once all the leaves

flew south for winter

i found a treasure

seen out the studio window

the same day

sunset came on

with applause and fanfare

to the west

and to the east

later i decided to

go to an opening

and saw their installation

a good artist's talk, like a conversation,

and wandered the gallery attentive to this

positive thing going on.

and then i saw these:

what you can't quite see is the tan paper i knew it was slippery elm

and the wings are pure aimee lee

yes, these are her birds

flown west and maybe north to visit

wow

the paper she made here

so i met inga and andy,

excitedly asked them about how they found aimee.

turns out they met in belfast when she was there

doing a residency last year.

we had a chat later on, and it also turns out

that "kid from north russell"
who does amazing drawings

my firstborn