We recently returned to Montreal after a week in central New York. In Montreal, there was a terrible ice storm last Wednesday, with power outages that lasted days for many people, and devastating damage to the city's trees, especially in the parks. Friends sent us pictures and their own accounts, and while our building was without power for a long time, and then again last night, we clearly missed the worst of it. I also missed the observations of Holy Week at the cathedral for the first time in years, but we got back in time for Easter. Renewal, warmth, color, and sunlight are exactly what everyone needs -- myself included.
Beautiful, beautiful. You are not only an artist of the visual but an artist with words! This is all poetry of words and images.
Beth very happy to see your palette "decontracting" and celebrating with you the return of warmth and restoration of power in several dimensions!