Warm May breeze stirs leaves
Tree frogs trill, dragonflies dart
Late afternoon gifts.
Art Prescription: Late day walk at Mason Farm. No day is alike. Always pleases me so…
Index card with colored pencil:
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Late Spring May 27, 2015
Itty-bit bunny
Sits still in tall grass late spring
You cannot see me.
Art Prescription: Seems my backyard is full of “off-spring.” To those of you who follow me…the little robin from yesterday earned his flying wings!
Index card with pen and ink and colored pencil:
Delicate Heart May 24, 2015
My heart forever
It’s the place, the smell, it’s home
And there’s no other.
Art Prescription: Knowing where you belong is a gift to the soul.
May Wildflower May 23, 2015
A field of white blooms
Penstemon digitalis
Blue Indigos sing.
Art Prescription: Mason Farm hike. Saw Scarlet Tanagers, Blue Indigo Buntings, Chickadees, Titmouse, Eastern Towhee, and heard a couple of Barred Owls hooting.
Index Card with colored pencil:
Waiting on a Horse May 22, 2015
We drank Prosecco
At the barn, as we waited
For the horse trailer.
Art Prescription: A new horse arrived at the farm today. A beautiful “flea bitten” mare, which means she is white and dappled in grey. The hauler was late due to Memorial Day traffic, but this little beauty got off the trailer calm as could be. She ate grass while the geldings stood at attention in a cloud of excited dust.
Art Journal – pen and ink field sketch
Nurture May 21, 2015
To raise today’s youth
Takes a lot of nurture and
A fresh worm or two.
Art Prescription: Fledgling birds everywhere peeping for food.
Index card with colored pencil and college:
Honeysuckle May 17, 2015
Wild woodsy perfume
Yellow honeysuckle vines
Unruly tangle.
Art Prescription: Walked Mason Farm. The woods are heady with the scent of honeysuckle. This invasive vine winds itself around anything standing. Maybe we dismissed it’s misbehavior because it’s so fragrant.
Index card with colored pencil
Roadside Weeds May 15, 2015
Cornflower species
Worn on a date to test love
Bachelors Button.
Art Prescription: Folklore says if a Bachelors Button is pinned on and stays fresh it is true love.
Index card, colored pencil, collage
Dairy Queen May 14, 2015
The queen of the farm
Watches over her herd and
The makings of milk.
Art Prescription: I drive past Mapleview Dairy on my way to see Finn. I love seeing the cows grazing in the pasture.
8 1/2 x 11 watercolor
Oreo Cow May 12, 2015
Cookie on the farm
She provides the dipping milk
Chocolate and cream.
Art Prescription: Fearrington Village, not far from Chapel Hill, has a herd of these Belted Galloway cows. They also have goats with the same coloring.
8 1/2 x 11 watercolor
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