after celebrating the romanian side of my family in yesterday’s post, i realized as i sat down and looked at today’s assemblage that it reminds me of some of the swedish folk art on my mom’s side. especially those little curved balsam needle “stems” sporting bittersweet berry “flowers.” which is sort of the impulse behind folk art, isn’t it? to stylize the familiar and beloved little bits of nature that surround you?

dried bits and pieces; horsetail, bittersweet, locust leaves and stems, hasta flowers, cedar, balsam needles, pinecone

saint paul, minnesota