Curious Crow by James KitchenI'm taking part in Seth's "Buried Treasure" collaboration and am re-posting CROW, one of my favourite posts because it made me laugh at the memories.
2 Crows by Katherine TreffingerFor some reason artists have found crows and ravens highly portrayable and many of the artworks are created in a humorous light. I will share a few I found browsing the internet.
Hand Carved Flock by Allen & Mary DeeWhen I was just a kid my brother arrived home with a poor pinioned crow that had been advertised in the Pets for Sale column. The owner couldn't handle him so my brother bought him for me to tame. Crow, however wasn't going to be tamed by anyone. He had the meanest of mean streaks and if he hadn't been pinioned we would have set him free.
Crow handcarved by Allen & Mary DeeWe put him in the avery outside the bathroom window where he could chat to all the wild birds in the garden. He mimiced everything including running water, flushing toilets, ringing telephones and a whole repertoire of bird calls. He had us on the hop from morning til night, rushing around the garden looking for gushing taps and then belting back inside to answer his telephone .... all of which he found rather exciting.
Sculpture by Gunter Reimitz Eventually he managed to entice my Indian Minor (which I had reared from a featherless fledgling) to the wire and before anyone could blink he had yanked poor Zombie's head through the wire and swallowed it whole. That was the end of that...... Crow had to go!
Craven (half crow and half raven) by Rod Bearup
My husband's friend owned a pub...and a crow. The crow kept the patrons entertained every evening. She would strut up and down dipping her beak into the glasses, getting horribly drunk and rather raucus. Her favourite trick was to swipe an ice block out of a glass when nobody was looking and rush to the other side of the room challenging anyone to give chase. When she was sure that nobody was watching her, she would hide the iceblock, either under the corner of a mat or behind a curtain. She then strolled nonchalently to the other side of the room where she kept watch, making sure nobody went anywhere near the hiding place. Inevitably the ice melted and she couldn't resist having a quick peep at her hidden treasure ....only to find that somebody had stolen it. Much to the delight of all the patrons, she flew into a rage, jumping up and down, flapping her wings and squawking. This would happen every night and crow could never quite understand how someone snuck past her watchful eye to steal the iceblock.
Clay Crow Sculpture by Virginia Wyoming
In Africa crows are considered to be guides, protector spirits and messengers. They warn people that danger is approaching.
Two more crows by Katherine Treffinger





























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