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It Has Come To My AttentionIt has come to my attention
that people like me
are generally not welcome in fairy tales.

It's the talking birds that do it.
The minute a sparrow shows up to pipe a direful warning
it's all over
down at the first hurdle
done

The body in the fifty-fathom well
will have to wait
the old woman turned into a hare
the murdered mother in the juniper tree
as I whip out my Sibley guide and look for the entry
with the fieldmark labeled capable of human speech.

For this crime
I have been accused of a failure of wonder
of having chained up my inner child and sent her
to work in the salt mines.

But the truth
(if you really want to kn

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Punk Hummingbirdby `ursulav

Anthro / Traditional Media / Painting & Airbrushing

Grumpy punk hummingbird says "Oy!"

I doodled up the sketch of this last weekend at a con and decided it needed to become a painting, since I haven't fooled around with real media for a few weeks now.

Quick little piece, mixed media, 8 x 9 or thereabouts. (That's supposed to be an American Basswood twig he's on, not that anyone probably cares, but...y'know.)

Original is SOLD at [link] , prints available, send a note or visit [link] for details.

love 19 19

joy 11 11

wow 3 3

~~mad 0 0~~

~~sad 0 0~~

~~fear 0 0~~

~~neutral 0 0~~

~aquietfire Nov 16, 2012 Student Artist

Haha I love it! They're such colorful little birds it totally matches all the crazy hair dye you see at concerts. What a cute little grumpy expression he has!

~CloudsSkyAndStars Aug 1, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

YES.
I will never look at hummingbirds the same way again.
AND I LOVE IT.

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Come to the dark side,
Peeta baked cookies.

ChristopherDrewTaughtMeThatSpaceBarsDon'tMatter.
Jordan Witzigreuter taught me that skinny jeans rule the world and that Giants are real. <3
Tom Delonge taught me that teenagers rule the world.
Katniss Everdeen taught me that the answer could be just the fence.
Peeta Mellark taught me that frosting is always the last defense. ;D
Hot Topic taught me that T-shirts shouldn't shrink so much.
DeviantART taught me that everyone uses SAI or GIMP and I'm too broke to get it.
Percy Jackson taught me that I'm a wimp for not being able to swim.
Annabeth Chase taught me that blondies can be smart, even though I'm not one.
Nico Di Angelo taught me that LITTLE PUNK GEEKS RULE THE WORLD, YEAH!!
Adele taught me that I don't have to mold my soulful vocals, they're just amazing the way they are. <3 I love you, Adele.

I gave you the space so you could breathe
I kept my distance so you would be free.
In hope that you'd find the missing piece
To bring you back to me.

~HotwingNine Jul 19, 2012 Professional Traditional Artist

Cool concept. I regularly paint birds, but I never thought of this one!

!aZeLeRaDaNiA May 30, 2012

Wow!! [link] its really good!! i love it!!!

!!!

~Ladythorne May 28, 2012

This is SOOO not far off their personalities. They are very aggressive little birds. My dad has 20 or 30 of them coming to his dozen or so feeders and likes to sit outside and watch the dogfights. Mind your ears though.

Adorable.