How exciting. I am organizing my basement. Grabbed a lamp off the shelf to move it. Looked down at the old-fashioned fiber-wrapped cord draped over my fingers. I mused that it seemed cold which surprised me. Then, it fell to the floor. Not a cord. A baby garter snake. Safely relocated to the woods.

Pink sky.

The proposed budget cuts funding to the National Endowments for the Arts. The NEA ($210M) is 0.003% of the federal budget. Defense is 13% of the budget. The "Golden Dome" will cost $161B to $542B to implement. The money allocated to the "Golden Dome" could fund the NEA for 778 to 2619 YEARS.

A morning moment of Zen. One of the streams that runs through our farm. #gingrichsart #farm #stream #spring #birdsong

I guess this car is out of commission for a bit. Silly robin. # gingrichsart #farm #robin #birdnest #nest

Sweet cherries are blooming. Air is buzzing with orchard bees and bumblebees. Hoping we don't get a freeze.

The willows are blooming. Spring is in the air. #gingrichsart #farm #homestead #flower #willow

Despite the gloomy day, spring has finally arrived. We replaced the unfriendly barbed-wire fence with forsythia. #gingrichsart #farm #spring #flowers

It's hard to be an empath right now. I feel the suffering of my country.

New wire sculpture
#sculpture #wiresculpture

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Caught this column cloud at sunrise a few weeks ago. It was only visible for a brief time. I would have missed it, but my husband brought it to my attention. We're too distracted by life and end up missing the beautiful parts. Beauty is all around us. We just need to keep looking.

Aired yesterday! A recent interview with Alyson Stanfield, Art Biz Success, who was interested in my thoughts on using Substack in conjunction with the art process. (about 30 min)

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