Pinkletink Tea

2010

21" X 16"

Oil on Panel

SOLD

On the island of Martha’s Vineyard
one of the earliest signs of spring
is the sound of it’s tiniest harbinger
the Pinkletink.

Known to the rest of the world as a tree frog
the island is the only place you will hear someone call it by that name.

I know of three little girls who live there who are very good at listening.
And waiting.
When the cold winter days begin to get longer
and the snow slowly starts to melt
they walk along the edges of the pond
and lean close to the earth
they listen…and they wait
but they know a secret
something even the fairies don’t know
what the Pinkletinks are really saying is…