The November Full Moon tonight is sometimes named after beavers (I dint have a painting of a beaver) who become active while preparing for the winter. But it is also known as Frosty Moon, Dark Moon, Tree Moon, Snow Moon and occasionally the Oak Moon and as this is the last Full Moon before the winter solstice, it is also called the Mourning Moon.

The bird I chose for my bird of the month this time is a Curlew so I thought I would choose it also for my celebration of the moon cycle.

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#fullmoon #beavermoon ##mourningmoon

If you have read this month’s eBook you will no that I refer to Desmond as looking irritatedπŸ˜‚. 🐏🀍🐏 I find that sheep have very expressive faces, here is another example this time Desmond looking suspicious! πŸ‘πŸ€πŸ‘ #onthefarm #lovesheep #sheepofinstagram #shepherdess #sheepdrawings #sheeppaintings #lovemysheep #sheepart #sheepillustration

Time to send out the november tales from hillside farm. This is the October ebook available until 12 noon with a focus on the Cormorant. If you want to read it, it’s all completely FREE..I love gathering all the info, stories and poems … I hope you enjoy it… there is a link in my profile or you can get it here…. https://ift.tt/2OAUfYX #cormorantbook #cormorantpoem #cormorantpainting #cormorant #birdofthemonth #ebook #freeebook

Tales from Hillside Farm will be out tomorrow morning. 😊 I started my little ebooks over a year ago to help me focus and discover more about the bird I choose each month and more recently as a kind of journal to record the exploits of my non-human companions. 😊 In the new year they are going to change a little again but will remain similar in their ethos. 😊 If you would like to read it… it’s all free! 😊 Link in my profile or you can go here https://ift.tt/2OAUfYX

North Cliffs with Gulls ❄A lovely crisp morning this morning still those autumn colours but I feel the transition into winter. ❄ It’s not my particularly favourite time of year as I struggle with the lack of light and all the things I have to do outside but on mornings like this one I do appreciate it. They say you like the season you were born in best do you agree ? #coastalpainting#seascapecornwall #abstractlandscape #cornwallpainting

West cornwall wildlife volunteers #repost Look at all these beauties.. Our native protected conservation listed Gulls! As you know we have helped many, many. Gulls this year: not only Herring Gulls, but Great Black Backed and Black headed gulls also! This season we have helped over 60 orphaned, sick and injured Gulls back to the wild… successfully after having the correct diet, enrichment, veterinary treatments, critical care nursing and enrichments for learning… which is an amazing achievement. Our released Gulls are rung with an ID tag so we can track their ability to be rehabilitated successfully to thrive and hopefully breed. We still have a number of late arrivals… 1st year Gulls not coping in the wild with various injuries and ailments or having gotten into trouble.. and also the ones the shocking ones that have suffered intentional attacks in the wildlife crimes we have witnessed and reported on. Every few days we still get a call about a poorly or injured Gull. So we still need your help..just as all the people responded and helped the wildlife during the nesting season when everywhere closed their doors and we built avaries ..and seems it doesn’t just stop in winter. If you can donate pet food we have a constant need for it as well as the funds to help us to treat and medicate the wildlife in need. If you can offer a space for a food collection box that would also be fantastic! PLEASE if you can share our posts to help with fundraising we are always very grateful πŸ™β™₯οΈπŸ™ Thank you for all that you have done so far from all of us and our released and recovering wildlifeπŸ’œπŸ¦‰πŸ¦πŸ¦ŠπŸ¦ŒπŸΏοΈπŸ¦‡πŸ¦‘πŸ¦šπŸ¦†πŸπŸ¦’πŸ¦”πŸ­ 🐁PET FOOD DONATION POINTS We have donation points with volunteers at Newlyn, Hayle, Troon, Truro, Falmouth, Pendeen, Porthcurno.. please message us if you can help and we will direct you to your nearest collection point. 🦊DONATION BOXES for food can be found at our business supporters, Plants for All Seasons Newlyn; Coddiwomple Gallery Newlyn and Costcutters Pendeen and The Big Pink Tree in Hayle. At these very kind shops and galleries there are boxes with a poster where you can buy and leave any pet bird foods, puppy pads, kitchen

I have been Lino printing today with some students at the College so I thought I would post one of my own works in progress 😊. . . . . . #linocut #printmaking #blockprinting #monoprint #utbanbird #contemporaryart #birdart #birdartist #wildbird #contemporaryprintmaking #get_imprinted #ukprintmakers .#gullart #printmaker #oneofforiginal #herringgull #redlistbird

In other news whilst contemplating my way forward. I have been revisiting some lino plates I made sometime ago…but now I know gulls better I am not sure they really articulate their complex personalities… #linocut #printmaking #blockprinting #monoprint #utbanbird #contemporaryart #birdart #birdartist #wildbird #contemporaryprintmaking #get_imprinted #ukprintmakers .#gullart #printmaker #oneofforiginal #herringgull #redlistbird