Heather Sky Studio

Great Blue Heron - Sunrise in Clallam Bay

2009-12-13T15:40:00.000-08:00

This piece represents the Great Blue Heron at sunrise on the coastal beaches here on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State, specifically Clallam Bay.

Raw, rich and full of life!

Click on the image to view the full details and how to purchase - great prices won't last past Christmas!

Mushroom Spirit - Earth Spirit Series

2009-12-12T17:51:00.000-08:00

This Original painting is one in a series
called "Earth Spirits"

A bright, bold little painting created
on 5x7" gallery wrap canvas. The sides
are painted, no need to frame...unless
of course you want to :-)

Click on the image for more details and how to
buy it for that someone who seems to
have it all. :-)

Just a little something to make ends meet if I can :-)

2009-12-09T19:23:00.000-08:00

Click on any of the images within the fun little widget to check out the work directly. It's been over a year since I've really worked on any of this stuff. Bear with me if I get "overbearing" LOL -- And as always, thanks for checking it out and sticking with me while I muddle through. :-)

New Stuff - It's been a while

2009-10-29T14:12:00.000-07:00

Wow, I can't believe it's been since July that I've posted a thing to my blog. Getting a little too crazy busy around here I guess, sheesh!

Anyhoo...here is some work I'm trying to peddle. Click on the image to visit the home of information on how to buy it. And thanks for looking!

Some new Paintings...Salmon and Sea Stuff like that

2009-04-15T14:00:00.000-07:00

As some of you know, I am no longer using eBay as my store front. Too expensive! But I am still selling my work here and there in various spots. My primary selling store front is now ArtByUs.

So, that is where you will find a few new gems! They are each 16x20 mixed media collage pieces. Appreciate you taking to the time look. Any questions, please feel free to respond here or email at heatherskystudio@hotmail.com

Click on the image and you will be directed to the specific ad it. I will be adding a couple more either today or tomorrow, time permitting. Thanks!

Weird Wrinkled Egg

2009-03-30T11:56:00.001-07:00

Kind of an odd post I know, but I wanted to share this bizarre egg I gathered last night. Weird and wrinkled, it's very large, about 2x3" and you can see it compared to the others I gathered at the same time. No, it has not been altered, and no I didn't do any science experiments by keeping this egg in vinegar for several days, this is the real deal.

I'm currently looking for some reasons and it looks to be some sort of bronchial thing so far. Still researching, but in the meantime...sort of like the twilight zone!

Wow...to lose a companion, friend...

2009-03-11T19:19:00.000-07:00

Nicki and Cheyenne at Ship Wreck Point

I know I have a lot of dogs. I do love them all...but my Nicki, my sweet Nicki was my angel girl. That special pound dog. That dog that is so much more than just a dog. She is a companion, truly my best friend. An angel. Pet? No, family member. She was everything we could ever love and hope for.

My sweet Nicki girl had a stroke last Saturday night. And the once proud and independent girl (who marked with the best of the boys) was brought down to being full of embarrassment and humiliation. Poor sweet girl. She didn't realize I didn't mind cleaning up after her. She didn't realize I would try to help her outside. Nope, she insisted on trying to do it herself. She couldn't.

Strokes are horrific for both people and animals.

Miss Nicki was going to be 15 years old on May 2nd.

You know what I keep seeing? That sweet dog running toward me in her fun wiggly way when she was full of life and playing at the beach at mach II. Big smile on her face as she whizzed by with an air of "catch me if you can"

I love my sweet Nicki girl...I will always miss you baby.

Puppies are 7 weeks old

2008-11-21T18:48:00.000-08:00

The puppies are seven weeks old now, almost 8 weeks (next Tuesday)

We still have 3 boys left and 3 girls.
Full registration for boys - 600.00
Full registration for girls - 800.00
Partial registration/girls - 600.00

Partial registration is simply non breeding. So if you don't intend to breed the females the price is also 600.00

Everyone is doing great, starting to jump and play and be serious little rascally guard dogs. Make an appointment to come on out and see them!

Check the previous blog posts for pictures and videos and links to see the parents Diego and Cheyenne. I'll try to get some new video up as soon as I can. Till next time!

Newest Video's - Pups are 6 weeks old!

2008-11-09T14:02:00.000-08:00

My daughter went out to the manger to get some new video of the babies. I couldn't help but laugh, they are so sweet and just plain hilarious! As you can see from all the plates, they just finished eating. But they still thought they needed some of Momma. She had other ideas! Enjoy the show!

Purebred German Shepherd (European) Puppies were born on September 30th. They are now 6 weeks. Will have the first shots this week. Have had some in house paper training. AKC registered parents Sire Diego and Dam Cheyenne are on site.

Sire: Diego born 05/2005
Dam : Cheyenne born 06/2006
Parents of 2 litters

To see both parents and the previous litter earlier in the year, here are links to previous blog posts:

March

April

May

This litter:
born 09/30/08
7 males, 3 left - $600.00
3 females - $800.00
or $600.00 partial registration (non breeding)

Todays Videos of Pups

2008-10-26T17:56:00.000-07:00

Purebred German Shepherd (European) Puppies were born on September 30th. They are now 4 weeks. Will have the first shots at 6 weeks. Have had some in house paper training. AKC registered parents Sire Diego and Dam Cheyenne are on site.

Sire: Diego born 05/2005
Dam : Cheyenne born 06/2006
Parents of 2 litters

To see both parents and the previous litter earlier in the year, here are links to previous blog posts:

March

April

May

This litter:
born 09/30/08
7 males - $600.00
3 females - $800.00
or $600.00 partial registration (non breeding)

Today's videos as promised. We just couldn't stop taping, precious little sweeties!

New Today! Almost 4 weeks old

2008-10-26T13:10:00.000-07:00

New Picture! The pups are almost 4 weeks old today 10-26-08. Tuesday will be the one month mile stone. I'm going to try and get a video up today so stay tuned for that one. In the meantime I thought I'd share the long suffering Cheyenne. She's a very good momma but this picture sort of tells the tale on how she's starting to feel about 10 of them...and they can walk now! So she can't get away, mmmwwwhhhaaaa! Hee hee. Poor Sweet Baby!

Click on the picture to enlarge, the enlargement will open in a new window.

To see both parents and the previous litter earlier in the year, here are links to previous blog posts:

March

April

May

Puppy Pictures - 3 Weeks

2008-10-23T17:26:00.000-07:00

Pup pictures and the Dam, Cheyenne. Puppies are 3 weeks. See the previous listing to see a video of the little rolly pollies. With these, click on any image to see it enlarged, will open in a new window. Enjoy!

Puppies 3 Weeks and Two Days Old

2008-10-23T15:44:00.000-07:00

New baby pictures today! It was lunch time and babies piled all over the place to eat and then play and then yep, sleep...all in about 20 minutes. So cute! The puppies in the video are 3 weeks and 2 days old. Their teeth are beginning to come in so they are beginning the explore the act of chewing :-)

Below are pictures of the pups last week at 1 and half weeks old :-)

New Puppies

2008-10-14T11:40:00.000-07:00

Well now. After deciding we probably didn't want to stay in the business of breeding German Shepherds, Diego and Cheyenne are proud parents one more time. The last time. :-) For real. Diego has had a visit to the vet, if you know what I mean.

Pups were born on September 30th. Two weeks old today! I'll be getting todays pictures up but in the mean time here are birth day pictures.

These pups will be ready to go in about 6 weeks.

Some Politics

2008-10-09T00:35:00.000-07:00

I usually don't get much into politics on my blog or anywhere else on the internet because most can't have a reasonable discussion about the issues without getting into name calling etc. etc. But I follow things closely and thought this was an excellent video.

New Members of the Family

2008-10-02T23:26:00.000-07:00

Well, we have new members of the family...again. We couldn't stop nature from doing what it does and Diego got to Cheyenne. A whole lot sooner than I thought too! She had her new liter on September 30th. 7 little boys and 3 little girls.

So once I get my camera software up and running again (yeah, full of fun and surprises when your whole hard drive takes a nose dive) I'll try and get the new photos up.

They are a precious mumbling little bundle of 10 squirming baby German Shepherds. Adorable!!

This is the last liter though. Mr Diego will no longer be able to oblige Cheyenne. Those days are now over. :-)

You can refer to this link from April to see mom and dad and the previous liter HERE

Three Final Pieces from the Exhibit

2008-08-30T22:31:00.001-07:00

Three final pieces from my exhibit "The Nature of Things" -- Click on the images to see the details in my store. Thanks! Christine

West End Beach House

2008-08-29T21:27:00.001-07:00

Yes indeed, a couple more from the exhibit. Enjoy!

Two more from the "Nature of Things" exhibit

2008-08-29T11:29:00.000-07:00

Two more pieces from the exhibit "The Nature of Things" -- just click on the images to see the details of each piece or visit my store. Thanks!

Painful Melancholy Beauty

2008-08-28T01:56:00.000-07:00

So I'm sitting here late at night, thinking I should go to bed. But I just can't seem to drag my sorry butt into it. I'm tired, losing concentration This means I'm not able to do the typical graphic stuff I typically do at or around this time. Graphic stuff includes preparing images for web, for print blah blah blah.

So why the heck can't I just give up??? Not sure I know at the moment, but I do know I'm suffering some sort of depression or anger issues. Everything is pissing me off and that isn't even remotely my nature! I'm almost always easy going and nice. Love nature, love people (well, some of them anyway) love my family...all my damned animals.

Maybe I'm just getting overwhelmed. Maybe it was hearing that we are in for a colder, wetter winter up here in the pacific northwest. Now that will depress the Pope I tell you! I'm not religious, certainly not Catholic (no offense whatever meant to Catholics) But he seems like a stand up guy who handle just about anything. Try 10 years up here on the northern coast of Washington. I'm getting fussy about it. Love the summers, but the winters...ugh. Rain, rain and more rain.

And don't even tell me or consider Seattle part of the mix. It does not rain Seattle. It's all a myth perpetuated by who ever perpetuates these things. Probably the same person who convinced everyone it snows all winter in Denver. No. Try upstate NY for that one I guess. But anyway, Seattle gets nowhere near the rain we do. In fact, speaking of NY, New York City gets a smidge more rain than Seattle does!

So there. Nope. I live out in the actual rain forest. Yes. There is a real rain forest in the US. A rarity actually as it is only one of a few temperate rain forests in the world. Tell me about it. I live in it and while it is fantastically beautiful (and I hear vampires and werewolves live out here close by, very close by) it is rough trying to make it through late fall, winter and spring while keeping one's head on straight.

Here are some links to how pretty it is: (I'm trying to make myself deal with it better, can you tell?-- What can I say? I'm from Colorado)

http://www.forkswa.com
http://www.clallambay.com
http://www.portangeles.org

Actually, the Port Angeles link is a great one but it's 55 miles away from me over in the sun belt. They get about 18-20 inches of rain a year. If they are lucky. Nope. I get about 100-175" depending on the year. Some parts out here get up 200 plus. The actual rain
forest.

I have to laugh at the visitors that come out here. Not to their face of course. But in general. They fuss and complain or are disheartened because they come out to visit the rain forests of Olympic National Park in the summer! And they get upset because it isn't raining! It doesn't rain here in the summer! (The whole 8 days we get) Very rarely does it rain in the summer! Let us locals have a little time of no rain. Eh? Just a little?

Come on up here in late October through May. You'll get all the melancholy, sweet beauty and sadness type whatever you are looking for in the rain forest then. And it is beautiful I do have to say. But it does get old after 8 or more long months.

Ok, so I'm getting a little cranky again. That's because it's now 2 am and I reckon it's really time to give it up and heave the night owl off my shoulder. He'll be back on me tommarrow I'm sure. And besides, I still have some fussing to do to make myself feel better about living in such a painfully beautiful place.

Sea Horses - The Nature of Things

2008-08-27T10:38:00.000-07:00

"Unconscious Summation" -- One more piece from the Nature of Things Exhibit. Click on the image to see the details, and thanks!

Log Cabin Decor - Trout!

2008-08-24T14:41:00.000-07:00

Two more paintings from my exhibit "The Nature of Things" Click on the images to see the details in my store, thanks!

Remixed Elegance

2008-08-21T16:19:00.000-07:00

Remixed Elegance - Another new painting from my exhibit "The Nature of Things" Please click on the image to visit the details in my store. Thanks!

The Music of Innocence - Collage Painting

2008-08-21T14:48:00.000-07:00

The second in my new series for my exhibit "The Nature of Things" in Port Angeles, WA. Click on the image to visit the details in my store. Thanks!

Fragments of Treasure - Original Collage Painting

2008-08-21T11:52:00.000-07:00

The first in a line of several collage paintings I completed for my exhibit in Port Angeles. Starting bid is 99.00 - Or buy it for 145.00. Click on the image for details in my store!