Two Mares May 31, 2015

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Side by side they share

A flake of freshly baled hay

Sunday at the farm.

Art Prescription: Beautiful morning to be out feeding the herd. It fills my senses. Back to studio to work with Sumi-ink.

Index Card Art May 29, 2015

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Brainstorming for art

A three by five index card

Just the perfect size.

Art Prescription: I’m playing with a concept for a napkin design.

Index card with colored pencil:

In the Woods May 28, 2015

May 28, 2015 / beverlydyer / 2 Comments

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:

Late Spring May 27, 2015

May 27, 2015 / beverlydyer / 2 Comments

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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