Farm entrance, dogwood
Cockle-berry takes hitch-hike
Horses in the woods.
Art Prescription: Both of us in need of clearing our minds, my friend and I. I went and led Finn out of the woods, rode a bit. Then we both took in the calm that is the farm, to clear our heads and sketch!
Lantana, fuel up
Monarchs begin their south bound
Journey, Mexico.
Art Prescription: It’s heartening to see monarchs!! Perhaps the conservation
efforts to help them on their journey to Mexico is paying off. Several friends are seeing them in their gardens too!! Pen and ink and colored pencil on an envelope, with a few stamps!! Fun…
I’ve got your back friend
Those hard, rough places in life
I’ll be by your side.
Art Prescription: Many lessons learned on the farm. Watercolor pencil and pen and ink sketch.
He picked out flowers
That would bloom while he was gone
She on his return!
Art Prescription: Helped do signs for a friend today. Her daughter is getting married. After 20 some years, I still embrace the daily return of my husband to our home. Watercolor pencil sketch on watercolor paper.
Through open windows
Comes fall and winds of new path
Trees let go with ease.
Art Prescription: Are you wresting with letting go of something? Nature’s lesson this season is to let go and rest with full courage that new growth is next. Collage, pen and ink, and colored pencil on an envelope. I thought about using pieces of the envelope in a collage, and then I thought why not just do art on the envelope!!
Looking for dharma
I sit quiet, lotus pose
Breathe in peace, shanti.
Art Prescription: Pen and ink sketch…
Dahlia darling
You wear an elegant frock
Autumn princess reigns.
Art Prescription: Watercolor pencil sketch 8 1/2 x 11
McCall’s six nine o
Does your life have a pattern?
Measure twice, cut once.
Art Prescription: Sometimes wish life came with directions… most of us are sewing as we go. 8 1/2 x 11 collage, watercolor, pen and ink.
Freshly mowed meadow
Scent of dried grass, blue birds dip
Catch insects mid-flight.
Art Prescription: Sunday hike at Merritt’s Pasture. The field was freshly mowed, except they left islands of milk-weed for the monarch butterflies. Saw cardinals, titmice, chickadees, blue-birds, and a juvenile hawk. Watercolor sketch with pen and ink.
Dark and cool outside
First light, daybreak, the world turns
Sweet birds morning song.
Art Prescription: There are a few things worth getting up in the dark for…
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