Category Archives: crayon/pencil

14 June 2017

calling on protection for the wounded and the damaged ones

another rock’n’roll angel, damn it.

some of these rocks are floating away

here comes the spirit of high summer. They were supposed to have wings but I was really tired. Maybe the wings are just folded up tight for landing.

wings, fins, whatever.

In the Folklore Thursday Twitter feed I saw this post from Great Uncle Darkly:

“Moss Folk or Wood Wives are female spirits who weave the moss which covers trees. For every tree felled, a Wood Wife dies.” #FolkloreThursday

Then I went walking on the mountain in the woods. Apparently the post stayed with me.

#junefae

Apparently I’m just a half step away from painting waifs with big eyes on black velvet. Who knew.

Also, #junefae

court intrigue of some kind

That’s supposed to be an opossum not a rat. Not that I have a problem with rats, but I do most of these drawings without reference photos.

This is obviously not an iris, but I think it was inspired by all the blooming multi-colored iris I saw on today’s walk