[AGL] Fwd: Birds/lunch or art

[Kathy]

here it is Michele- Its a fairy figure dressed in a feathered skirt -  
- some of her feathers come from live birds by the way, she has  
friends who own exotic birds  and give her feathers that fall from  
them. But to go with Mikes acerbic description-its made from dead  
flowers, dead birds, dead insect wings, dead trees( the paper the  
fairy is cut from, and the frame ) and dead pigment.

By the way, the Mason painting is lovely!! glorious color/light!!!!  
Is that by you Michele?

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> From: Kathy <kdoyle1 at austin.rr.com>

> Date: March 8, 2007 11:03:13 PM CST

> To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s  

> <austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>

> Subject: Re: [AGL] Birds/lunch or art

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> Mmm! ligustrum berry stuffed wax wings with mistletoe garnish !  A  

> seasonal delicacy.   No, not really. It's because I am friends with  

> Sharon Warren who does art of flower petals, insect wings and bird  

> feathers of "found" dead critters  and  I'm  saving them for  her.   

> But neither of us is willing to pluck them, so first we need to  

> find someone not too squeamish with time on their hands to pull the  

> feathers. It sure ain't gonna be  me.  Whenever we find a butterfly  

> or other pretty winged critter or bright feather on the ground ( or  

> in a car grill) we save them for her.

> Here's a blurry image of one of her small simpler pieces which she  

> gave to my son when we visited her studio. It's a little flower  

> fairy with a feathered skirt. dancing on a blossom from her garden.

> kathy

> On Mar 8, 2007, at 5:45 PM, Bill Irwin wrote:

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>> Nice snap of the birds.  But I gota ask why you are keeping some  

>> dead ones

>> in the freezer?  Got a good recipe for them?

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>> ----- Original Message -----

>> From: "Kathy" <kdoyle1 at austin.rr.com>

>> To: "survivors' the 60s reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in"

>> <austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>

>> Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 10:11 AM

>> Subject: [AGL] Birds

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>>>   A tree full of cedar wax wings.  They like, among other things,

>>> ligustrum berries, which we have.   This was their 3rd visit to  our

>>> yard, when the pickins were thin.  After the first visit we found 2

>>> dead ones ( dead drunk) that are presently in my freezer. They are

>>> beautiful with soft downy yellow bellies, bright yellow tips on  

>>> their

>>> tails and bright red tips on the wings ( males only I think)  I took

>>> 6 pictures of the tree full of birds and in everyone the birds were

>>> each facing in almost the same way so you cannot see the wing  

>>> tips on

>>> one of them.  What were they all watching- the big cinema in the

>>> sky?   They don"t really twitter - make a high pitched sound  

>>> instead-

>>> it is easier to notice their arrival by the plop- plopping sounds

>>> that accompany them.

>>> kathy

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