63. Barbara Shairk, LA

I sent a story that I wrote about a mockingbird at my house yesterday. Today I have done a watercolor of that mockingbird. My inspiration comes from the bird itself -- how he lived in my yard a whole winter with a crippled foot, and ate dog food side by side with my outside rescue dogs. He had his own bowl. When he disappeared come Spring, I was very sad.

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