Hopes for a snow day

Anxious noses fog glass

As sky spits flurries.

Art Prescription:  The Department of Transportation has salted the roads…dog-gone-it!!! Probably safe to go to work…

Index card with pen and colored pencil:

Landscape for a tree

A new seed to come to life

A memorial.

Art Prescription:  This is the background for a new tree that I’m going to paint live at UNC Hospital tomorrow. These trees serve a humbling presence for those in need of memorial and prayers. This tree is going into a pediatric unit and is especially for the nurses who care for the sick and dying children. I worked pediatrics for nine of my nursing career years. I’m touched to be able to provide a dose of art for these nurses who put their hearts on the line every day.

When Lucy’s cousin

Came in to town, all heads turned

Coat of many hues.

Art Prescription:  Regardless of our hue…we are all the same underneath.

Watercolor, pen and ink:

Big wet snow flurries

Land softly on horses backs

Lots of hay for warmth.

Art Prescription:  Beautiful snow fell steadily as I went about feeding the horses this morning. So pretty, big white flakes against the browns and greens of the woods. Put out extra hay to keep the herd warm.

Watercolor:

Wispy cirrus clouds

Blown by strong westerly winds

Move east across sky.

Art Prescription:  Cirrus clouds typically point to fair weather, and today was mild and warm. Snow flurries in tomorrows forecast.

Acrylic:

Seven umbrellas

Nice and dry back at the house

Walking in the rain!

Art Prescription:  Although had I been covered by an umbrella, I may not have seen the owl !

Colored pencil:

Snow in the forecast

Low of twenty-one degrees

Winter in the south.

Art Prescription:  Snow flurries are in the forecast which tends to excite folks in the south. Usually it’s lots of bread and milk, beer, and wine sold for sort of a tease.

Index card with collage and improvisational sewing: