Year of Black Water Snake

4 months is a long time to not post. Winter is a fairly inactive time for me, I'm very much looking forward to more sun and warmth. 

I did several mini gouache paintings of birds as last minute x-mas gifts for people. I need to do some more, I didn't get to gift everyone I meant to. I also forgot to scan four of them before I gave them away, oops. This is a Sandhill Crane.

American Kestrel and Peregrine Falcon

Greg and I started making feather and bead earrings, we'll have an Etsy account up soonish under the name Bird Droppings Crafts. These feathers are from the rear end region of a Scarlet Macaw. They are 100% poop free and worthy of being next to your face.

Greg models some Emu feather earrings. Also a good pic of his tat. I tattooed everything there except the hawk. Gotta give it a little touch up soon. 

The Winter Solstice Rabbit Harvest. Mike (in the back) looks a little disturbed. Killing ain't pretty, but we did our best to do it respectfully. 

 Meat face. Personally, I find this image both fascinating and beautiful. I tried to save this batch of skulls, but some critter decided to eat them. We're going about it properly this time, I just wanted to see if I could leave them out. We really try to make use of every part of our rabbits. We save and dry the feet, I'm working on brain tanning the pelts, we preserve the skulls. The only things that really get "wasted" are the entrails, which I leave out for the feral cats to eat, and the cooked bones.

BBQ rabbit, so delicious.

They get along.