More Birthday and More Wetlands

The last of the birthdays for the Hamlin Holiday season - Zac's.

Zac was so amused by the drawings on the outside of his gift, he took a picture of it to share right away! : )

Good work Orion!

Orion's card, below, was a hit!

Oh, and pandas are real.

For the inside of the package, Maebelle, Orion and myself each drew a portion of an owl. Orion drew the owl body and scene around it, which is what Zac is looking at below. Orion's was sketched in pencil and included a mouse in the owl's claw and evergreen trees in the background.

Maebelle drew the middle, which was half of one wing spread out. Hers was very colorful and geometric. This is where we attached the actual gift.

I drew the end of the wing that Maebelle had begun. Mine was a colored pencil drawing that was intended to be somewhat lifelike. Don't know if I accomplished that with my limited drawing skills, but it worked.

It was really fun to create the owl book-thing that held the gift. The actual gift, which was just as fun to obtain, was the stained glass owl feather.

We had it made for Zac by #thenishglass, a local glass artist here in the Lawrence area. Zac had admired some of his work at a local boutique. However once I got there to make a purchase, they were no longer carrying consignment work.

The lovely woman at the store that day told me who the artist was and I reached out to him directly. He was so great to work with. And he did a FABULOUS job! If you ever need unique stained glass piece for a reasonable price, check him out: #thenishglass.

Maebelle found a gift for Zac in addition to what we did for him as a family.

A nice tiger's eye pendulum.

Aaaaaannnnddd, here's the feather!

And our dirty screen. : )

Oh, this sweet, sweet boy.

The green of this plant is so beautifully vivid.

It came from my Grandma and Grandpa's house. And now sits on our back porch (when it's not 30 degrees out) on a cute little bistro set we have from them.

One of the most comfy spots in our house now:

Back to the wetlands.

Every weekend.

We found a new spot to begin our wetland journeys. This path provides a grassy, treed walk, with little to no wind, as opposed to the open watery walks we had been taking.

I could stay in this place forever. You can hear the water bubbling from the below spot.

It's just so magical.

Peace