Animal Wednesday: Ain't nobody here but us chickens...

...and Crowned Cranes,

And the always elegant Sandhill Cranes.

I especially love this shot from above through the bare branches. It has an Asian art feel to it. Just add softly falling snow....NO, forget the snow!

These are a few shots I took at Roger Williams Park Zoo last week.

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Next week I'll show a group of...stay tuned!

Happy Animal Wednesday!

Animal Wednesday : Prosperity

This is a painting that was commissioned by a friend when she was trying to sell her house just before the real estate market took a dive. She's a firm believer in Feng Shui, and I'm here to tell you it seems to work magic for her.

I finished this painting about fifteen minutes before the open house was to start. We hung it where her Feng Shui master told her too, and I'll be darned if she didn't get a full price offer on the house that day!

Cranes stand for prosperity in Chinese beliefs, and in Feng Shui they have to be divisible by nine. (I had to quickly add 2 more cranes!)

Happy Animal Wednesday, my friends! Here's to prosperity for us all!