keeping watch for dragons #1 – woodland dragon
Sometimes our grey woods are a mysterious place. Something about the slant of the light, the way the trees stand like pillars supporting the sky, or the way pale moths climb on the forest dust, conjures myth from reality.
Last year as I walked on one of the paths, my eye was drawn to the single scale of a seed cone, lying on the forest floor. Perhaps it had been dropped as a Grey Squirrel in the tree above nibbled on a pine cone.
Perhaps…
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Woodland Dragon
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in the blackened stand
of jack pine
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a single
crimson
scale
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© Jane Tims 1998
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I love this! I find evidence of dragons in my woods, too. 🙂
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Robin
March 21, 2012 at 12:13 pm
Hi. Walk veryyyy carefullyyyyyy around your bogs! Jane
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jane tims
March 22, 2012 at 7:35 am
I really like your charming pencil drawings, Jane. blessings on your spring up in the northwoods…
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singingbones
March 19, 2012 at 3:10 pm
Hi. I’m glad you like my drawings! Jane
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jane tims
March 20, 2012 at 7:14 am
Great post, great illustration.
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dfb
March 17, 2012 at 11:04 am
Hi. Thanks! Jane
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jane tims
March 17, 2012 at 3:02 pm