Frankie (blue eyes)

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It's a funny angle, I was looking down at him and it's made him look crossed eyed...poor Frankie!

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Fri 16 Dec 18:24:14

Oh he has that affectionate look in those blue eyes, he is sooo thankful to you Fiona,I'm sure he must have done well after your kind care. A lovely pastel drawing.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Fri 16 Dec 18:39:54

What a lovely story! It's always nice to hear the story behind a painting...

Posted by Jan Rossington on Fri 16 Dec 19:43:31

A great backstory to the painting, Fiona. As Carole mentioned below, I think Frankie is one thankful bird that a human showed him kindness and a new lease on life.

Posted by Wib Dawson on Fri 16 Dec 21:47:23

Made me smile

Posted by Peter Patrington on Fri 16 Dec 23:01:02

Great story and lets hope he did - he's almost adorable bless him (or her) .

Posted by Michael Edwards on Sat 17 Dec 02:26:14

He's hilarious Fiona, made me laugh and talking of Gannets?... Christmas lunches.!

Posted by Alan Bickley on Sat 17 Dec 07:34:27

Great story and I love the sketch it has real character

Posted by Dermot Brennan on Sat 17 Dec 08:19:53

Your an angel Fiona . I love your painting but its your heart I love .

Posted by dennis roberts on Sat 17 Dec 10:53:51

Thank you very much everyone, appreciated. He isn't the largest bird I've looked after but after 'Spugs' he's was the meanest. lol Alan, I don't know what you mean......lol Dennis, that's a beautiful thing to say, thank you.X

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Sat 17 Dec 15:30:06

What a great story Fiona, I'm sure he enjoyed his stay with you and lived to be happy ever after!

Posted by Margaret Beynon on Sat 17 Dec 15:47:06

Thank you Margaret, I hope he had a happy ending, I like to think so.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Sat 17 Dec 16:59:04

Well, it won't be for lack of help if he doesn't lovely sketch and thank you for sharing your trials with us.

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Sat 17 Dec 17:49:19

Thank you Gudrun, that's very kind. X

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Sat 17 Dec 19:19:44

What a beautiful story Fiona, it must be so wonderful to be able to help birds in distress. A lovely painting of Frankie and I sincerely hope that he made it.

Posted by Satu Vartiainen on Sat 17 Dec 19:21:32

Thank you Satu, very much.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Sat 17 Dec 19:54:05

Frankie looks quite a character with his lovely blue eyes. A lovely way to remember these bird rescues of yours :)

Posted by Val Kenyon on Mon 19 Dec 11:14:53

Thanks very much Val.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Mon 19 Dec 16:15:12

I think he is adorable! I never tire of hearing your rescue stories which seem to usually have happy endings!!

Posted by Chandra Ward on Fri 13 Jan 15:12:56

I only tell the happy endings, I have had one or two that didn't make it but on the whole I think my success rate is pretty good, at the moment. Thank you for taking an interest Chandra.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Fri 13 Jan 19:10:09

Hang on Studio Wall

16/12/2016

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Pastel on sugar paper. Another of my 'birdie' stories; Frankie is a juvenile Gannet and was found half starved to death on the beach at Clachtoll, most of the Gannets had already left for the winter. Fortunately I had plenty of whole mackerel in the freezer and one or two friends who had boats to restock. He didn't want to eat so the first couple of days were a trial for both of us, I still have the scars. but he soon got a taste for fish again. We fed him up and after a couple of months he went off to a bird sanctuary for his winter hols, to be released the following summer. Hope he made it!

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