Showy umbrellas
White clusters of cherry blooms
Brighten April rain.
Art Prescription: For a while today it was sleeting! Tricky Mother Nature! Meanwhile the blossoms bloom, and spring goes on about her flamboyant business of making us smile!!
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Haiku April 2, 2013 Verve
New watercolor
Turquoise! Verve! blend of blue-green
A vase of flowers!
Art Prescription: I went to my favorite art-store today for canvases for a project I’m doing for UNC Hospitals. Of course no art-store expedition is complete without buying a new paint color! I bought a luscious turquoise and viola…flowers!
Haiku March 23, 2013 Spring Woodland
The woods are salted
With whitish-pink Spring Beauties
Violets dress path.
Art Prescription: Active day at Mason Farm!! Lots of wildlife, including finding an owl nested in a hole in a tree!!
Haiku March 22, 2013 I’m Gonna Buy You A Mockingbird
White feathered breast beams
March morning sun, Mockingbird
Sweet spring harmony.
Art Prescription: Hard not to smile while looking up to see a puffed-up Mockingbird singing his heart out on a limb. Actually grin!! They are show offs! Wildflowers dance in the meadow.
Haiku March 5, 2013 Beech Leaves
Air clean after rain
Beech leaves glow against hardwoods
Mockingbird nocturne.
Haiku February 26, 2013 Spring Rain
Cool, moist, after rain
Swollen creeks babble and flow.
Fog sits low on trees.
Art Prescription: Lot of spring rain for flower power!!
Haiku January 20, 2013 48 hours
Suit wet from last swim
Brisk walk into indoor pool.
Ah, the rhythm now.
Art Prescription: Indoor swimming in the winter is meditation. Stroke by stroke my mind wanders…Spring by the river!!
Haiku January 16, 2013 Rx for Rainy Day
Another grey day
Crawl in bed pull covers up?
Or paint a rainbow!!
Art Prescription: Human nature, grey-rainy days equals hibernation. The pull of warm covers and a hubby taking a nap….noooooooooo! So I went to swim!! Came home energized! Another “Stripe” painting. Turned it sideways for a little sunrise surprise!
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