A Spring Journey

Spring forward with the clock and finally a break in the wintry weather. Today was 40 degrees and warmer tomorrow. To celebrate the oncoming Easter season I have collaged some vintage images to an artists' panel, applied paint first then ephemera from an 1882 volume. Messages of spring throughout with whimsy and fantasy. An original one of a kind, for sale on my esty page. www.guidoneetsy.etsy.com Please take some time and visit this wonderful site for all things handmade. Happy Spring!

March

Ah, surly March ! you've come again,
With sleet and snow, and hail and rain;
Cold earth beneath, dark sky above you,
What have you, pray, to make us love you?
No month is half so rough as you,
December winds less harshly blew;
What churlish ways! what storm-tossed tresses!
Your presence every one distresses!
Haste, haste away! We longing wait
To greet fair April at our gate.
Cold earth beneath, dark sky above you,
Surely you've naught to make us love you!
"Ah, see these blossoms!" he replied,
Tossing his hail-torn cloak aside,_
"Though other months have flowers a-many,
Say, are not mine as fair as any?
See, peeping from each dusky fold,
The crocus with its cup of gold;
Violets, snowdrops white and stilly,
Sweeter than any summer lily;
And underneath the old oak-leaves
Her fragrant wreath the arbutus weaves,_
Whatever sky may be above me,
Surely for these all hearts will love me!"
M.M.H. Conway

2008 Blizzard Fog and More Snow!

Just SMILE and enjoy the bliss of the glistening, delightful, flakes of winter!
My hubby and me, taking care of business...
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Can you believe this winter weather!!!! From blizzards to fog to snow again, it's Febr.15th and we are going to get 6 to 10 more inches of snow tonight. It's extremely beautiful, how often do we get to see "white" snow all winter long. Usually it's brown the day after. This is a winter wonderland in Wisconsin. I grew up in Upper Michigan and most of my childhood was spent climbing snowbanks 6ft. tall, so I'm lovin the white stuff. What is truly amazing is the winter fog we had early February. It lasted for almost 3 days and that created some treacherous driving conditions. Hope you are all having a great sledding, snowman building,snowball throwing,ice skating, wonderful winter season. It will be over very soon, so enjoy it while it lasts. By the way, we have broken the all time Wisconsin record of over 80 inches this year. Marquette in the U.P. reported over 115 inches. I wonder if all the snow down here has affected there snowmobiling tourist industry up there?
The pictures taken between the blobs on the window are from inside my house. The window was warm and the snow just clung to the windows!

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SPARROWS IN LARGE TOWNS

Sparrows in Large Towns is a 12x12 collage on wood. Delightful princely sparrows with crowns, distressed paper images of children, taken from a Chatterbox book dated 1872. Some of the ephemera is from a 1905 volume. A bit of humor as well as whimsy. All applications are secured with an archival glue, I used inks and scrapbook papers to add simple yet elegant embellisments. The collage on wood sells for $55. Please visit my etsy home for more handmade items, punch needle, soldered charms and pendants, wooden whimsy, and many more collages.