Here’s to a “go fetch”

Unconditional love, walks

And all things doggy!

Art Prescription: Matisse says “happy National Dog Day!”

Vine with white flowers

A “devil’s darning needles.”

Autumn clematis.

Art Prescription: How do plants get such odd names? folklore?

This pretty white flower is blooming along some wild parts of my daily walk.

Pen and ink and negative painting:

Temperature drops

A few trees wear hints of fall

Smell of plowed corn fields.

Art Prescription: And just like that, the corn fields are harvested.

Post card with watercolor:

Matisse is quality analyzing Finn’s new saddle pad.

As the light changes

Flowers bend towards the bright sun

Bees busy swarming.

Art Prescription: art Journal Watercolor sketch:

A hummingbird patch

Bright Red Cardinal Flowers

And the ZOOM is on!

Art Prescription: For a little diversion I went to the NC Botanical Garden today to sketch. The garden is full of life!

There is a large patch of Cardinal Flower, a hummingbird favorite, and I sat and watched.

Nature Journal w pen and ink:

Treading the needle

Embroidery thread getting

Tangled and then start.

Art Prescription: So after starting pangs, I commenced to embroider a free-hand design.

I’m exploring fabric art, but honestly I’m not sure I have the patience.

Improvisational stitching bunny:

Still, in the meadow

Grasses brush with the light breeze

Autumn makes a move.

Art Prescription: Ever so subtle Autumn comes…

Dragonfly lands, stares

Bees hover, collect pollen

Hummingbirds whiz by.

Art Prescription: One of the many things I love about summer is venturing out to the garden to cut fresh flowers!

If I’m quiet enough I become one with the habitat and get to observe nature swarming around me.

Watercolor with pen and ink:

Fledgling by the road

U-turn, flashers on I stop

Now go call your mom!

Art Prescription: On my way to get my hair done, yes occasionally I am without a hat, I saw a bird beside the road.

Made a quick turn, put my flashers on and preceded to see about this bird.

Just a fledgling, I moved him to safety hoping his mom would come to feed him.

Per advice from birders, leave them be as fledglings leave the nest and parents still care for them.