September roses
Late blooms announce season end
Time to rest, renew.
Art Prescription: Here in NC roses bloom sometimes into October. I know, we are lucky. I don’t have the heart to do the prescribed cut when my roses still have buds. But it is necessary. Parallel to life there is a time to grow and a time to rest. Fall signals nature to begin the journey to rest. We all need rest to renew…
Mixed media sketch
Observation en plein air
Live from the garden.
Art Prescription: As promised I got out to sketch and paint my newly bloomed Cosmos. I did a couple with the Cone Flowers. I like one and Sam likes the other. Which one do you like? Which one would make the best card?
Late sun beams through trees
Carolina Wren sounds off
Vincas reach for light.
Art Prescription: How you choose to spend your time is indicative of what you want out of life. Where you put your energy is most likely where you will reap what you sow. Karma…
Drip, drop, drip, drop, pour!
Concentric rings ripple out
Rain rivers down street.
Art Prescription: Big drifting sheets of rain pour from the grey sky. Perfect! Everything needs a good drenching. I like to walk in the rain…so peaceful…musky earth smells rise up to mingle with fresh air. Frogs are in “hog” or perhaps it should be “frog,” heaven, croaking by the streams. As an artist, the designs made by rain-drops intrigue me. There is an abstract quality to the repeating circles that ripple out and converge. Reminds me that each action creates a new action, a simple rain drop displaces water making tiny round waves hundreds of times larger than the drop. Each moment of life a ripple…
Black shiny snake glides
Tis the season for reptiles
Shed old habits, change.
Art Prescription: The incidence of snake appearances is on the rise, just like the temperature. Too bad these wiggly creatures spook most of us. They really don’t mean any harm, especially black snakes. In fact Hermes, the father of alchemy, used two snakes intertwined around a sword as a symbol to represent healing. I spent some lovely time at the UNC Botanical Garden today teaching Montessori students what a nature journal is all about. They were engaged and interested! Little minds learning to enjoy and respect nature!
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