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Monday, February 9, 2009

Black Songs on the Wing

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Crow on my roofline
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Monochrome Monday meme
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Haunting scavenger
Black omens sing on the wing
Old superstitions
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12 comments:

Sabine said...: To tell you the truth, while I find your cockatoos totally delighting, I like this dark bird!! Or maybe that's because it's in such stark contrast...? Anyway. I really like it. :); February 9, 2009 2:31 AM
magiceye said...: haunting image
ominous haiku; February 9, 2009 4:16 PM
Aileni said...: I do like that image - very haunting
indeed.; February 9, 2009 8:22 PM
vincibene said...: Wonderful silhouette!; February 9, 2009 9:56 PM
Robin said...: You can certainly see why they'd get a reputation as a harbinger of doom - he's definitely up to no good!

Gemma, are you safely away from the area where the bushfires are burning?; February 9, 2009 11:29 PM
Your EG Tour Guide said...: Oh my goodness, I would have thought the roof would be way to hot for his feet in the weather you've been having!; February 9, 2009 11:37 PM
Catherine said...: Just the shade against the sky.
With or without superstition, it's perfect.; February 10, 2009 12:45 AM
michael bird said...: Nice one, Gemma. Of course, he could be a sentinel on the lookout for the good things the future might bring. Am sure he will give us a raucous heads up if anything appears on the horizon.; February 10, 2009 12:51 AM
2sweetnsaxy said...: Very nice. It does look a little haunting.; February 10, 2009 3:18 AM
paisley said...: this raven resembles everything that superstitions are made of doesn't it????; February 10, 2009 7:43 AM
Sweet Repose said...: I love these ominous creatures, their CAW is a threatening noise, but they are one of my favorites to draw. Light and shadow on their wings makes them a most formidable creature indeed and a blank page of untold tales of doom and promise.

A dream I once had, just before my decision to divorce, was of me as a little girl in pigtales skipping down a brick path into the light of a sunrise, being guided by a big, cawing crow. It was surly a sign for me. I've never looked back and have grown because of it.

Thanks for the reminder friend!

s; February 10, 2009 11:50 PM
Pagan Sphinx said...: I love it. I have a special fondness for crows.; February 13, 2009 12:06 PM

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