I woke up and wanted to draw an owl. Well, I’m hoping to go and see one where I do my normal walkabouts but why? We don’t have barn owls in this part of Texas,  but we do have barred owls! so maybe I should get that straight in my brain. And draw a barred owl.

The reason I was thinking specifically barn owls was a choppy memory. When I was a kid my uncle had a friend I think who set free an owl on my grandparent’s farm. And I know it was a barn owl but geez the memory almost seems like I dreamed it. I still think of that owl. Why?

Well, like I said, I’ve been following a barred owl on my walkabouts.  But you got to get there early or sometimes late afternoon.  She likes to sit on an old abandoned pathway bridge if you’re really looking. Sometimes you just don’t see her, that’s how hard it is to find owls! Plus they may be sleeping. Every time I bring my camera I never see her, so she does not like to be photographed is how I see it! I get so mad though I didn’t bring my camera and low and behold there she is!