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NaPoWriMo 2023 Day 21
Beautiful bright sun today. So many birds singing. I’m needing a nap — sat on the front steps painting fading daffodils Only I know what the front yard looks like today things caught by the sun full of yellow my … Continue reading
Posted in Do the Work, en plein air, gardens and flowers, haiku, landscape, NaPoWriMo, Poetry and Lyrics, taking time to look, the creative process, watercolor, weather
Tagged April, daffodils, dothework, garden, haiku, NaPoWriMo, pleinair, pleinairpainting, poetry, process, watercolor, weather
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NaPoWriMo 2023 Day 20
Yes today is 4/20. Yes today is the twentieth day of a month of poems and paints. Today it was hot. When I sat outside to paint the small biting flies were pestering me. I went to visit Mom and the … Continue reading
NaPoWriMo 2023 Day 16
In the garden •
freezer ice melts slowly •
bonus from kitchen Continue reading
Posted in clouds, Do the Work, en plein air, gardens and flowers, haiku, In the neighborhood, landscape, life around us, NaPoWriMo, Poetry and Lyrics, taking time to look, the creative process, watercolor
Tagged clouds, dothework, haiku, landscape, NaPoWriMo, pleinair, poetry, process, watercolor
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NaPoWriMo 2023 Day 14
No april showers •
the daffodils need a drink •
I share dishwater Continue reading
NaPoWriMo 2023 Day 13
A little late but squeaking in after watching The Return of the King in a movie theater. Four hours of protecting the world. Be strong friends, be strong. A tale of heroes but the truth, as legend shows is the … Continue reading
Posted in Do the Work, en plein air, gardens and flowers, haiku, Lotr, NaPoWriMo, Poetry and Lyrics, taking time to look, the creative process, watercolor
Tagged daffodils, dothework, garden, haiku, LoTR, NaPoWriMo, pleinair, poetry, process, TakingTimetoLook, watercolor
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