Just right. I wanted to sketch the crow leaning against the branch, but something was missing...when the Hiyo bird came along and perched on a nearby branch and the two birds peered at each other, it seemed to add a note of interest to the picture. Besides, behind me, I heard someone say to a companion,
I swung around and responded to the comment, motioning to the sideburns down the bird's cheeks. "That's what it is!"
Usually, I can't talk to people I meet for the first time. Actually, that's one of my biggest fears. But when it comes to wildlife, it seems all the barriers come down. Come to think of it, that's how I began talking with a Jehovah's Witness here at the park--we weren't talking religion, but about mallards' growth and about the differences between crows and ravens.
God knows I want to relate His Love to others BUT AM SCARED STIFF OF PEOPLE. So He doesn't belittle me for my timidity; rather, He uses my avid love for art and living things to get me to want to open my mouth. What a wise, loving Father, and I'll say it again: how good it is to be His.
