Bird Watching for Pleasure

This morning brought bird watching for pleasure. Our first flock of geese migrated home to Michigan. Their song descending like laughter on the wind. Two crows came along, arguing like crows are want to do… And two wild canaries came writing like yellow crayons across the patches of snow. Even the starlings with their yellow bills and beady eyes have their sights on Spring.

Round Island Light

Round Island Lighthouse is located in the Straits of Mackinac, Michigan.

This painting of Round Island Light is part of my series of lighthouse paintings. 

My lighthouse children’s book “If I Were A Lighthouse” is available at Rusted Roots Apothecary in Mio, Michigan and on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/1940736366 

Doofus the Rat

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Doofus the Rat from my “Go Ask Boris”  series of children’s books coming this fall.  He’s cute, but not someone a father would want his daughter to hang out with.  What he has on his mind is not in any parents best interest.   Continue reading

Gone Fishing

Fishing

WALLEYE RUN painting by Richard Rensberry
author at QuickTurtle Books®

Soon the ice will break up, the snow will melt and the creeks will boil and rush helter-skelter into the lakes. The suckers will come, then the northerns and the walleye to the mouth of Warren Creek. As the sun sets on the middle of May and the moon flashes silver off a minnow, you’ll find me in waders with my rod tipped in glee. Continue reading