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February 4, 2014

Whispering donkeys

Posted by Morning Bray under Dogs, Donkeys, Friends and Family | Tags: art, Bernard, Christine, Ellsworth, Garybuie, pet portraits, Whisky |
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Imagine my delight when I visited our blogging friend Christine’s site – Garybuie – last week to find this:

Drawn by Christine from this photo of Bernard and Ellsworth taken back in 2010:

And this:

Also drawn by Christine, from this photo of Whisky taken last year:

Beautiful, right? Christine is self-taught, and has discovered that animals are her forte since fur and feathers satisfy her love of detail. How I wish I had even fraction of Christine’s talent.

If you would like to commission a portrait of your pet, you can email Christine at garybuie@btopenworld.com.

♥

January 28, 2014

Gettin’ artsy

Posted by Morning Bray under Donkeys, Farm | Tags: art, Don, Grace, Harriet, ice sculpting |
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The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.

~Aristotle

As you know, it’s been cold here these last few weeks. The Boyz have all been fine, but to help keep weight on Gracie and Harriet, we’ve supplemented their hay with equine senior mash a couple of times a day.

Gracie gets two cups and Harriet gets three. It’s easy enough to tell whose bowl is whose by how much is in it, but Don decided to get artsy for the girls.