Christmas in a Treehouse

As I settle into treehouse living along the Rio Hondo, I smile a lot passing windows that reveal treetops and negative space that inspires thoughts of what to make next. Living a makers life everything becomes potential for sculpture. And the birds…I could watch them for hours referring to the Birds of New Mexico Field Guide to identify who’s visiting.

I recently read an article in Emergence Magazine called “The Pillar” by Stephen Gill. He set up a motion sensor camera to photograph birds as they visited a pillar he planted. The images are wonderful.

Winter is the time to gather red willow from along the marshlands. When I lived along the northern California coast I often gathered willow storing it for certain projects. Living here along the Rio in northern New Mexico, willow is calling me once again. Cycles have a way of revealing what was missed the first time around, or as many times as it takes to satiate my creative process.