by Carol Conklin | Apr 26, 2011
It has still been freezing here and sooooooooo far behind last year, when pasture arrived early in April. The grass is green at last and heavy rain arrived last night pounding on our windows and earth below. The forsythia bushes have finally donned their bright...
by Carol Conklin | Apr 22, 2011
Earth Day – Good Friday……… Spring is still cold, windy, rainy and beautiful in a cold sort of way. Red buds are showing on distant trees and the mountains are highlighted with small patches of sun. All here comes from the earth and returns to....
by Carol Conklin | Apr 14, 2011
Last week, everyday, 20 degrees, frost! The morning light comes sooner each day and I’d walk to my studio and look out the window to sun high-lighting trees and mountains in the distance, turning the field by us white. Last week, still no leaves to be seen and...
by Carol Conklin | Apr 3, 2011
April 3rd, at last it’s a clear bright spring morning! This is the first morning with early bright sun and I took the opportunity to take my first morning walk up the hill behind my house for this year to celebrate the sunrise.As I came to the top of the hill...
by Carol Conklin | Mar 27, 2011
Spring is very slowly arriving and here we still have large areas of snow with brown grass revealed in many fields and yards. It’s also been extra cold for this time of year, way behind last year.we can complain, but then, when we think of the disaster in Japan...
by Carol Conklin | Mar 20, 2011
Last night the brilliant super moon arrived to bring in spring. From my view it was very large and had golden crescents around it. It shone very brightly throughout the night to bring spring here. My batik “Moon Over Spring” is on exhibit at the Thacker...