Four hundred fifty
The number of pounds of hay
To keep horses warm.
Art Prescription: Just home and showered after a chilly afternoon at farm. Temperatures tonight drop into the teens.
Our horses have thick natural coats, and to keep their metabolism radiating heat they get lots of hay.
Here’s Finn, the bay, and his roomie Frosty Girl huddled in their run-in shed.
I’ve got your back now
In the pouring rain and wind
Put your trust in me.
Art Prescription: Vet day at barn. The weather just made it harsh. Cold wind and rain. It’s been a tough winter. We have a great barn family and we will get through this!
Ava June getting X-rays.
Art Journal:
A wintry forecast
Has me thinking about warmth
Coffee, tea, blankets.
Art Prescription: So, the roads are salted. A powdered white dust may cover the asphalt.
Here in NC a simple dusting of wintry precipitation leads to the mass eradication of bread and milk.
Art Journal watercolor pencil sketch and then brushed with water:
Cold, courtship started
Relationships take much time
Investment in love.
Art Prescription: So even in the cold January wind birds begin their calls and courtship. Nature seems to know these things take time and commitment.
It’s all a natural build up to spring!
Watercolor pencil sketch then brushed with 
Grandmother’s cactus
Blooms long after she is gone
Leaving her laughter.
Art Prescription: My maternal grandmother, “Annie,” was everything good in life. Grew and canned her own garden. Had corn-bread frying in the pan, sliced-fresh tomatoes, and apple-fritters.
I have her Christmas cactus which is blooming now!
Art Journal:
This is a powerful haiku written by my fellow blogger “longingforwater.” As I’ve gone back to work at my RN job a bit, this work has lot’s of meaning.
blue skies and sunshine
fool those who rely on looks
frigid to the bone
I could hear the moon
Through my window, four am
Party in the woods.
Art Prescription: As the full moon shone brightly through my sleepless window, I couldn’t help but think about mice having a picnic under yellow glow.
Wonder if thinking about mice at four am is a consequence or cause of insomnia?
Quite a lovely scene: tiny Journal:
Hi Y’all,
Today I worked in the studio on a house portrait. It’s a yellow house, which seems simple, but when I started mixing colors I ran into too green, too bright, too warm, too dull, too just not right!
A technique I learned as a botanical illustration student is to punch a hole in a piece of spare paper and hold over the exact color you are trying to match.
I’ve added some background, but this house has a long ways to go!
Super blood wolf moon
Powerful, transformative
Glow over the earth.
Art Prescription: I’m sitting out on the deck in an Adirondack chair covered in a thick blanket as the temperature continues to drop. 18 degrees tonight!
So tired last night I didn’t post. I did paint over a doodle sheet with acrylics. Random color, nothing specific.
I found a corner I liked and cut it out. Used colored pencil to finish this small work. Made me happy!
Along rows of trees
Mossy stumps glow in grey light
Ferns rise fleshy green.
Art Prescription : lovely winter hike on ncbg trails down to Elephant Rock.
Saw lots of winter birds!
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