2026 MOON CALENDAR POSTER

Limited edition hand pulled screen print. Illustrated and printed in my home studio. Each calendar shares the 2026 lunar phases, solar and lunar eclipses, as well as illustrations of the four seasons we have here in the Midwest.

Available in two paper color options: Classic Black or Deep Rich Blue

Calendars are 16" x 20" for easy hanging and framing.

Each poster is printed in white and metallic gold water-based ink on 80# French Paper cardstock.

• All calendars will ship by or before December 12th •

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ABOUT THE CALENDAR:

This is my 4th year creating the Moon Calendar and each year I illustrate the border of the calendar with the four seasons: creatures that visited me sometime within the year, plants I grew in my garden, things I loved or discovered throughout the year, or memories from past times.

Spring begins in the top right corner with snowdrops-- one of the first blooms I love to see popping through the snow each year. Below the snowdrops, there is a strand of wisteria. Wisteria is a beautiful flowering climbing plant that blooms in my neighbors yard mid-late Spring. Moving down into late Spring-early Summer with columbines that I grew in my garden and a hummingbird. Below the columbines and heading into summer with one of my favorite times of the year-- tomato season! This year I grew all my vegetables from seed-- the cherry tomatoes were my favorite. In late summer my mammoth sunflowers began to bloom and I had a praying mantis living on one of them for a couple weeks. I checked on the mantis almost every day. Below the sunflower is an illustration of sulfur cosmos that I also had growing in my garden. They grew so tall and wide and continued to bloom through early November.

Moving into autumn (my favorite season) in the bottom left corner, I collected many gourds and pumpkins this year! They were a joy to have around. I am currently drying out a few of the gourds to make bird houses. If you have followed along since the 2023 Moon Calendar, you may have noticed that the little snail you see on the variegated gourd makes an appearance on every calendar each year. Moving up into late autumn shows illustrations of the morning glories that grew on our fence. And finally we move into winter with juniper, berries and a screech owl. I was reminded of a childhood memory of being afraid of the screech owls that lived in our backyard. I wouldn't want to leave my bedroom window open at night because of the scary noises they would make. Screech owls have a range of sounds: the even pitched trill, low hoots, loud sharp barking calls, a high-pitched whine and the one and only (and most terrifying call as a young me), the SCREECH!