Here's another favorite of mine from that bird park. It looks like it is wearing a really bad toupee, and is hoping no one notices.

Yes, it hangs in my home. Portraits of him, his sister, and his mother were all painted at the same time, and hung in his parents' home a long time ago. I'd lost track of them, and hadn't thought about his in years when my son found it in the barn! He hung it in my house without telling me that he'd found it. I came home that day and was doing something near the painting when it caught my eye. To say I was startled was an understatement! LOL

As angels go, she is pretty pathetic, but this is the one that has topped our tree for 56 years. She and the stars around her were attached to the bow on my very first Christmas present from the man I would marry in 6 months. The large yellow star is one of many ultra light tree decorations that daughters made in 1981 with 'Shrinky Dinks' for a Norfolk Island Pine that was our tree for several years.

My husband picked up this stray about a month ago that was in danger of being hit by a car on a busy main street. It was dark out and with her color, she was impossible to see. We kept her over the weekend and posted her info on flyers and a couple of FB pages, but no one claimed her. We can't have a pet at this time in our lives, so I took her to a local no kill shelter. It broke my heart to do that and I felt so bad leaving her there, but at least she was out of the cold, wet weather, was no longer hungry and was safe from harm. If things were different, I would have kept her in a heartbeat. She was the sweetest little thing and managed to wiggle her way into my heart during the short time we had her. I hope she finds/found a good home.