Hi all, I hope you’re all well! the crabapple and pear tree in my back garden are blooming, covered in bees, i hear the occasional toad mating call, and things just smell so good right now. My senses craved Spring. Last year I was lucky enough to spend some time wandering around old hidden cemeteries on the coast of Maine. I love tiny little hidden cemeteries… the family plots, the ones with no signs that you just kind of stumble upon when you’re hiking or walking down road… the ones along coastal Maine often have gravestones noting folks who have perished at sea. Seeing these beautiful lichen covered stones planted the seeds for a story and the collection that I’ve just finished.