Spring Is In The Air
Today is Spring equinox which means tomorrow is officially the first day of Spring!
Looking out my window tells a totally different story though. We still have plenty of evidence of a long, cold prairie winter scattered about the landscape, including snowdrifts approximately four feet deep. Being something of a romantic optimist is extremely beneficial living in midwest Saskatchewan, as I can fool myself into believing there is a hint of green to the branches of the trees and if I close my eyes and take a deep breath, there is a slight fragrance of jonquils in the air.
In order to spread some of my optimism around town, I’ve recently completed an installation art piece on main street here in Plenty and I’ve named it “Spring is in the Air”. It consists of stark deadwood branches on which I’ve hung small mobiles constructed out of bedsprings, wire, and speckled painted eggs. The bedsprings were cut from an old mattress at the town dump and I spent about a week hand painting some blown out eggs that were then decorated with feathers and strung on ribbon. The entire piece stands about seven feet tall and is intended to give the viewer a bit of a chuckle, as well as hope for Spring’s arrival.
Dear Carol,
I love all your new posts! Wow, you have put a lot of work into this website. I continue to chuckle when I see the photo of the “installation” on main street 🙂 What fun!
I am hearing from several friends that they have issues with opening your site. I had passed your website on to Karen Jurek (Calgary chair for CQA 2010) and she just emailed to say that she could not get any of the topics to open for her. Maybe you were just working on the site… I have never had any problems with it and am just delighted with all your additions.