Virginia A. Spiegel

Onward

Spring is trying here. Tan is still is the predominant color at the nature center. But what a lot of tonal variation; I almost prefer it to green.

Even though the prairie is still sleeping, the meadow larks are back and singing their hearts out. A gorgeous bird with a liquid, musical song. I wasn’t able with my small digital to take a good photo, but go here to see a photo. Thank goodness for these enclaves of grassland as a refuge for these amazing birds.

And, of course, there is a new post on The Garbage Day Project blog today.

Ripe

Of course, there’s a new post today on The Garbage Day Project blog.

The winners of the last ten ATCs for artists donating collages to Collage Mania are:

Kathleen Angel Lee
Nellie Durand
Miriam Gogarty
Melanie Hulse
Susan Lenz
Lesa Bame
Diane Lochala
Wanda Stivison
Kristin Powers
Jeri Pollack

And Edie Clark is the winner of the $100 gift certificate to Flourish!, a complete online resource for art quilting supplies, for donating $50 or more to subscribe to Art, Nature, Creativity Life. There have been 51 donors at this level to date.

I thank Jane Davila of Flourish! for her ongoing support of Fiberart For A Cause.

Prairie Sky

If I ever feel as though I am done with the Boundary Waters as inspiration, I am probably going to turn to the prairie preserve near my home. Beautiful in its simplicity.

There is a new post in The Garbage Day Project today.

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Thank you.

Isn’t this a crazy looking thing? An animal frozen under the snow? Weird crop circles? No, it’s a mouse or vole run (I can never remember which one) from when the snow was very deep.

As always, Tuesday means a new post on The Garbage Day Project here.

Wave

How mysterious! I take my camera everywhere and the car wash turned out to be a gold mine of interesting images. It all started when I noticed the ice patterns frozen on the outside curtain and continued right up to the exit. I may have to do a photo essay on Art, Nature, Creativity, Life with all the photos.

Of course, there is a new post in The Garbage Day Project blog today.

The Invitational Reverse Auction to benefit the American Cancer Society is off to a glorious start. Gold Donors include Tomme Fent who acquired Leni Wiener’s Approaching Storm and Teri Springer who acquired Jay Rich’s Woad Kimono-Style Jacket. Congratulations to these Gold Donor patrons and artists!

The minimum donation to the ACS will drop considerably today at 10 a.m. CST and will do so each day through March 13. But wait too long and your favorite piece of art will be gone!

Go and check out all the artwork (art quilts, a swing coat (see below), beaded jewelry) from the invited artists here.

Maggie Winfield
Fantasy Garden Swing Coat