Fall Chrysanthemums

Dressed in warm shades of yellow

Return to my yard.

Art Prescription: I’ve been watching these buds and wondering what color they will bloom. Yellow!

Adds a bright spot to my yard.

Pen and ink with watercolor:

Your bright white sepals

Salt North Carolina Woods

And now red berries.

Art Prescription: Our state flower, the Dogwood.

iPhoto:

Footsteps on Orange

A path that follows a pond

Final wildflowers.

Art Prescription: We hiked Brumley Forest today. What a treat!

Found ourselves on a pond with a birding blind.

Mixed-media painting:

Diffuse, soft fall light

Glows throughout the painted woods

Warms backs of horses.

Art Prescription: Sumi-ink sketch.

Cool breeze rustles leaves

Fed, the cats lick their moist paws

Another sunset.

Art Prescription: I painted some fall color swatches in my journal.

Once dry I sketched cat gestures with a pen.

My feral cats are becoming more trusting.

Warm from the dryer

Sheets smell fresh and feel so soft

I cuddle in bed.

Art Prescription: I covet my bedtime. Research shows sleep is a factor in good health.

I wash my sheets in essential oils of lavender and patchouli.

Nice ride on a fall day.

Pen and ink sketch:

It’s finally fall

Leaves fall, pumpkins adorn porch

Windows are open.

Art Prescription: I love sketching fall leaves.

Watercolor pencil and paper collage in my art journal:

I cannot fathom

How tall your trees could grow if

You stopped chopping tops.

Art Prescription: we all struggle with self-confidence.

Mixed media:

Looking down long trail

As the path gets more narrow

There are things you drop.

Art Prescription: Today we hiked new trails. I have a lot of friends in some life transition.

Life is a long trail.

And there are people, places, or events that you must leave behind and carry on and up.

Here is my journal background with added acrylic paint.