[AGL] Fwd: Birds/lunch or art

[michele mason]

Yes, its mine. I think I said thank-you to the wrong person—maybe?
So, thank-you Kathy, for the kind words. Always good to hear. Michele

On Mar 10, 2007, at 11:26 AM, Kathy wrote:


> 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<unknown.jpg>

>> 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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>>> 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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