April, cold wind whips
Winter’s final arctic chill
Shorts will have to wait.
Art Prescription: Brrrrr….chilly day. Had to turn my heat on in my studio to knock the chill off. Fortunately it will not freeze, so new annuals and fresh blossoms are safe. I’m glad my art show this weekend is inside.
Come see me in the Carolina Theater Sat. and Sun. April 28, and 29. Part of the Durham Art Walk!!
Yoga in the rain
Birds serenade while grass grows
Sunday, time to play.
Art Prescription: Finally a day to just play with paint! My studio is clean and ready for a show, which gives me hours to explore mixed media. I’ve been interested in graffiti-like effects lately. Playing with acrylics and spray paint. Tapped into my 16 year old self today with this mixed-media work. What do you remember from being 16?
Saturday at home
French toast and bird song, nice walk
Spaghetti dinner.
Art Prescription: Long Saturday! Sam worked in the yard and I cleaned my studio for an open studio Monday. Working around home is both tiring and relaxing. Good thing I married someone who likes home as much as I do!!
Old-fashion lilac
Grew well at my grandmother’s
Now I have my own.
Art Prescription: This is the best year yet for my lilac. I cut a vase full and brought them in. The whole room is scented! I took photos with my studio in the background, and this is a must paint flower!! Really need a scratch and sniff!
Sweet honeysuckle
Crow carries a piece of straw
Disappears in tree.
Art Prescription: Walking through my short path in the woods from the bus from work, the scent of honeysuckle filled my lungs. Ahhhh….I thought this is life! Then I heard a crow caw and saw her sitting tree-top beak filled with nesting material. I watched her as she circled around, to make sure no one saw her. Then she glided into a cedar tree and disappeared. Secret nest. This could mimicked the way I feel after leaving a busy day at my nursing job. I return to my nest and disappear…happily.
Flour, water, yeast
Basil, pine-nuts, Parmesan
Home-made pesto bread.
Art Prescription: Lovely cool spring day to bake. Made pesto bread and a couple of spinach, Swiss cheese quiches.
Prepare dough:
Roll dough out and spread pesto:
Add cheese:
Roll up like a jelly-roll:
Let rise:
Puffy:
Bake at 425 for 20 – 25 minutes:
White fluffy seeds float
Spread by the wind they flourish
Snow-like in April.
Art Prescription: At one point today the air was filled with seed pods being blown about by the wind to find a place to plant and grow. Nature has several ways to spread seed, by wind, by bird, by insect. Being efficient is something I strive for everyday!
Warm sun long shadows
The woods now cool and shaded
Pansies stand and smile.
Art Prescription: Trying to learn something new is a challenge, but supposed to be good for the brain!!
Bike wheels round and round
White wildflowers line the trail
Blackberry cobbler!
Art Prescription: We rode bikes on the American Tobacco Trail today. What was once a busy rail line to Durham, NC (at one point about 25 passenger trains came in a day), is now a meandering paved bike trail that leads to downtown. The ride takes you through kudzu infested woods, along newer and older sections of housing, and lands you right smack in the middle of the Durham Bulls Ballpark, restaurants, etc. We continued our ride to check out my friends art installation parasolb.com What a wonderful day filled with lots of scenery and surprises!! It’s good to wander! Oh, and the white wildflowers are blackberries!
Bee lands on petals
Sips nectar while picking up
Tiny grains, pollen.
Art Prescription: I started my day out at the North Carolina Botanical Gardens. Took my backpack filled with supplies for outdoor sketching. There is so much in bloom, hard to choose a subject. I settled on a patch of Wild Geranium and also did a pen and ink of Ginko. When you sit in a garden for a period of time flowers bloom before your very eyes!
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