Indigo bunting
A brilliant blue jewel
Sings to the meadow.
Art Prescription: Lots of birds today at Mason Farm!! This Indigo Bunting and a Black-chinned Hummingbird were sharing tree space.
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Feather Your Nest December 25, 2013
Creeks covered with ice
Squirrels scurry with leaves up tree
To pad winter nest.
Art Prescription: It’s cold. Fun to watch squirrels gathering leaves in their mouths and darting up trees to pad their nest. Suppose that’s what we are all doing this time of year…
Yellow-Ochre October 19, 2013
Woodpecker tap taps
Sepia, yellow-ochre
Wash the field and woods.
Art Prescription: A walk at Mason Farm today reveals a much more muted fall palette. Still beautiful, it’s really all according to the way you see things!!
Magic Meadow September 23, 2013
Magic meadow wind
The breath of woodland fairies
Stay awhile, listen.
Art Prescription: We hiked both weekend days at Mason Farm, a local wildlife preserve close to home. It’s a spirit-filled place for both of us. A place to be still and quiet and listen to the wind.
Flying Bugs September 22, 2013
Grasshoppers set sail
Over thickets of purple
Yellow Golden Rod!
Art Prescription: Lots of flying grasshoppers today and dragonflies. Interesting behavior, dragonflies dipping their tails into puddles of water. They are laying eggs. Dragonflies dip and swoop, territorial action…flying bugs!
Fall Meadow September 21, 2013
The corn fields been plowed
Tall brownish stalks bend to ground
Asters fill meadows.
Art Prescription: Another day in the country. Went and helped paint barns at the farm where I’m riding horses. Then walked with hubby at Mason Farm, our favorite place. The wildflowers are plenty. Started a painting…stay tuned for tomorrow…I’ll finish!!
Haiku May 4, 2013 Spring Trees
Wind rolls through the trees
Branches wave about with grace
Leaves whisper and stir.
Art Prescription: Spent much of my day at Mason Farm Biological Preserve! Heard “my” owls, but they were hiding. The beautiful lush green trees are like emeralds in the sky.
Haiku April 6, 2013 Mason Farm Trees
Cathedral of trees
Arches path, Purple Nettle
Covers ground. Bees buzz!
Art Prescription: At Mason Farm, “My” owl is still sitting in her stag (a “lively” dead tree). She nests in her hole by the creek as the sun crosses during the day. At night she hunts. My imagination thinks this would be a cool start to a nature book….just so magical to see!
Haiku March 30, 2013 North Carolina Botanical Gardens
Faint from spring beauty
I grasp to take it all in
This one human life.
Art Prescription: Sometimes nature’s beauty overwhelms me. We hiked our favorite place Mason Farm Biological Preserve, and I went to the North Carolina Botanical Gardens to sketch!!
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!!
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