It's Spring!

I watch the persistent emerging of green shoots pushing up as the sun they seek turns brighter and warmer every day. Soon the early blooms unfold. I spend afternoons clearing leaves and tramping softly outside, hoping to see a nest or burrow, just to be near it. In my studio, new ideas are taking shape as well. Have a look: The pieces are for sale here

Bee Happy

If you wander aimlessly in the yard, and stop to admire the first shocking purple of the crocuses that open their brave faces to the snowy cold, it is good to have a macro lens! My husband caught this little bee having a pollen party.

Don't tell me this isn't happiness! That its not buzzing in gratitude and praise; that it is not covering itself in grace, saturated in sweetness, savoring a sticky binge, perhaps a little drunk; like a priest who cleans up after communion.

I know there is some biological scientific dissertation on bees, but I don't believe it right at this minute. I want to watch the audacious little bee, and for a moment, drift in happy.