a beer for Abe

Just a few random bits from last week . . . . including dosing one of our goats with beer!

Abe has always had digestive issues since his early days in the Cypress Creek high school FFA barn. Recently they’ve gotten worse; Kristen heard that dark beer could help so Michael donated something of his Shiner’s (a local craft brewery). Abe liked it. But then, Abe even likes the Pepto Bismol we had been giving him.

I found a couple of blue jay feathers — unusual in this area. We have large numbers of bluebirds, wrens, and cardinals. One evening I was swimming and several wrens came to drink out of the smaller spa pool. They kept their eye on me . . .

And my new toy arrived! I was reading Roz Stendahl’s blog, “Roz Wound Up”, when I learned that Pentel Pocketbrush pens now come with sepia or gray ink so I ordered one with sepia ink from eBay. I’ve had my original black version for around 12 years now and the brush tip is still amazing! I used the sepia pen to draw the feathers, the pen itself, and Abe. Normally the ink is waterproof when dry — the bits that smudged when I added the turquoise watercolor must not have been completely dry yet.