White rabbits! Yellow daffodils! Green leeks

First day of March, supposedly also of spring by some counts, St David's Day, patron saint of Wales, leeks worn for historical reasons.

Unless they're prepped and in the freezer, in which case we break out the  daffodils

Birds are starting to wake up around my house, but Edith Holden's illustrations do it better

Yesterday's winnowing was the cutlery drawer, now clean, free of crumbs, and of an array of stainless steel tableware I haven't used in eons.  Haven't fed more than two people at once for more than eleven years.

So this collection went on Freecycle

and was requested in minutes, gone this morning,  for someone's young relative moving into first apartment.

And here's the next stage of the figure. Diluted white glue sprayed on, first coat of torn coffee filters, which will take a while to dry, then I can do more shaping. 

I think other artworks might find a place on this figure, as jewelry. We'll see how that goes. I'm also wondering if this might be a good wearer of that robe covered in embroideries.  No rush. This is like a really big embodiment of those soft sculptures I made a while back.

About the rockscape piece, it needs edges fixed but the weather, snow and frost, has stopped outdoor painting for now. It's hanging upstairs in waiting.

In other news, Handsome Son visited yesterday, helped with eating chocolate walnut cake and I asked him if he had any strong longish cardboard tubes, thinking about the armature here. 

He, true son of Boud, said well yes, but I have plans for them! He did promise me any others he might get. He's building something.

Happy day everyone! Pretend it's spring even though some of us, well, me anyway,  scraped ice off our cars this morning.