1352. concrete memories

 

an old cracked sidewalk

jackhammered and hauled away

fresh yards on the way 🦊❤️

I was walking around my apartment complex and saw that the walkway to our swimming pool was being relaid.  It brought back good memories of the day my grandfather showed me how to load a wheelbarrow with yard after yard of cement so I didn’t work myself to death wheeling it from the mixing site to the pouring site.  Thanks Gramps.  🦊❤️

1351. newness in the rain

 

a rainy morning

what a time to discover

all is washed brand new 🦊❤️

If you want to experience the ordinary things in your world in an extraordinary way… walk around your world in the rain. Everything takes on a newness. 🦊❤️

1350. practice “being there”

 

just sitting… looking…

trying not to think a thing

just for a second… 🦊❤️

Here is a challenge for you today.  Stop whatever you are doing and just look at what is right before your eyes. Allow your mind to just go blank and have no extraneous thoughts for just a moment.  Just look at what is there in front of your eyes and just “be there”.  Repeat this challenge throughout the day at random times.  How did you do? 🦊❤️

1349. spring rages on

 

still the lushness grows

green spears now topped with yellow flowers

the apex grows near 🦊❤️

Spring change rages on.  The swampy patch that I’ve been watching for a couple of weeks grows more lush and colorful everyday. But soon… the growth spurt will slow, stop and then settle into summer sameness for awhile.  🦊❤️

1348. siesta

 

it’s the time of day

to pause and rest a wee bit

and roam through the field 🦊❤️

So glad that some of my art returned to my apartment unsold to fill some of the whiteness of my walls. I am especially happy this painting, “Red Tailed Hawk In The Meadow” is back to its home in my bedroom.  It is the perfect setting to gaze at while I drift off to la-la land.  Zzzz…. 🦊❤️

1347. make mine pho

 

it must be wednesday

time for a big bowl of pho

creatures of habit 🦊❤️

Wednesday nights have become our “Pho Night” as we like to visit our fave, “ Pho and More” in North Wales. This is usually followed by a quick walk to “Dollar Tree” ($1.25 Tree) then often “Assi Market”  to pick up sea weed or other staples for Yulan.  Routines are the ruts of life “they” say. I beg to differ. 🦊❤️ 

1346. some fairy tales are real

 

the sun has gone down

the walls have shed their leaves

now to grow new trees 🦊❤️

Well my exhibit is over.  Without sounding melodramatic, disassembling the show was a very profound experience for me.  I was overwhelmed by the wonderful conversations that I had with folks as I slowly removed the paintings, I wanted the process to last as long as possible.  Their words moved me and I must say that the “limelight” of the exhibit was never brighter than at those closing moments.   It was a perfect ending to my fairy tale experience. I am extremely grateful to the Cathedral Village Art Committee for hosting my show, the residents who made me feel so good, non-resident who visited the show and to those who decided to take my art home. 🙏🦊❤️