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Adjusting to being in a new, unfamiliar place takes time. With this most recent move I had not realized this yet, which set me up for undue stress, and an emotional fall. In yoga, the word sadhana means routine– the kinds we establish to keep ourselves and our lives structured and our rhythms going. As…
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Working from the North
Drawing with my my new pastels at my picture window. I’m breaking negative space into positive compositions.
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Cardinals at the Top!
Originally posted on ecopsycart: The Cardinal’s tree This is what I see when I look up. The cardinal is hidden from view, but he is there. She is there too, his partner, and someone else’s partner too, as there is more than one pair settling in the red laura pedlum bush that’s growing like a…
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The Morning Brings Doom
This morning, the clouds are moving fast across the sky. The colors of pink, streaks caused by the sun, are marred by grey clouds. After yesterday’s warm temperature, I am sorry to see it so grey and ugly. I wonder, is what took place in Boston the reason for the chilliness I see not only…
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The Beauty of The South
Even though temperatures are in the 30’s at night and the 50’s during the day and the wind is sweeping up, trees and bushes continue to bloom. My favorite drawing tree, which I have affectionately labeled “my favorite muse” has sprouted beautiful flowers (I tend to look more at her unusual trunk throughout the year…
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Originally posted on ecopsycart: I had a wild but useful idea the other day for plucking roses so they won’t hurt me when it comes to choosing flowers for my wreaths and potions. It was to scrape the baby thorns off the shoots on the old grandma rosebush, where she’s planted on the side of…
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Everything is shooting upward
This morning in Shreveport, Louisiana I went outside, and it is a chilly one but I still see life standing tall toward the heavens. The lily shoots in the pots are dividing, the new growth on the rosemary is all standing up like picket fences, the gardenia buds are forming and starting to get bigger,…
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Now is the time!
Now is the time to take photographs of Spring flowers waking up! I’ve noticed as I walk around my neighborhood that, while it’s still cold, the early flowers are blooming and offer the best view of the beginning of Spring. In Northern Louisiana, that means daffodils, tulip trees, crocuses, and various dainty weed flowers that…