Sometimes framing art for our home is as expensive as the piece itself, not to mention finding a spot to hang it on crowded walls, We've agreed "no more" several times through the years, only to backslide.
There are bits and bobs of art which are sort of "free range", put in odd temporary spots which may change or may become close to permanent. Several years ago I tacked a poster of a stained glass window from the Taize community in France onto a piece of foam board. I put it at the end of our upstairs hallway until it found a better home -- still there.
It depicts St. Francis of Asissi, patron saint of the environment, feeding birds. I delight in it despite the fact that this really isn't a great spot. It got me thinking about the Audubon's Christmas Bird Count -- number 123 - which is already underway, beginning on Dec 14th and continuing through January 5, 2023.
While this really isn't the best time of year for counting birds in the Northern Hemisphere we still have ten or so species around our feeders and we see hawks regularly as we drive hither and yon. Yesterday I was out in the driveway early to clean up after the snowplough rumbled through. In the early morning quiet I could hear a robin, blue jays, and crows, and the sound was a blessing, a benediction.
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