Bob and Maria - some more mates of Prawn Man

This is the 3rd and final post about Prawn Man's mates. He was so proud to introduce them to us.

Lol, yes, I'm still banging on about that ... yes, still down by the lake, serving up more of these pictures to you!!

Previously I posted about George of Mykanos who was one lucky Pelican.
We've also established that Prawn Man is a big softie :D)

However, George the Pelican has a Big Mouth (in more ways than one), and just couldn't help bragging to Maria the Swan about his freebie meal courtesy of the Prawn Man.

Maria, left off eating the bland old sea grass and excitedly paddled off to find her partner Bob.

Now Bob's a laid back kind of fellow.  He likes a quiet life poking around the jetty wall feeding on bits and pieces...

however, Bob is a particular favourite mate of the Prawn Man and Maria needs Bob to get on over there and let Prawn Man know that they're up for a free meal too!

Bob's not too keen on leaving those tasty little morsels he's found clinging to the rock wall and needs a little bit of encouragement from Maria

Oh no, George the Pelican has come back and is going to get the lot!

All is not lost though.  Hero Bob sails in and saves the day.  Yummo, thanks Prawn Man - he knows that prawns are Bob's fave snack!

Both Bob and Maria happily tuck into their special treats, and George knows there's always tomorrow.

This little fellow watched with quiet amusement as all that drama played out - he waits and gets to clean up the scraps from everyone.  All he has to do is just float around and bide his time, no need to move a muscle really! Cool, Carl the Crab Cool,  (I named that one) ;D)

Thanks for bearing with my rather lengthy stories about one particular walk!  There's always a bit of action going on down by the lake.

Cheers now!

Of Sky and Sea and a bit of painting

Hi there,
I've enjoyed popping in and out of everyones' blogspots now and then over the past couple of weeks.
It's beaut to read (and see) all the different things that interest bloggers.
I love to read the kind of things that mean a lot to people and to take enjoyment in those shared moments that make us all smile.

Ok, as usual, I never know where to start, so it's diving in time.
Reckon, I'll open with some of the (millions of) pics I've taken from our backyard.
Quite often, in that beautiful late afternoon,  I check the sky - just in case there's a photo opp... of course, there usually is...

On one of our trips to the water, we stopped off at Kalimna Jetty (near Lakes Entrance, Victoria).
You can see the jetty by looking back down the path we'd taken.

A bit of a re-allocator of bits and pieces, I couldn't resist taking some shells - they look lovely in the garden amongst musthave shells from other jaunts :D)

Can you see the crab?  I nearly missed him.

He was a bit shy, but we had the time to wait....

... and we were rewarded.  He (or she), slowly emerged.

So gorgeous.  Definitely a future subject for another painting. I love those colours.

As you may know, I've been dabbling with paints over the past while.
I like to talk about it now and then in my posts as it has come to form a large part of my life.
If you're ever thinking of doing the same, I heartily recommend it.  It's fun, it's like being a kid again!

I did get a bit bogged down in the "Just a Passing Thought" painting that I've displayed over on my sidebar.
I wanted to draw fish with stripes and have them all shimmery as I'd seen in photos...  oh boy, it wasn't working though (grrrrr  grumpy tamtrumy susan)(see what I mean about being a kid again!!) as you'll see in a few of my attempts:

All worked out when I watched B from the naive art group I attend.  She devised a clever little method of scratching paint to reveal an under colour.  Brilliant!!

So, time to re-do.
I painted my fish white, let them dry, then painted the top halves black and while the paint was wet, just drew the stick through, revealing the white... making stripes.  Had to work quickly though before the black paint dried (I use acrylics).

I learnt another lesson too.  If something isn't working, there's such a thing as artistic license - lol - these fish ended up being nothing like the photos I'd used as reference, but the black and white worked for me!

Thanks for taking the time to visit.  Cheerio for now :D)