Winter to Spring, Cactus to Pawpaw

Over the winter we went to Robert Smithson's earth- and water-work Spiral Jetty a couple times. It's up on the north part of the Great Salt Lake. After we got back from one of the trips, I made a linocut based on the brine shrimp and red algae and salt crystals near the Spiral Jetty.  If you've never heard of this piece of artwork that is far from the pawpaw's range, you should read up on it.

That was winter. Then spring came along and it was time to get this big cactus out of our house, so we needed to find a big landscaping dolly. Tougher than it sounds, for us anyway.

Last year we kept the cactus under the arches in front of our house, but that was because it was getting used to not being a strictly indoor cactus anymore. This year, we want it to take the full brunt of the sun. No more shade and shadows, no matter how aesthetic that may be.

So I used the dolly to move it out into the yard to be a good neighbor to the Wells cultivar.