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RESTING

He’s resting now;

His hive is buzzing,

At season’s end,

They call to me;

Filled with wonder,

I go to them;

Do they know his battle?

Will it be long or short?

And they dance for me;

Memories pour in,

As if to share with them,

Moments from our past,

Many blurry fragments;

His bee rests on edge,

Now a memory crystal clear;

And The Beeman rests;

His battle lost.

While "Resting" helped Ann to cope with her sadness as she cared for their dad, "A Winter's Bee" symbolizes a different experience for Meg. 

A Winter's Bee" is a monoprint inspired by Ann’s photograph "Resting." Working in print allows Meg to represent the physical and emotional distance between herself and her family. The work is a ghost print, an echo of an echo, a copy of a copy. The imperfectio

DISTANCE

Family apart,

Many miles away,

With saddened heart;

Together we gather,

While still apart,

From far away,

We are close in heart;

Together we grieve,

When he departs,

His memory stays.

Always in our hearts.

These bees symbolize the sisters and their very different experiences during their father's death.

"Always so Proud of his Girls" is inspired by Ann’s photograph "Distance." Meg uses the medium of screen printing to represent the distance between herself and her sister. She brought sharper focus into the image by using solid blocks of colors in the various layers. In creating the areas of less f

PEEK-A-BEE

Stepping away, 

From the bustle of life, 

To the place, 

That's in between. 

From here I look, 

At season's end, 

While things die away. 

Then winter comes, 

Still, I'm curious.... 

What's ahead, 

Are others coming to sleep? 

So here I'll stay, 

Defending those in my keep, 

Waiting 'til Spring. 

And I wonder…

Will life be buzzing then?

Ann explains that “Peek-a-Bee” reminds us that we sometimes need to step away from life to handle difficult situations. 

Hide and Seek" is a print inspired by Ann’s photograph “Peek-a-bee". The photograph focuses on the aged side of the hive and a little bee that popped up. Meg stated, "The large knot in the wood above the crack where the bee appeared felt like a fingerprint. I felt my dad making a