I am continuing to participate in my friend Rain's Thursday Art Date.
I've been threatening to create some art, and today I decided to draw a hole.
As I was looking through my thousands of photos for good hole and ditch photos,
I realized there was one hole that I have photographed over and over.
A Favorite Hole
Along Piney Creek
Aurora, Colorado, USA
May 13, 2021
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The hole is in a cottonwood tree as you head into the park along Piney Creek.
I can't pass it by without looking at it.
As I worked backwards through my photos, I found one I had forgotten.
"Well, hello there!"
A Favorite Hole ~ Occupied
Along Piney Creek
Aurora, Colorado, USA
May 14, 2018
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I am an on-the-fly-photographer.
I take candid shots wherever I go,
because I don't have the patience to screw around with lenses and settings.
Besides I'm a little person, and I don't want to lug expensive equipment around.
I'd rather slip anonymously here and there and capture something fast and unexpected
with my little red point-and-shoot Canon that fits in my hand.
That's how I caught this squirrel some three years ago.
If you show up enough, you're bound to get a good shot sometime.
I have a couple of dozen photos of this little squirrel.
It was all over the place, inside and outside the hole in the cottonwood tree.
Snacking
Along Piney Creek
Aurora, Colorado, USA
May 14, 2018
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My friend Stacy at Magic Love Crow creates beautiful, unique, and exuberant art.
She shares how she creates her magnificent crow pieces.
Following her example, I'm going to show how I created my hole picture.
Please understand that I am not an artist.
I have created a few things in my distant past.
I decided to just go for it, starting with a technique my father taught me
in grade eight when I was struggling to draw South America in the correct proportions.
Scaling Up from 1 to 1.25
"Well, Hello There!"
Aurora, Colorado, USA
August 2, 2021
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Said Terry, "It's a good thing I know it's a squirrel!"
Aurora, Colorado, USA
August 2, 2021
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Fortunately, as a retired elementary teacher,
I still have a stash of colored pencils and other art supplies.
Ready to Plunge
Aurora, Colorado, USA
August 2, 2021
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Figuring Out Shades of Color
Aurora, Colorado, USA
August 2, 2021
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Good Thing You Know It's a Squirrel,
and those Bluish Greyish Blobs Are Bark
Aurora, Colorado, USA
August 2, 2021
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I started the drawing on Monday, and after four hours and two generous Baileys,
I dug out some classroom bits of oil pastels, applied them,
and smudged them with a Kleenex in parts of the drawing.
I woke up on Tuesday morning not happy with my drawing,
so I applied more oil pastels and more Kleenex.
Done ~ Moving On!
Aurora, Colorado, USA
August 3, 2021
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As you can see, I have a whole lot to learn!
But it was fun, and I love my peek-a-boo squirrel.
Onward and upward.
Here are a few hole and ditch photos I found when looking through my collection:
Hole in the Sun
Partial Eclipse, Aurora, Colorado, USA
August 21, 2017
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Protective Ditch ~ Arundel Castle
Arundel, West Sussex, England
September 7, 2018
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Holes in Pants
Fremont Street Experience
LasVegas, Nevada, USA
July 24, 2019
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Holes in Pompeii
Thermopolium
Pompeii, Italy
May 20, 2016
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Note: A thermopolium was a fast food counter,
and there were a number of them in Pompeii.
Hot food was displayed in deep terracotta jars called dolia.
Buying takeout food or eating at a taberna was a daily occurrence
in Pompeii because people didn't cook at home typically.
A thermopolium would also serve hot drinks and wine. arstechnica
Holes in Canopy
Upgrading the Canopy on Fremont Street
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
June 14, 2019
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Hole in Our Deck Pillar
As Beekeeper Removes Hive in Pillar
Aurora, Colorado, USA
August 21, 2017
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Devil's Dyke
a 300-foot-deep valley
South Downs, Sussex, England
May 25, 2019
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Hole in Fishing Boat
Loading Ice in the hold for a Trip to Sea
Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
August 15, 2015
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Hole in Feedbag
Florence, Italy
September 16, 2018
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Mouth Holes
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
September 21, 2016
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Prairie Dog Hole
Aurora, Colorado, USA
April 25 , 2019
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Mending Holes
Sorrento, Italy
May 5 , 2016
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I won't be able to post next Friday,
but I'll be back on August 20, 2021.
Stay happy and safe!
Till next time ~
Fundy Blue
On the Bay of Fundy
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