A Brush With Life

#27 Hawk Talk - with Kirk Payne

Please leave me your feedback and ideas here! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2442066/fan_mail/new] Kirk Payne  is enraptured by raptors!  Kirk is  a practitioner of the ancient sport of Falconry - training wild hawks to hunt for quarry. He is also an ardent conservationist,  protecting and promoting the expansion of the kestrel population by installing nesting boxes throughout the region in appropriate landscapes. But he is most beloved in the community for teaching youth and families about the wonders of the natural world for  many years as the (now retired) Naturalist of Quarry Hill Nature Center.

#26 Metamorphosis into Iron Butterfly - with Deb Majerus & Joel McDonald

Please leave me your feedback and ideas here! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2442066/fan_mail/new] Deb Majerus and Joel McDonald share the surprising story of love and flowers literally growing out of the ashes,  as they launched Iron Butterfly Flower Farm.

#25 Making a Great Impression- With Tamsin Barlow

Please leave me your feedback and ideas here! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2442066/fan_mail/new] Tamsin Barlow is a full-time Printmaker and Painter, who also squeezes in a couple of hours teaching Zumba exercise classes every week. She painstakingly carves her design into a linoleum block, rolls ink onto the surface, and presses it onto paper — but that's just one of many ways Tamsin makes an impression!   Tamsin Barlow Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/tamsibar/] KTTC Interview with Tamsin [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uBjLH9P7mA]

#24 Going Wild - with Jeff Feece

Please leave me your feedback and ideas here! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2442066/fan_mail/new] Jeff Feece lives right in in the city, but he can listen to the tree frogs trilling at night, watch hawks hunting in his back yard and he sometimes finds the dried  nymph shells where dragonflies have hatched out in his tiny pond.  Jeff is a landscape designer and city park planner, and loves wildlife. He has created a haven for insects, birds and small animals  in his  urban backyard in Rochester, Minnesota. Today he talks about how to attract critters to your yard . Jeff's Wild Heights Garden website [https://www.wildheightsgarden.com/] Rochester Post-Bulletin Interview - Planning City Parks [https://www.postbulletin.com/community/planning-city-parks-is-more-than-deciding-where-the-playground-goes-for-jeff-fleece]

#23 - Bucking Tradition, with Cassandra Buck

Please leave me your feedback and ideas here! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2442066/fan_mail/new] Cassandra Buck never met an art medium she didn't love. She is a painter, muralist, jewelry-maker, weaver, embroiderer, and more - and she often combines those traditional mediums in untraditional ways.  Cassandra is not one of those artists who secludes herself in her studio. She is truly out there - leading community art projects, organizing exhibits for artists, teaching classes, and being a businesswoman running her vintage shop.  Cassandra Buck Website [https://cassandrabuck.net/]