Love is currency
Thai soup, home-made bread, laundry!
Account status: Full!
Art Prescription: In life there are many hours we simply cannot bill for. The major categories are house-work, yard-work, food gathering and preparing, and for mom’s with kids this list is infinity. The pay is love. Creativity comes in many forms!! What a luxury to be able to spend a day adding to life’s account with hand and heart!
Allegro for fall
Hot coffee and pumpkin patch
Dry leaves swirl to ground.
Art Prescription: If you spend any time gazing out the window these days you will see leaves floating to a resting spot on earth. Many writers acknowledge the slightly sad, melancholy feelings that come with fall. There is that…There is also the refreshing cool weather when hot beverages warm the hand, and autumn color burst onto the scene with bright orange and red. Tomorrow I’m heading to a local pumpkin patch for visuals to feed my artist eye!!
Fall gourds and pumpkins
Bring color and homemade pies
To September homes.
Art Prescription: Fall color has to bring out the artist in you! Gourds, pumpkins, and fall bouquets add a dash of orange and red everywhere. Bring a fall still-life home and sketch it…now add watercolor…open the windows and breathe fresh air!
September blue sky
Yellow-brown leaves spiral down
Nature heads for rest.
Art Prescription: It’s still pretty hot out there. We rode bikes on Tobacco Trail today. Now grilling some fresh NC eggplant, squash, pepper, and onion, to go over a pasta with some NC feta cheese! There are subtle fall hints in the air. Nature is just a little more quiet, done with their big spring and summer jobs…ready for a bit of a rest. I love living in an area that has definitive seasonal change. It’s refreshing! Here is a painting that I started as a demo last weekend at my Art Prescription workshop.
Fresh bright green string beans
Local NC caught swordfish
Capers, salt, pepper.
Art Prescription: Every Tuesday after yoga there is a LoMo Market ( a farmer’s market on wheels) that makes fresh NC produce, baked goods, and seafood available. I look forward to seeing “what’s for dinner!,” and like supporting local businesses and farmers. Plus it’s a clever idea to bring fresh produce into neighborhoods on a weekly basis. Makes shopping and cooking so much more creative…just go see “what’s for dinner” at your local farmer’s market!
Morning light pours in
Abundant day ahead, stretch…
French roast coffee brews.
Art Prescription: What are your first thoughts in the morning? Be the observer…do you start of with “getting out of the wrong side of the bed?” Or do you stretch and think about all the possibilities a day might bring. Sam and I hiked in Umstead Forest today. A sandy, rocky, path along Crabtree Creek. A few wildflowers, but mostly shade plants like ferns. Saw a big beautiful black snake cooling him/her/self on the rocks of the old mill. From there we visited the Raleigh Farmer’s Market where we bought fresh peaches, tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, onions, and some lovely organic soap with bergamot and oatmeal.
Silver green fresh thyme
Aromatic earthy herb
Grows on my back deck.
Art Prescription: Cloudy and “cool…” 79 degrees today. In the mood for something in a pot. Rice and beans with freshly cut thyme is a quick wholesome meal. Growing fresh herbs in pots allows for easy pantry meals. The simple addition of home-grown and hand-gathered herbs at the end of the week at least warms the home with something cooking.
Sureness, purposeful
A bee after sweet nectar
Does not hesitate.
Art Prescription: Ever heard the term “make a bee-line.”
Red curry, basil,
Home-grown peppers, tomatoes
Bok-choy and pasta!
Art Prescription: A bag of home-grown peppers came my way today. A hot day calls for a spicy dinner. Took what I had in the fridge, fresh farmer’s market tomatoes and basil from my garden, to make a dish with Thai red curry. Maybe should have seeded the peppers not knowing their “heat” value. Threw in some tofu and yum…I’m hungry! Experimenting in the kitchen is art too!
Tomatoes, peppers
Onion, fresh cilantro, mix
Cook for the spirit.
Art Prescription: Cooking is about so much more than add heat and stir. It’s about shopping for fresh produce, local if you are lucky, and preparing dinners that fill a house with the aroma of love.
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