I was recently inspired by Teresa Robeson at One Good Thing, who spoke about the Eastern Wahoo for National Arbor Day. The name of this plant, also known as a Burning Bush – just sounded like one of my imaginary birds to me!
So here is my imaginary bird, the Eastern Wahoo:
I discovered on Wikipedia that the fruit of this specie has also been called, “Hearts Burning with Love,” therefore I added a few hearts to my female bird.
After learning from Teresa that some species of this plant is invasive, I decided to include a Western Wahoo – a bad boy bird of the west:
I hope my two weird birds gave you a smile today! 🙂
Happy Weird Bird Wednesday!!
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Definitely smiles, and I love the stamps too.
“Hearts Burning with Love”–that’s a song title waiting for a song! (K)
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Lol! 😍 It sounds a little like an Elvis song to me… I love old postage stamps – I just noticed that all the stamps for the E. Wahoo are for 5 cents. I was just looking for Eastern states since this plant grows more in the east and Midwest. Happy you are smiling Kerfe! 😄
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Certainly smiling! Loving the bad boy weird bird! His looks are so deceiving…one look he seems so mean and the next look he seems he just needs a big hug. Here’s a warm, big hug from Manila! Bad boy no bad boy 😉
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Haha! Yes, he does look like a bit of a teddy bear in bird land! Thanks Carrie Lynn! 💖💕😄
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Yep – that Western Wahoo has bad boy written all over him!
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Thanks Kathy! I had fun! 😃
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These two are some of your best birds yet, Jill! Honestly, you just keep getting better and better! Really loving the stuff flying off your paintbrush, lady! 💜💜💜
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Thanks Laura! 😄 These were Gelli printed old maps that I did previously. Super fun! Now I want to find more old maps! 🎨👍
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I hope you do, Jill! Could you print images of old maps on colored paper to simulate, or is the texture equally important?
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I’m not sure I understand what you are saying? I like printing on maps because it gives another element to the collage. I am experimenting by drawing first and printing over the top. And you just gave me an idea – to draw my own marks to make it look like a map! Thanks Laura! 😄🎨👍💕
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You’re welcome, glad I could help! I just meant going to a public domain image site and printing an image of an old map from a color printer so you’d still have the colors and lines of the map and then doing your gelli printing on that?
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That is another excellent idea that I didn’t think of – thanks Laura!! 💕🎨👍
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You’re welcome!
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LOL LOL LOL! I fell in love with Eastern Wahoo (you know how much I adore your crazy birds! It is when I first fell in love with you – haha! Wink!), and then to scroll down and meet Mr badboy Western – toooooo funny!
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Happy I could give you a chuckle today, Jodi! 😄 I will never forget how much you loved, Curly! And how we became friends! 💕💖😊
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Smiles and chuckles today Jill. I love how you incorporated the postage stamps in your design. Wahoo!!!
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Lol! Sharon! 😄 From now on it will be Wahoo instead of WHOOOOHOOOO! 😝
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Lol😄💕
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They did, I love the bad boy bird. Beautiful collages.
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Thanks Jill! Fun to play! 😃🙃😊
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Delightfully smiling over here. Such fun!
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YAY Carol!! 😄💕
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So cool and love all the different elements, especially the dream weaver-ish necklace on the cute male bird. N.
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Thanks Nina! That is his “Western” sign since he is from the west on a bad boy gold chain, Lol! 😉
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Cool!
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Thanks Catherine! 😃
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Yes! See me smile??!! 🙂
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YAY!! Happy to see your smile, Susan!! Whahoooo! 😄🙃😃
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Haha! Wahoo is right! That’s a great way to express the emotion when viewing these awesome birds! Love it, Jill! Definitely smiling! 😃😃😍
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Wahooo Charlie! Happy to hear you are grinning my friend! 😉
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Love your cute Wahoo birds! ❤ Luckily, with plants, the Western Wahoo is not the bad boy…only the Euonymus alatus is bad.
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Yeah, I kind of made up that part for the Western Wahoo. Lol! Just sounded like fun! I hadn’t created a bad boy bird before…sounds like a tongue twister, sister! Haha! 🙂
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Oh the western wahoo is my favorite…..he looks like trouble!
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He is one bad bird! I bet I could make up a song about him…Hmmm… Will have to think about that one! Lol! Thanks Elf Smiley! 🙂
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So joyful and fun, adding the hearts and bad boy gear. Well, I just love the way your female bird’s little claws on her feet curl – I dunno why, I just do. It’s a nice touch!
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Thanks Cynthia! It is just fun to be silly now and then, you know! I appreciate your comments, my friend! xo
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