Inspiration and The Garbage Day Project
Burning Sun
Midwesterners like to burn things. As soon as it seems like it might be Spring, the fires are alight all around us. My theory is that since prairies do actually benefit from burning, there is some type of genetic memory of lighting Spring fires or seeing Spring fires lit by lightning.
I did my part this weekend with a bonfire of dead rose canes, brambles, and diseased tree branches. In any case, we have tremendously beautiful sunsets this time of year, for better or worse.
Nature Report: The catbirds are back; no wrens yet. I saw my first butterfly and bumblebee. I had never seen cranes migrating back north, but heard their distinctive calling this weekend and kept an eye on the sky. Soon two cranes came into view, calling and calling. I thought they were confused because they kept circling in one spot, higher and higher. I waited and soon a much smaller crane came into view. The two bigger cranes circled down and off they went in a straight line.
Of course, there’s a post on the The Garbage Day Project blog today with some new raw material for Garbage Art.
