Spring is Here
20 March 2021 Spring is Here At 5:37am EDT this morning we reached the vernal equinox and spring officially began. Last year the equinox was on the 19th of March at 11:48pm, the earliest in 124 years. Our galanthus (snowdrops) and crocus are out, the daffodils are at the edge of blooming. I thought I'd get in the spring spirit by doing some little paintings. I had a packet of three plain wood frames from Ikea, and conveniently, a packet of three canvasboard panels from the Dollar Tree of the same size, 4 x 6 inches. After painting on a ground coat, I sketched on our three spring flowers with a white pencil, then did quick, loose paintings in acrylic. They're temporarily sitting on our mantel.