"Dividing Hives in Spring" by Willy Reddick

Image posted with the permission of the artist. More of Willy Reddick's wonderful white line woodcuts and other artwork, jewelry, and ornaments can be viewed at her website.

It is spring! These celebrants of nature are suited up in loose, white costumes and fastidious as they perform their seasonal ritual. The browns will turn green, the greys will turn blue. The scent of fresh blooms will delight our sniffers while a cacophony of birds chirping and bees buzzing will fill the air.

"Big Grey Tiger Cat" by Willy Reddick

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A cat on a mat, asleep on its back. Soft, white paws limply bend while ears casually creep off the makeshift bed. A most comfortable, vulnerable sleep; the exposed belly, muzzle, paws, all blinding white amidst a dizzying sea of red and purple patterns. A white that gives the eye a rest between the busy braids and tiger stripes resembling purple seaweed. A white that takes on a life of its own, as if the naked, dove-shaped soul of the animal will soon take flight, leaving its skin behind. Like a snake shedding its skin, like Bartholomew or Hypatia.