Wildlife Habitat and Birds
Photography by Jean Kringle
If you went to school in Belleville before 2004, you likely had Jean Kringle as your art teacher. If you ask, she will tell you that she loved being an art teacher. After she retired, she went back to working with students and developed an elementary summer school class called Backyard Birding for Kids. Her enthusiasm for birding is reflected in the photograph that she selected for this display.
The canvas print here is a Bur Oak tree over 200 years old and it is the reason she and her husband Terry selected this lot on what was part of the Sugar River when they built their home on North Shore Drive in 1976. Since then, they have added trees, shrubs, and native plants that are beneficial to birds and other wildlife. In addition, they have twenty bird feeders, four bird houses, and two birdbaths.
Jean still has the Brownie Star Flash camera she was given when she was in 6th grade. That was the beginning of capturing decades of family occasions. She is particularly drawn to landscapes, natures, and cats. Her "artistic eye" is always looking for subjects and visually framing compositions. Jean's Sony Cyber-shot is outstandingly good for distance photos. For Jean, photography is all a great pleasure.