Art and Flowers

 Occasionally I am called back into art service. A friend asked me to find art for her garden club to use in a show, one that included making flower arrangements that are inspired by art, all paintings in this case. This idea, or theme, is carried out in museums, etc and is quite popular. Here is one painting with its arrangement. 

I felt inspired to paint something I thought would be a good “inspiration piece,” one that a flower arranger would like to do, that was used in the spring category. Then I offered it for a raffle. Someone gladly took it off my hands. 

Finally May!

And time to post daily. Blogger is not what it used to be and neither am I, but here we go. 

Posting daily is a good discipline for me during this sunny and merry month. Yesterday I met with friends to do collages. It was messy. I was challenged. But here is what I came up with. I rather like it. 

politics

For at least ten years, I have attended open to the public Republican led meetings to learn what's going on in my town, state and country. It is good to get unfiltered "news", straight for the horses mouth. This evening the main speaker was the state treasurer, and I learned a lot. Citizens of any country should be taught the basics of what's going on in their government, from local boards to the president of the country and his team. Do schoolchildren study government and civics anymore?

Sunrise

 My neighbor and I decided to go to a sunrise service at WB on Easter. Anticipating parking challenges, we left early. Good thing. We got there in plenty of time to see the literal crack of dawn turn into a ball of yellow rising to light the new day. Here is me, iPhone camera in hand. An all around wonderful experience.

 

The Most Beautiful Week of the Year

That’s what the second week of April is considered, and now it’s over. I love all the shades of green that the earth is blessed with in early spring. A few weeks later, the scraggly azaleas become filled with beautiful shades of pink. Now their beauty is fading, and azalea season will soon be over. I am happy to be in Wilmington, and I really am at home here. 

In 2014, I became highly involved with the art scene here that eventually led to the invitation to open an art gallery. After that closed, when the three year contract ended, I drifted away from art. Deliberately. Art is an interest, but not my biggest interest. There is more to life! Two neighbors have led me back to gardening, so I’ve been enjoying that the past few weeks. I remember a lot from Greenville when I spent so much time in my backyard. 

All in all, I am a happy girl and enjoy whatever I am doing. I remember that line from A Child’s Garden of Verses: The world is so full of a number of things, I’m sure we should all be as happy as kings.

Blue Crabs at the Seafood Market

 

November

It’s been over a year since I drove around the neighborhood of my childhood. Funny how it is all there today. The red brick school, now partly demolished, was close to a mile from my home. I traced the steps in my car remembering how it felt walking all the way to and from when in first and second grades. The meandering lake is rife with nostalgia and was in its fall glory today. Such rich bright colors around noon. My daddy would be glad to know I was there and took a picture. I wonder what he’d think of iPhones.