About 22 years ago I created a series of six tiny (3"x5" or so) artworks called Small Events. They were mixed media works on paper using graphite and watercolor. They illustrated minor incidents that struck me as poignant. Today I decided to feature two "small events" that have occurred in this first week of spring–but to save time I'm offering them in the form of photos, not artworks. Here they are:
#1~ Returning home from the grocery store, I reached into my bag to pull out my two bouquets of tightly budded daffodils. One bud had broken off and lay at the bottom of the bag. Sad, I reached for the compost container to toss in the bud, but then thought, "if I stick this in water, would it still open?" I did this, and you can see the result! The slim, tight bud had the DNA required to keep on blooming.
#2~ All three hens are laying! And, today, all three laid! It's rare that they all lay on the same day, especially since they are no longer spring chickens, so to speak. They are going on two years old. But they have sprightly ways and plenty of spunk. Thank you, girls.
Jocelyn Curry 
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