Happy New Year! It’s been a busy few weeks. Not a lot of art has happened but there has been much creation of gifts and decorations, small and cozy celebrations with friends and family, and trash collection.

The branch ‘Christmas tree’ pictured below has become a bit of a family tradition- not that I don’t love a good fir but it has always felt good, taking something that is already dead and languishing in a brush pile in the yard, then bringing it to life with lights and ornaments. I think I will leave it up for a little while along with the giant stick star that I mounted to the roof.