Hi everyone. Happy Friday. This weekend is a long one here in the US called Memorial Day. In my area it is also the start to summer "season", not an actual astronomical season but the time when places start to get busy with tourists. I wonder how this summer tourist season will go since Trump put the tariff on Canadian goods. New Hampshire and other northern New England states rely on a large number of Canadian Tourists, and they're understandably angry. Americans who live far from the border might not understand that, but here in New England, especially Northern New England, Trump's tariffs have definitely hurt that relationship. I'm sure that's true for many other border states too.
OK, this post is not to be me ranting. Today I am joining Nicole for Friday Face Off and Gillena for Friday Lunch Break. If you'd stopped by my last 2 posts (Wednesday/Thursday ) you might have seen that my local botanical garden had reopened for the season, and that I visited last week with a friend. In part of the garden they had a special art exhibit with pieces made by students at a few local middle schools. It was really fun art, and some of it even had faces, so I thought I would share that today.
This is what we saw as we approached the display area
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I am glad that the students were encouraged to apply their creative skills in this manner and the results speak for themselves. I am sure they very much enjoyed doing it. It does speak to our times though when the materials used included plastic bottles and the like. All the best - David
I love this! What a great project for the kinds. I agree--I hope they don't end up getting tossed.
St Patrick's Day is the start of tourist season here--they start to trickle in and then suddenly they're everywhere. It's so sad that the cross border relationship is being harmed.
...these are fabulous! I 've seen plastic bottle fish before. Will need to really study these!!!
I love the clever flowers and thing made with "garbage" Hopefully some of those children will hold onto that creativity for their entire life.
Soooo Fun-thank you for sharing
I can see that kids have enjoyed when created these fun art related nature beauty 🌿🌞 I'm wishing you and yours a really enjoyable weekend 😘🪻
Very creative! The first two were my favorites.
that art is so creative! What a wonderful idea. It is happy and so well executed! Three cheers to those students. You'll get one new tourist this summer -- Rick is cycling to NH to visit his recently widowed high school buddy, Eugene. I doubt they'll do much for the economy but Rick is very excited.
Wonderful creative art! The students did such a great job and I'm sure they had a lot of fun with it. Kudos to the teachers as well to come up with this. I second your sentiment at the end, Erika.
It's not only the border states who feel the results of the tariffs, California does, too, especially the Southern part, where they get many tourists from Canada and other countries. Many of them are selling their vacation homes and are not coming.
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Have a lovely weekend! Hugs - Carola
What a great project. Lots of imaginative fun. We had sunshine for 5 minutes today, did you?
Oh so creative with the recycled items ~ great photos of a lovely place ~ thanks, hugs,
Wishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
A ShutterBug Explores ~ clm
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Dear Erika,
What a fantastic post — I absolutely loved reading it and watching the photos! The student art exhibit sounds like such a joyful and inspiring initiative. How wonderful that the kids used recycled bottles to create those colorful flower sculptures — not only creative, but also environmentally thoughtful. And the flowers and animals were really cute 😊.
I also really appreciate your thoughts on the start of the summer season and the impact of the tariffs. You bring such a valuable local perspective to the conversation, and it's important that voices like yours are heard.
Wishing you a wonderful Memorial Day weekend — may it be filled with sunshine and creativity!
Warm hugs,
Traude
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Beautiful.
Amazing pieces of art from the children the teacher is to be commended too.
Thanks for linkkng yo Art For Fun Ffiday
Much♡love
What a wonderful way to celebrate creativity and care for the environment through student art. It’s encouraging to see young minds finding beauty in recycled materials—something simple yet meaningful. The effort behind these pieces really shines through, just like the joy of seeing their work displayed for all to appreciate.
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OMGosh this is so much fun. I used to teach art to kids and they have a wealth of imagination. Thank you for sharing with FFO and have a nice weekend.
Fun project!
What wonderful colourful creations these are.
Enjoy your weekend.
All the best Jan
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