Mimi Torchia Boothby

Brother crow announces brother wolf’s entrance into the clearing

Wolves are one of the most important predators in North America. Overzealous farmers almost wiped them out, but then it was discovered that wolves keep elk and deer populations healthy by weeding out the sick and the injured ones and their presence keeps the population of coyotes at bay as well. Wolves are wonderful animals,…

May 13, 2012

The night before the rest of her life

This painting is from an old photo of one of my high school classmates. She is holding her favorite cat, named Dog. It is the night before her wedding to the man she made her life with. She looks so dreamy and romantic, and just a little insecure. The perfect bride. This painting is not…

May 4, 2012

Mimi’s Retirement party and Art Show

Most people that retire from Boeing get a placque, a cake, some cards, an autographed airplane photo, and a lot of well wishers, but my retirement party was a little different. As a long time sketcher, I managed to cover the walls of the conference room with sketches I had done of my coworkers. If…

May 1, 2012

Zebra Dove

One of the first things that I noticed visiting Hawaii were the birds. Everywhere we looked were beautiful colorful birds. In the morning when you awaken, you can hear them, they are on the beach, in the trees, waiting for you underfoot while you sit at a restaurant outside in the evening breeze. The Zebra…

April 30, 2012

Y is for yellow-eyed cat

Thank you for reading my previous posts about endangered and threatened small wild cats (the letters B, F, I, K, L, M, O, P, and R). Together, with a little knowledge, we are taking the first steps to help them to continue to exist. But this time we’ll talk about a domestic cat. What can…

April 28, 2012