Thank you all so very much for your kind words! Gives me encouragement to run in & work on the dozen or so that I have in progress. :mrgreen:
There is a tuft of cotton in the 3rd hummingbird nest. We do not grow cotton in the region where I live in. That nest was found at the cemetery in which my grandparents rest. Cotton is widely grown in that area. Ever resourceful, I am sure some little hummer hen found cotton was a good nest liner.
The charcoal sketch I did of my parents was from 2 very small px that were in their church directory. They were the last known px of them. They have been gone 30 years.
I fancied to be an artist when I was young. My Father told me that if I ever HAD to make my own living, I would go hungry "drawing" px & that I needed to find a career that would support me. Since he was paying my college tuition (& back then we did what our parents said,) I chose my second love, which was nursing.
And it was a good choice, tho I have never had to make my own living literally.
Many thanks for all your kind comments! Riley