There is no snow here. There are no icicles hanging off the awning. There is no slick sidewalk to navigate on the way to the car. There is no brutal cold or unrelenting wind. There are no snow caves to build. Or even snowmen. There is no blizzard raging outside the windows. The roads are not clogged with cars that have skidded off the road.
I will read about winter instead.
Orange Alert
Today the sparrows are wheeling about,
starving after too many days
of sub-zero weather.
I go outside to fill the feeder.
I feel uneasy. The fate of all this
delicate life in the air above us.
Great oaks push their limbs
through gray sky. I raise my arms
high like branches, press against
the threat of storms.
A bird flies toward the window glass,
but turns aside at the last moment.
by Kirsten Dierking, from Northern Oracle
And piece together more collages in my visual journal.
You’ve seen these before, but not side by side.
I have officially jumped onto the bird silhouette bandwagon. Actually I was pushed. But now that I’m here I like it. I think I’ll stay awhile.
Here’s something else you’ve seen before. A paper chain. There is something so sweet and hopeful about a little paper chain garland.
I like the bird silhouette bandwagon comment. I like what you do with them! I am predicting an owl bandwagon next. I am off to check out your suggested links! Merry Christmas!
P.S. I think you would really like the stencil action on this runner featured on my blog today.
Merry Christmas, M.A.! Your pages are fabulous as always…those paper ornaments are divine…and the Italy photos are gorgeous. Has a Venetian arrived on your doorstep yet??… 😉
Love your pages! And the birds are very cool. Maybe I should do a chicken stencil for my journal. Hmmmm…
Merry Christmas!
Amy
Merry Merry Christmas dear m.a.!!!!
love,
steph
such a treat to see what you are up to – even the Mr. came over to say Hi Mary Ann – and Happy Holidays…
you know how I am – I love it all – will make some of those paper ornies with the Boonster – so excited now that the tree is up…
rain today here with big clear moon now…
xox – eb.
Merry Christmas to you! I am taking a break from spray painting 10×13 envelopes destined to wrap a calendar collaboration. I am fuming – not angry – blinking and breathing recovering from spray fumes. What kind of mask did Michelle send you? and what is the source – other than Michelle? whoooosH! I remember Christmas in L.A. (Canoga Park actually) from almost thirty (yikes!) ago. Waited until Dec 24 to buy cut price tree to decorate. I blinkingly wish you a happy and colorful Christmas.
-s-
(blink blink – not lights a-twinkle – but eyes a-blinking)
Thank you again for opening my eyes to new worlds….and yours, as always…inspiring
I really like the bird silhouettes. Are they all spraypainted?