Oh, marvelous! My favorite is the exuberant feet. All of it is so beautiful, so intriguing, many lovely little mysterious symbolisms, wonderful design choices. I love that you added the French names. I am working on illustrations right now for my fable of why birds sing at dawn, so this comes especially welcome. I'm tickled to see the bird song -- I have been drawing/painting that too, in curlicues rather than the flower and leaf forms that, for me, hint at the intimacy among birds and plants. Grateful that you didn't cut short this post; seeing the "unidentified" birds is bittersweet as it resonates with the extinction crisis in our historical moment. Thank you for sharing this! I'm re-inspired to get back to my work.
I love birds. Thank you for the beautiful share! Birdsong and all! Lovely way to start my day.
I'm glad it brightened your day!
What an incredible collection of beautiful birds x
I agree!
That is magical - thank you! Especially the birdsong...such joy!
My pleasure!
Oh, marvelous! My favorite is the exuberant feet. All of it is so beautiful, so intriguing, many lovely little mysterious symbolisms, wonderful design choices. I love that you added the French names. I am working on illustrations right now for my fable of why birds sing at dawn, so this comes especially welcome. I'm tickled to see the bird song -- I have been drawing/painting that too, in curlicues rather than the flower and leaf forms that, for me, hint at the intimacy among birds and plants. Grateful that you didn't cut short this post; seeing the "unidentified" birds is bittersweet as it resonates with the extinction crisis in our historical moment. Thank you for sharing this! I'm re-inspired to get back to my work.
What a lovely coincidence! This sounds like a wonderful project.
I love that your third singing bird (reading top to bottom and left to right) is clearly singing about an acorn!
I'm a Californian birdwatcher with almost no knowledge of European birds - do you know what bird this acorn singer is?
Yes, it's a magpie!
I should have guessed - we have magpies that look like that here.
Thank you Joumana for a delightful post, with little birds singing and the accompanying dainty flower/leaf designs. Lovely to see the miniatures too.
On another note, I recommend a post in GreekReporter.com Thursday 21 November - “Hidden text discovered behind decorative layer of Blue Qur’an” https://greekreporter.com/2024/11/21/hidden-text-decorative-layer-blue-quran/
Forgot to ask - what on earth is on the fellow’s head in the last pic…??? Looks like a giant snail with a very strange head and no shell!