Look to the Sky, and ...
from the Ninth Wave Arts caretakers
Reflecting back a few months brings memories of the incredible colours held within the flowering trees. Now, it’s as though those same colours have leaked from the trees and made their way into the sky.
The winds, warmth, rain, and shifting season have offered gifts of spectacular colour overhead—both day and night.
The trees have become densely dressed in green, drawing attention to all the other hues now expressing a palette filled with deep beauty.
Those dressed trees, with their thick, heavy foliage, are also wreaking havoc on wifi signals. It’s something to witness—how a single well-dressed tree can interrupt the efforts of multiple human-made towers and satellites. When the wifi drops out, it simply offers more time to look at the sky.
Along with the skies, this past month has also brought bellies.
Frog, squirrel, and fox bellies have all been part of the daily view.
Frog belly messages began one warm night after the departure of an evening group. While closing up the space, something cast a strange shape across the glass of the front door. On approach, it became clear it wasn’t a shadow at all, but a frog—a fairly sizeable one. It had leapt up and landed like a suction cup, fixed to the glass with its legs stretched wide in all directions, belly pressed flat against the door. Hanging there, it feasted on mosquitoes within reach.
This has become a common scene. Now, it’s almost surprising when they aren’t there in the later evenings.
Squirrels, meanwhile, have been pressing their bellies to anything cool they can find—grounding their core, resting with legs splayed wide, much like the frogs, increasing their contact with the surface beneath them. They nibble at whatever is nearby while they linger in this way.
Foxes have been doing the same. Being larger, they carry a more pronounced message of keeping the belly grounded. It’s not always clear whether they are seeking warmth or coolness, as they seem equally at ease in sun and moon. One was noticed not long ago, quietly feasting on a mouse while settled fully into that posture.
