Big Saturday Shoutout for the Onset of Spring

Today’s big Saturday Shoutout goes to Spring and to a Cup of Coffee and a Donut!

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Therefore, I have taken the day off. I am gone fishing.

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Maybe a good day to read a BOOK

Crazy Picassos In The Wild

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December, for Nature’s artists, is a pristine white canvas and Michigan is abundant with an array of colorful artists with feathery brushes. Cardinals are my favorite, closely followed by the chickadees and nut hatches. Even the greedy and raucous bluejay is a winter scape Monet. And how about those redheaded and crenelated woodpeckers? Crazy Picassos in the wild.

Kirtland’s Warblers, a delightful children’s book, is available on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/dp/194073679X

Caterpillar Dreams

I emerged from a cocoon and flew away.  But, I have returned today with all of my legs moving.  It is raining and I was dreaming I should stop by to say hi.  Hi, there.  May your wings take you beyond your dreams.

 

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Richard Rensberry, Author at QuickTurtle Books

Twelve Months Make A Year

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TWELVE MONTHS MAKE A YEAR is book 18 in the Rhyme for Young Readers Series presented by QuickTurtle Books®.  This book is a poetic description of the twelve Continue reading

Raptors Rapture Day

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With a storm front moving in the wind has begun to whip the trees and move the clouds along at a clipper ship clip.  Cumulous clouds are billowing full sail in the blustery sky.

As I watch the display of clouds colliding, raptors appear and begin to play.   Continue reading

Road Apple Pie

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These are the apple days of September when we find Johnny Appleseed has left his footprints all along the roads of Northern Michigan.  The apple crop is ripe, with the early birds like the Transparent and the Dutch already deer fodder.   Before those breeds fell to the ground in late August, I found, picked and made crisp from their distant  relatives.  Picked just before ripe, they are deliciously tart and make scrumptious crisps and pies, not bad in my oatmeal, either. Continue reading

Big Ships

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A book for the older young readers about ships of the Great Lakes.  I have taken on the task of illustrating this one myself.  The illustrations will be completed in the near future.

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Richard Rensberry, Author at QuickTurtle Books®