'Cherish the Earth' Collages

          
       Jeweled Spring                         Jeweled Fall

Two new collages, the framed originals are for sale.

Oh Happy Spring!

The vernal equinox happened this morning at 7:44 a.m. EDT, bringing in the official start of spring.

The vernal equinox occurs when the sun passes directly over the equator, diving night and day into equal lengths. It is one of two equinox events during the year: The autumnal equinox, or fall equinox, happens in September and marks the start of the fall season for the northern hemisphere.

A Greek astronomer and mathematician named Hipparchus (ca. 190-ca.120 BCE) was known for discovering the precession of the equinoxes. He also compiled a star catalogue, but this has been lost. The astronomical Persian calendar begins its New Year on the day when the March equinox occurs.

And here in Blue Hill, the snow is melting!

St. Paddy's Day

Phoebe's guarding the gold!

A Million People Against the Orphan Works Bill

This petition is sponsored by A Million People Against the Orphan Works Bill, a grassroots group founded by multimedia journalist Steve Lehman on Facebook and Flickr. Everyone is welcome to participate and it is not exclusive to these websites.

Update on Orphan Works Bill

FROM THE ILLUSTRATORS' PARTNERSHIP
Over 100,000 letters have gone out to Senators and Congressmen from our CapWiz site. Opposition to the Orphan Works Act continues to grow.

Here are some of organizations who oppose it:
http://illustratorspartnership.org/01_topics/article.php?searchterm=00273

And here are some of the position papers written by some of these groups:

NUJ condemns "free for all" US Orphan Works legislation
http://www.epuk.org/News/863/nuj-opposes-us-orphan-works

The American Association of Independent Music. A2IM Position on the Proposed Orphan Works Legislation in the United States
http://www.a2im.org/newsDetail.aspx?newsID=117

The Canadian Association of Photographers and Illustrators in Communications Orphan Works Update: The Orphan Works Debate in the US
http://www.capic.org/copyright.html

Advertising Photographers of America APA Position Paper on Orphan Works
http://www.apanational.com/files/public/APA__On_Orphan_Works.pdf

Don't Let Congress Orphan Your Work 2 minutes is all it takes to write Congress and fight for your copyright:
http://capwiz.com/illustratorspartnership/home/