Autumn Owls

 Hi everyone. Happy Friday. Another week is winding down, and it's getting to be late in the month, isn't it?  Before we know it, it will be November.

I also want to mention that a few of you have said you are getting responses that you can't comment on my blog. I am getting those comments, so I guess it is either something up with blogger or my blog, but anyhow just so you know, comments are coming through.

My page for today is an autumn one from my owl book. I am linking it up to Art Journal Journey and Tracey's My Favorite Colour Is October challenge. Today the owls have visited the local pumpkin patch, and they are trying not to scare any visitors who might be there getting a pumpkin for Halloween. Good thing it is still early in the day and only the pumpkin farmer and his helper are out getting the displays finished for the day.

I layered some printed pieces of paper (from the inside of a few packages I had collected over time) and some scraps of a printed paper bag to start the background. I painted over some of these pieces with green and orange paint.  To complete the background, I rubbed a brown ink pad over the whole page once the paint had dried.

All of the pumpkins are made using stamps from my collection. They were stamped on paper, colored and fussy cut.  I also used some of this  black lacy plastic tape. The tape's been in my stash forever, and it must have lots of yardage as it doesn't seem to be used up even though I  pull it out every fall.

Finally I stamped the owls, and I then colored over the owls  with black Sharpie to be sure they are the blackest they can be. I also added paint dots for eyes.

To wrap up today's post,  here's a few  photos from a walk I took at the end of last week that I could  also call My Favorite Colour is October. 

My friend and I have made it back to  our local walks. We haven't done that all summer, but now the gardens are closed for the season, and the local places, like the beach, are no longer charging for parking. This time we went to the Urban Forestry Center in Portsmouth. I've taken you here before. 

It wasn't the sunniest of mornings, but that made it more comfortable to walk. It also made the colors pop more because there was no sun to wash them out.

This catbird posed for me, even as I stepped closer for the photo.

It was lovely to go back and walk there. 

 I hope you enjoy your weekend!

Thanks for visiting.