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During the month of May I will be the feature artist at the Wildwood Art Center, 911 Central Avenue in Nebraska City, Nebraska, 68410. If you have the opportunity, I’d appreciate it if you would drop in. The next month they will feature Thomas Majeski, my printmaking instructor from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. His work is excellent and well worth the trip.

Prairie Breeze Graphics attended Audubon’s Rivers and Wildlife Celebration (RWC) last month in Kearney as a vendor. The event intentionally coincided with the height of the Sandhills Cranes migration, and as I approached Kearney the air was thick with birds. Since I had to man the Prairie Breeze booth, I didn’t get to go to the blinds on the water and view the cranes, and it was very disappointing. Everyone who came through the vendors’ area said the sight and sound was something you would never forget.

I introduced a new line of cards called “Nebraska Wetland Birds” at the RWC that included the Sandhills Crane, the Great Blue Heron, the Avocet, Snow Geese, and Killdeer. Those cards will be available at the Wildwood Art Center and selected other locations. Other new products for Prairie Breeze are double-matted prints sized for 5 x 7 frames, 8 x 10 frames and 11 x 14 frames. Images available are the artwork from the Nebraska Wetland Birds card set and the Nebraska Wildflower card sets.

I am signed up for the Tour de Nebraska 5-day bicycle ride this year and will be sketching the Nebraska landscape along the way. The Tour is June 20 - 24. I ride a "recumbent" bicycle, and lead a group called the County Cruisers. It's worth a look at the website (http://members.cox.net/armandg/Cruisersrule.html) if you aren't familiar with recumbents.