Leprechaun and a hooded crow. Would a watchcrow be a good guardian of the treasure at the end of the rainbow?<\/p>\n
I quite like crows. I suppose that\u2019s not a surprise to any of you. I\u2019ve never seen a hooded crow, but then, I\u2019ve not yet been to Ireland. On the other hand, my mom did tell me my first word was \u201cCaw\u201d.<\/p>\n
Um, sorry, I don\u2019t have anything useful to say about leprechauns today.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Stay tuned for leprechauns 3 and 4!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Leprechaun and a hooded crow. Would a watchcrow be a good guardian of the treasure at the end of the rainbow? I quite like crows. I suppose that\u2019s not a surprise to any of you. I\u2019ve never seen a hooded crow, but then, I\u2019ve not yet been to Ireland. 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Will they have companions?What will Ireland be like in 200 years? Will there be different plants? Different rainfall patter?Will people still seek treasures at the end of the rainbow? That one, I think, will be easy to answer...\u2014\u2014\u2014Previous leprechauns:~800-1000, with hedgehog\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Art"","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/category\/art\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":932,"url":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/sketchbook-leprechaun-1800s\/","url_meta":{"origin":931,"position":1},"title":"Sketchbook \/\/ Leprechaun ~1800s","author":"Kir","date":"25 March 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"I actually drew this one first, which is what made me think about why pictures of leprechauns always seem to have 19th century clothes. Someday maybe I\u2019ll go look up more about the history of leprechauns and the tellings of them.","rel":"","context":"In "Art"","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/category\/art\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":930,"url":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/sketchbook-leprechaun-800-1000\/","url_meta":{"origin":931,"position":2},"title":"Sketchbook \/\/ Leprechaun ~800-1000","author":"Kir","date":"11 March 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Leprechaun & hedgehog, maybe a thousand years ago...I don\u2019t know about you but most of the leprechaun images I\u2019ve seen all seem to be pretty similar in costume. But surely they\u2019re not all from one place in time?\u00a0So I looked up what people in Ireland were wearing at various points\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Art"","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/category\/art\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1066,"url":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/sketchbook-morning-pipe\/","url_meta":{"origin":931,"position":3},"title":"Sketchbook \/\/ Morning pipe","author":"Kir","date":"8 April 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"The prompt from biggerKid was \u201cleprechaun\u201d. (I asked him for a series of prompts, which he promptly provided.)\u00a0Ahem.\u00a0There's a reason I don't do stand up. (And it's not because I'm short.)*giggle*Well, I make myself laugh, anyway!I really struggled with that right foot. Does that happen to you, too? 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