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Category Archives: Nature photos
Poetry Friday–More Monarchs & Bees
Happy Poetry Friday! I’m posting early as I’m on my way to Door County, WI. I think the monarchs may become more scarce soon as the milkweed flowers are almost finished blooming. A few more pics from my … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Home, Nature, Nature photos, pen sketch, Poem, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #PoetryFriday, Action, animals, Art, backyards, bees, butterflies, Catherine Wallian Flynn, environment, family, Michelle Kogan, MIlkweed, nature, poems, poetry, Reading to the Core, reflections, summer, thoughts, Writing
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Poetry Friday–Butterflies and Bees
Happy Poetry Friday! Welcome to my backyard … I’ve been in awe at the number of monarchs I have visiting in my garden this summer. There are sometimes five fluttering around at the same time. I’m sharing the path of … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing
Tagged #PoetryFriday, Art, backyards, bees, butterflies, chicago, Emily Dickinson, gardens, Heidi Mordhorst, Michelle Kogan, MIlkweed, Monarchs, oils, Painting, poems, poetry, Pollinators, WIP
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Poetry Friday: Thoreau, Nature, & Poetry Swap
Wildlife Comes to Lake Shore Drive, endangered species, © 2013 Michelle Kogan, watercolor and watercolor pencil. Available in my online Etsy Shop Michelle Kogan Fine Art I read last week that today is Henry David Thoreau’s Birthday (I think from … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, Writing
Tagged #PoetryFriday, Action, Art, books, Children, conservation, earth, environment, family, Flowers, Golden Shovel Poem, Henry David Thoreau, HuffPost, Humanity, Margaret Atwood, Michelle Kogan, Molly Hogan, nature, photos, poems, poetry, Poetry Swap, Rachel Carson, Recovery, reflections, spirit, sun, Sylvia Vardell, thoughts
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#NaPoWriMo day 21 haiku and sketch
noon spring pruning, catch me if you can– fleeting moments © 2018 Michelle Kogan
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature photos, Pencil Drawing, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing
Tagged #NaPoWriMo2018, #National Poetry Month 2018, Art, birds, Children, environment, Haiku, Michelle Kogan, poem, poems, poetry, pruning, Robin, sketch, sparrow, spring, Writing
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#NaPoWriMo day 9–poem and watercolor
HURRY SPRING! Took a peek out my window, oh woe–Snow– It’s almost double digit April. I’m ignoring this unnatural coat of white carpeted ground. Come on daffodils do your stuff, move over white fluff. Sing stronger spring– I can’t hear … Continue reading
#Inktober day 7 and #Haiku
porcelain petals patient gifts tucked away, watch them wisely. © 2017 Michelle Kogan
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Haiku, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, pen sketch, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged #Inktober2017, Art, bee, environment, family, Haiku, Humanity, Michelle Kogan, nature, petals, poems, poetry, reflections, Rose, wings, Writing
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Poetry Friday Book Spine and Found Poetry
I had the great pleasure of partaking in Chicago’s Newberry Library’s Summer Book Sale this past Sunday. I’m sharing my treasures that I found there. I created a found book spine poem from them for Poetry Friday. I had so … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature photos, Poem, Writing
Tagged #PoetryFriday, artists, Book Fairs, Book Spine Poem, books, chicago, Found Poems, Michelle Kogan, Newberry Library, photos, poems, poetry, Reading, summer, Writing
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WIP Draw a bird Day
#WIP Wild Turkeys coming soon . . . And just in time for my friends celebrating August’s Draw a Bird Day, on the 8th of Each month, #WorldWatercolorGroup My feathered friends here are from a trip my daughter and I made … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, Quick Sketches
Tagged #WorldWatercolorMonth, Art, birds, Children's Illustration, Create art everyday, Draw a bird day, drawing, Evanston Art Center, Michelle Kogan, Minnesotta Zoo, nature, Painting, turkeys, Watercolor, wild turkey, Writing
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