Right before dawn from my back window. Mars, PA March, 2019
Right Before Dawn.
The trees stretch their branches
and wiggle their trunks
and spread their roots
right before dawn
as if to say,
“Wake up!
It’s a wonderful new day!”
I sip my coffee
and stretch my arms
and wiggle my toes
and gaze outside
wondering how I earned
this undeserved privilege
to be right here right now.
Cheers & Hugs,
Jodi
Earth, Light, & Wind Abstract Brusho Watercolor
Like the ambiguity of the weather in March,
do you ever wonder why…
there is no ham in hamburger,
or no egg in eggplant?
Do you ever wonder why…
Chili is hot
and being hot is cool?
and if we say, “She sees a lot,”
does she see much or a piece of land?
Have you considered why…
when the stars come out, they are visible,
but when we turn the lights out, they are invisible?
The ambiguity of this existence
we call life.
Cheers & Hugs,
Jodi
Abstract Watercolor done with Brusho Crystal Colours: Earth, Light & Wind
Spring one day –
Winter the next.
Impressionistic landscape
62 degrees at dinner –
26 degrees at breakfast.
Impressionistic feelings
March in like a Lamb –
Out like a Lion?
Impressionistic life
Cheers & Hugs,
Jodi
5×7 watercolor on 140 lb. cold press shizen professional grade rough texture rag watercolor paper.
From the front porch – the shrubs are nearly buried in fluffy whiteness
Even this weeping cherry tree is barely above the snow piled up near it from clearing the front sidewalk
There really ARE shrubs under that pile of fluffy whiteness on the other side of the front porch railing
I never tire of this sunrise view from the back deck – no matter the season
or watching views like this… Mr. Cardinal clearing the snow off the seeds while Mrs. Cardinal waits patiently
If March came in like a lion in Mars, it sure is a beautiful fluffy white one!
And Bonus…. if legend has it right, it will go out like a lamb.
Looking forward to daffodils and tulips and crocuses and forsythia and all the delights that Spring brings, but for now…
I’m still enjoying March’s majesty.
Cheers & Hugs,
Jodi
the creative life in between 