A Satoyama is like a paradise where the cooing of mountain doves echoes through the air.

 

Early spring is still cold

The light of spring mountains is dazzling

 

The sound of bird cages swaying

She searches and collects their feathers

 

Jackie was inspired by my friend Jackie, a jewelry artist from Olympia who is a loyal vendor at the Fremont Sunday Market. She makes jewelry from minerals, crystals, plants and all the beautiful things in such a unique way. One of Jackie's creations, a necklace of lovebird feathers in a little glass jar, had been a favorite of mine for a long time. 

 

But what would she use the birdcages for? I deliberately didn't ask that part.