{"id":2020,"date":"2012-11-25T09:03:24","date_gmt":"2012-11-25T17:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/?p=2020"},"modified":"2012-11-25T09:03:24","modified_gmt":"2012-11-25T17:03:24","slug":"harlequines-are-this-months-sketch-page","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/larryeifert.com\/wordpress\/2012\/11\/harlequines-are-this-months-sketch-page\/","title":{"rendered":"Harlequines Are This Month’s Sketch Page"},"content":{"rendered":"

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What to paint for my\u00a0December 48-North magazine<\/a> page?<\/strong> Well, I was hiking on the beach trail in Port Townsend and two\u00a0beautiful harlequin\u00a0ducks were just sitting there on a rock, eyeing me carefully and getting nervous. I stopped – they looked. I immediately wondered if these were\u00a0the exact same ducks I saw in summer up on the Dosewallips River? Could be, but not likely. After that day on the river, I painted this 24″x48″ acrylic of that spot where the river was roaring in full spring run-off and the alder leaves still in bud.<\/p>\n

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If you read the magazine page at the top, you’ll see that\u00a0harlequins spend their summers up in the mountain rivers diving in the near-freezing glacial melt waters for insects. Winter comes and here they are in our backyard (well, almost) doing the same in the Salish Sea\u00a0 -where waters are considerably warmer. I’d like to think I saw the same two birds, but the best thing about birding is that I’ll never know.<\/p>\n

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I’m still rebuilding the web store for jigsaw puzzles, posters and prints and it’s coming along. If you try to purchase something and it doesn’t work, just email us.<\/p>\n

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Thanks for reading this week.
\nLarry Eifert<\/p>\n

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Click<\/a> here to check out what Nancy’s currently working on with her photography.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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