Neighbors, neighborhoods
People and place that nourish
Children play outside.
Art Prescription: It’s Saturday and lawn-mowers are starting to buzz. Folks are getting out, and the sound of children playing fills the air. We live in a wonderful neighborhood. Serendipity put us here…a place to make friends.
Twigs, leaves, moss, lichens
Woven with plans for future.
This a bird’s nest makes.
Art Prescription: Birds are industrious! If you have a chance to look closely at a nest, you will see planning and construction. It’s very interesting to see materials birds choose, sometimes string or netting, a soft cozy place for eggs and then fledglings. A bird’s nest is a beautiful work of art!
Reddish-purple dots
Scatter the woods and roadside
Redbud trees blooming.
Art Prescription: In North Carolina you know it’s spring when you begin seeing the beautiful Redbud trees showing off their blooms. Flowers come in all shapes and sizes…what trees bloom in your neck of the woods?
All moments before
Exactly right now shaped you
Formed your perspective.
Art Prescription: Where do you belong? Are you an introvert or an extrovert? Do you belong on a busy city street or in a quiet wildflower meadow? Do you honor your true self? Take a piece of art you are not happy with and paint over the whole thing…now create something new!
Sometimes the mind needs
Stillness like the air in church
Hot Sunday morning.
Art Prescription: Ever have days where your mind just needs some space to wander? What do you do on those days to still feel productive? I walk and sketch. Went over in the woods to sketch wildflowers. Met someone on the way back walking his dog. He asked me what I found. I showed him some wildflowers, and he said he’d never noticed them. He commented on the fact that you really have to look to notice…
Dainty delicate
High pitched song Cedar Waxwings
Flock merry bandits.
Art Prescription: Most of the time I hear them before I see them, Cedar Waxwings. They have a very distinctive sound and are always found together in a flock. Spring is a perfect time to tune into the awesome songs of birds. It’s fun to listen and then look. I am so pleased to share guest photographer Jane Schroeder’s capture of a beautiful Cedar Waxwing.
Cheerful daffodil
Sunny yellow first to bloom
Reaching towards sunshine.
Art Prescription: Cool and breezy February day. Daffodils are up and shining their cheerful blooms all over town. They don’t last long, so it’s fun to draw them now.
Satin Trout Lily’s
Nod their dainty heads up out
Of winter’s brown dirt.
Art Prescription: Went on a long walk today, even though chilly and windy, over to the botanical gardens. One of the first ephemeral wildflowers to bloom are the Trout Lily’s. They are so cheerful and quiet, but bold. They come up and shine when winter winds are still chilling. Rise up…be bold!
Valentine roses
Faded while impatient March
Threatens to blow in.
Art Prescription: Each spring as cold and warm air meet here in North Carolina we have thunderstorms and high winds. I worry about the birds and the squirrels and their nests. I always have to remind myself that “Mother Nature Knows Best.”
The storms do pass…just as with life. Write about a stormy time in your life, vent. No one else needs to see, but getting it down and out will serve you well.
Clouds move dark heavy
Birds sing their winged purpose known
Clear sky sunset show.
Art Prescription: Do you ever watch the sky? study the clouds and how fast they move? Our days and emotions can be like that. Sometimes just when you feel worried or stressed a clear thought occurs…and you know your exact next step!
