In 2021, I sketched and named a crow Silas when I saw one guarding a discarded piece of furniture, since Silas protected an abandoned child.
Silas adopted the little girl and named her Eppy. That's short for "Hepzibah", a name found in the Bible, which means "my joy is in her".
I decided to post what my crow drawings look like now, but when I looked at what I put up, I said to myself these drawings weren't the best comparisons; I think I could pat myself on the back for my use of color 2 years ago, while my recent drawing looks rather sloppy. Oh well.
By the way, did you know George Eliot was a girl? Female authors weren't widely accepted, so that was a pen name.
