Homage to my seasonal visitors!
Each spring, my wife and I anxiously await the arrival of our bluebird friends. We have a couple of birdhouses prepped specifically for these annual companions—these houses are sort of our “Airbnb"s for bluebirds.
The Bluebird—
gentle, loyal, sweet with song:
my seasonal cue in how to live strong.
I decided to utilize an antique, decorative frame (one of the many that I’ve collected through the years) to accent a piece of art devoted to our delightful guests. With a backdrop of branches and limbs, I juxtaposed an abstraction of “home” for the focal point of this piece—the bluebirds.
After doing just a little research about our colorful guests, I discovered that they are specifically known as Eastern Bluebirds. They reside year-round in Alabama. Although we often think of them as “spring” visitors, their numbers actually increase in the wintertime due to some that migrate from a little farther north (yeah, we are familiar with “snowbirds” down here).
We typically host them in early March through the summer months. It is then that we observe them nesting. Sometimes they will have two to three broods during this time. What a joy!
These birds appear to be hard workers, very loyal and aware of their individual responsibilities to the building of their family, They are gentle birds with a very pleasant, musical song. They can teach us a lot if we would ponder their nature—gentle, loyal, sweet with song.
“That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life—whether you have enough food and drink, or enough clothes to wear. Isn’t life more than food, and your body more than clothing? Look at the birds. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. And aren’t you far more valuable to him than they are? Can all your worries add a single moment to your life? —Matthew 6:25-27 ”
This finished mixed-media piece, approximately 18” x 13”, can be viewed along with other works at my studio—Sienna Cloud Creative at 113 North Three Notch in Troy, Alabama. (BY APPOINTMENT ONLY)