Was on a walk with my friend Jill this afternoon, when we noticed about six Steller's jays hollering at something in a cluster of spruce and alder. After craning around a bit, we spotted a small, round-eared animal, the first wild marten I've ever seen. On the way home, I tried to hold the spring-steel body, rounded ears, downy fur in mind until I could get to my sketchbook. This page of memory sketches is the result.
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10/09/2011
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I gave up checking to see whether you had posted recently ... and here you posted about something really special. Welcome to the short list of people who have seen a martin in the wild.
Posted by: Elva Paulson | 11/22/2011 at 04:47 PM