Bless the gray mouse that found her way into the recycle bin. Bless her tiny body, no bigger than my thumb, huddled and numb against the hard side. Bless her bright eye, a frightened gleaming that opened to me and the nest she made from shredded paper, all I could offer. Bless her last hours alone under the lamp with food and water near. Bless this brief life I might have ended had she stayed hidden inside the insulation. Bless her body returned to earth, no more or less than any creature. "Prayer for a Field Mouse" by Pat Riviere-Seel. Text as published in Nothing Below but Air: Poems (Main Street Rag Publishing, 2014). Reprinted by permission of the poet. Art credit: "Wood Mouse [Field Mouse] in the Netherlands," photograph by Rasbak.
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Captive
Even though the lifespan of a harvest mouse is just 18 months, its days are filled with adventures. Being Europe's smallest rodent, it is the only British mammal to have a prehensile tail, giving it the ability to grasp plant stems as it moves through long vegetation. And probably no photographer has captured these little acrobats as well as Dean Mason from Dorset, United Kingdom.
A Colorful Mouse artwork - of my original watercolor rendering, of this field mouse, is printed with pigment inks, on art paper, that has a thickness of 300gsm. This art print - Is placed in a clear plastic pouch, Sealed into a hardback envelope, and sent using a print safe mailing system. If you have any queries, about this artwork, please do not hesitate to ask, and I will get back to you Asap!
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Close up of a Field mouse using Nikon D300 and 105mm macro lens, handheld.
