The fox, the deer, the herons and the cats

Crab apples in free fall

Acrylic, black marker, and coloured pencil

on watercolour paper

6 x 9 inches

Barbara Muir © 2012

This sounds like a fairy story title I know.  But these

are just some of the creatures we’ve seen in the past few

days.  Driving here at night you have to be constantly

vigilant first of all  for country cats and kittens who play

along the tall grasses at the side of the road, probably

hunting mice.  But we have seen more than one deer

crossing our path on the highway.  And foxes slink away

off the road making a quick get away.  The blue herons are

back in the river bay just down the road at Wallace, Nova Scotia.

Tonight we came home to find a deer slowly sauntering into the

 woods near our apple tree.  Steven pruned the tree until its boughs

are like an umbrella, when you walk under it – the branches

surround you, thick with small, green crabapples.

This drawing is of some apples I scattered onto our

table and then tried to capture.  Across the room from me

in the school house are branches filled with apples, arranged in

a white, Victorian pitcher.  They spread dramatically across

a ten foot span.  A dreamy amount of space for us, used as

we are to city cramped quarters. 

Other than that it was another gorgeous day at the beach.

Have a seeing-the-magic-around- you day.