A shape in the trees
Late eve walk, sun sets low east
Spot a Great Horned Owl.
Art Prescription: What a treat to see a Great Horned Owl! Quick 3 x 5 index card sketch.
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Puppy February 21, 2014
New parent training
Four legs, boundless energy
A black lab puppy!
Art Prescription: After two busy days at my RN job, I was delighted to meet Molly!! Two young parents brave their first, “she only wakes us up once.”
Give Me A Sign February 20, 2014
Asking for a sign
Spot an Evening Grosbeak
She waits for me now.
Art Prescription: Sometimes the good stuff has to wait. Has to wait to pay the mortgage, has to wait to pay college tuition, has to wait to pay the grocery bill…has to wait. I have a lovely Evening Grosbeak waiting for me to paint her. I will get there…for now a purple sketch.
Passion February 19, 2014
The word passion means
“To be affected.” Basic
Energy of soul.
Art Prescription: Do you pay attention to your passions? Those things that “affect” you. What gives you energy? What takes it away? Are you being true to yourself?
Mourning Doves February 18, 2014
Creamy morning dove
High in tree top late day sun
Coos softly for mate.
Art Prescription: Caught a glimpse of a creamy-white breast of a mourning dove. Warm afternoon sun just right. Coos, reminiscent of summers at my grandmother’s pond.
February Owl February 15, 2014
Perched in a pine bough
She turns and looks straight at me
February owl.
Art Prescription: On my evening walk I saw a hawk-shaped silhouette. Imagine my surprise and joy when I zoomed in with my binoculars and saw it to be a young owl. Owl medicine…
One Kind Act January 30, 2014
One act of kindness
The stray cat finds heated house
To know she is warm.
Art Prescription: Seeing one of the cats who are roaming in this cold weather cuddled up in the cat house, gives me a sense of peace.
Haiku September 2, 2013 Sounds of Home
Hum of the dryer
Washer gyrates clothes, morning
Cats stretched-out in sun.
Art Prescription: Sounds of a home…daily chores…gratitude.
Haiku September 1, 2013 Art Gift
Garden art fairy
Sketches and paints for shear bliss
A gift to stranger.
Art Prescription: I went to the North Carolina Botanical Gardens today to field sketch. Using pen and ink and watercolor pencils, I worked on 3 x 5 index cards. And as I finished one I gave it to the first person who came by.
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