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    Barbara Spring

    Barbara Spring

  • Blogs on Shine

    Some thoughts and art on the Great outdoors. <br>

  • Flower Pot Island

    Flower Pot Island on the Bruce Peninsula. This is a beautiful place to visit. I painted this watercolor when I got home because I liked the place so much.

  • Books By Barbara Spring

    For a link to my books go here: http://barbaraspring.yolasite.com/Books by Barbara Spring

  • Lake Michigan

    Get outdoors and enjoy the goold old summertime.

  • Stumbleupon

    I love music, poetry, art and the Great Lakes therefore: http://www.stumbleupon.com/favorites/ I have some favorite places on Stumble Upon.

  • Sunrise

    I love summer time. The sunrise in the east has turned the clouds in the west pink in the early morning.

  • Half Dome Yosemite

    Here is my painting of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park. We enjoyed the spectacular scenery. It's a good time of year to get out and visit the great outdoors.

  • pier watercolor

    Spring was a little late this year, but now the trees are showing their finest leaves and hidden on the branches are nests of many birds. I painted this as a celebration of water, sunshine and the amazing life on planet earth.

  • Mother Earth

    Our beautiful Planet Earth as seen from the moon. Happy Mother's Day to Mother Earth. Let's take good care of her.

  • Rocket Fish for Art Walk

    For Art Walk in Grand Haven, MI I painted a rocket fish with the four seasons. Right now this fish in standing on the bar at Jellys/Snug Harbor. There will be lots of these all over town.

  • Beach Combing

    On the beach you may see the imprints of raindrops and footprints of peoples and seagulls that have walked the beach. In the distance is the pier with its lighthouse and foghorn to guide ships safely into the harbor. Looks like a great weekend to take a walk on the beach. Beach combing is one of my

  • Earth Day April 22, 2011

    Years ago there were practically no eagles around the Great Lakes due to DDT. Their eggs would not hatch. After reading Rachel Carson's book, Silent Spring, Norm Spring and I worked to ban DDT in our community and then the state. It took a long time for DDT to purge out of the Great Lakes system, bu

  • Water Color Red Fox

    After a long cold winter, green life, may flies and the earth awakening is so appealing.

  • Wind in the Tower: a Memoir

    Walking to and from school-my mother allowed me to do this when I was six-was always actually better than school. I learned so much on these meandering walks. Halfway between my house and school, the sidewalk took me through a gothic bell tower.

  • April is poetry month

    Sophia's Lost and Found: Poems of Above and Below is my latest book of poems. On the cover stands the tree of life. This book is available at bn.com, Schulerbooksandmusic.com or your favorite bookstore.

  • Great Lakes Give and Take

    These lakes hold gifts and treasures-

  • Interview with Barbara Spring about The Wilderness Within and the Writing Life

    Betsie: To start this off, why don't you give an idea of what the book is about?

  • Nuclear Power on the Great Lakes

    http://youtu.be/PZ4eLhBSgccHere is a poem I wrote. I have been concerned about nuclear power for decades.

  • A Poem for March: Lake Michigan Aubade

    Lake Michigan Aubade Mist rises, March morning

  • Sundown over Lake Michigan

    Now if only the power lines could go underground the view would be much better. But it's not bad as is.