steve has been doing his writing and revising at the local library lately, mostly in order to escape the incessant demands of glimmer the chicken and jack the puggle. that sounds fanciful, but it is the absolute, unfortunate truth. i came upstairs from the laundry room the other day to see steve in an armchair with a computer on his lap, looking hunted, as a desperate glimmer paced and pecked at the patio door to be let in to lay her daily egg. the good news in all of this is that i have had some long overdue alone time in recent days, which gives me time to do these nature assemblages, which i love to put together and love to look at when they are done. hope you feel the same.

assorted collection of evergreens and pinecones

pine cones mostly from minnesota and a few from southwest france