Royal Oak

Draft – Ferretbranch, Barkthroat Sunlight streamed through the tree tops surrounding the camp, dappling the ground with warm patches of light. Ferretbranch poked his paw around the storage cleft in the back of his den as he sorted and counted the remaining supplies. “Poppy seeds, yarrow, burdock,” he mumbled to himself, “borage, parsley. . .” Ferretbranch dug farther into the crack and pulled out a few stems of catmint. The look of the old stalks told him they were collected last newleaf.…

I eyed up my prey, and pounced. Barely missing the bird, I came back down and scrambled after it. The bird had flown onto a tree but that wasn't going to stop me. I ran up, dug my claws into the tree and began climbing. I bounded along the branch and leapt for the bird but to no prevail as I came crashing back to earth. All I wanted was to catch the bird, then I would be happy. I waited for the bird to return whilst I devised a plan. I finished planning my attack when suddenly the bird came…

Get up Trey! , said my dad. Five more minutes please, I said. No get up know! ,he said back Fine ,I said angrily. I got up and put my camo hunting clothes on.You got two minutes to get in the truck!,my dad said frustrating. Still putting my clothes on I ran to the truck and got in.You ready to kill your first deer of the year,my dad said. Yes, I said sleepily. While we were driving to our hunting spot we saw a couple of doe ran across the road towards our hunting stand. Dad said, we'll probably…

The CREW Marsh trails are composed of four ecosystems: pine flatwoods, marsh, pop ash slough, and hammock. Each of these ecosystems have different soils and vegetation. The first trail that I took was the Pine Flatwood trail. I found that the ground was flat and sandy, and there were little to no puddles or mud on the ground. As the name of the trail suggested, the majority of the trees in this ecosystem were tall pines, though I did see some palm trees. There was a lot of open air, and…

Good morning Diane! ChaCha and I just returned from our run and I was just thinking about you :-) Now I understand why you dislike pesky squirrels and chipmunks, they love taunting ChaCha running across the porch, stopping and looking at her as if to say “ha, ha – you are stuck inside, I spit at you, you stupid dog!!!”. I would love to let her loose, but I know better, the fence will be put up the first of next week and then she can chase all she wants, or at least until she trees or catches…

There is an art work that I want to have a critical analysis is Giant No. 3. The author of this art work is Zhang Huan. This work of art is a colossal figurative sculpture which created in 2008. Giant No. 3 is made of steel, cowskin, wood and polystyrene foam. The color is almost brown and somewhere shows white. This sculpture is so large which the size is 4.6 meters times 10 meters times 4.2 meters. This artwork is “depicts a fifteen-foot pregnant beggar with a child clinging to one…

Describe the role the arts, crafts and material play in the Indian Summer, in Van der Nüll's essay and in the excerpt from The Stones of the Abby. The Stones of the Abbey: With its physicality expressed through clay, the site of the St. Clotilda monastery, reflects the inner anxiety and instability of the humans populating the abbey. The monk, and narrator, journaling the Stones of the Abbey, describes how the materials – their imperfection and irregularity – serve a challenge to be overcome,…

Walter Bendix Schonflies Benjamin was born into a wealthy Jewish family in Germany. He was a German philosopher who is associated with the Frankfurt School and his areas of interests were literary theory, language, aesthetics, and technology. Benjamin was influences by and is associated with the work of Karl Marx, Theodor Adorno, and Bertolt Brecht. Moreover, one of Benjamin’s most influential writing is titled, The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction (1936). The primary argument…

As part of my personal growth journey, I signed up for Soulvana. I had a heck of a time finishing up the first course, Self-Esteem: Your Fundamental Power. Reflecting on it there were a few reasons why it was so hard to get through, but I finally finished it as I waited for my husband 's flight to arrive last night. The course was created by Caroline Myss. Apparently she has expertise in many different fields, including energy medicine, human consciousness, and mysticism. I had to look up the…

Bruce Nauman is a fascinating artist. His career spans over 50 years and he has worked in a variety of different styles and mediums. He creates works that aren’t necessarily aesthetically appealing in the traditional sense, but they are still works of art because of his intention and message behind it. Many of his works, incluidinf the ones that will be mentioned later, feature strange forms, odd angles, and lack color. He does not create work to please the eye. He creates work to get people to…