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Death-defying flight
hugging the ground tight, then swoop
high into the sky
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by Scooj
Tag: bird
Feather
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Natural design
unsurpassed by engineers
miracle of flight
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by Scooj
3054. Cattle Market Road (5)
This is the fifth and final piece from the magnificent outdoor gallery in Cattle Market Road arranged by The Hass. it is by an artist I’ve not come across before, which should not come as too much as a surprise because he is a tattoo artist called Josh B.
It is immediately clear that this is the work of a tattoo artist, particularly looking at the bird, flowers and hand on the left. I can’t put my finger on why the tattoo style comes across so strongly, maybe the way the spray paint is used in the way that ink is, I don’t know. The piece is really beautifully painted and it is great to see the Bristol reference in the shape of the Bristol suspension bridge in one of the framed pictures. A lovely piece.
2958. North Street
There is something about kingfishers and artists. They seem to represent beauty and freedom and perhaps the slightest connection with nature that our urban societies have, in the main, lost.
This shutter piece had been commissioned and painted during lock down, and I have a feeling that Kin Dose also painted the adjacent shop shutter at the same time, although I have not managed to photograph that yet.
The whole piece has a feeling of vibrancy and movement about it. The abstract background of pinks, blues and whites setting up a rich frame for the kingfisher itself. The bird is exquisitely painted (it is not the first time Kin Dose has painted a kingfisher in Bristol) and a massive asset to this end of North Street.
Appear-disappear
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One, two, three, four, five
long-tailed tits perch in the birch
five, four, three, two, one
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by Scooj
New neighbours
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The robins have left
and attentions turn to the
wrens in the nest box
by Scooj
Tree surgeon
A distant tock tock
floats over urban rooftops
woodpecker at work
by Scooj
Fledged
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The trial begins
timid uncertain first hops
urgent need to fly.
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by Scooj
Share
There’s room in the nest
in the pot in the greenhouse
five fluffy fledglings
by Scooj
Window strike
A sickening thud
but the penny didn’t drop
a dead long tailed tit.
by Scooj
Natural adventures 