’t they.
Oh the water problems are a bit of a bummer for sure. Soon they will be behind us I hope! I think the squirrel is happy as well – thanks