Learning to slow down, because life's too short ~ ~ ~
A big treat for Roxy & Ringo is to visit the doggie park, but it’s a bit of a drive so it doesn’t happen as often as we’d like. When we get a couple miles away they know their dream has come true; they can smell it! I love watching my pups run free and play inside a fenced and safe environment.
I made this painting by referencing a photo I snapped of Roxy & Ringo playing in the snow last winter. I was longing for spring, so I transformed the white into “Dandelions & Dogs” with lots of green!
My friend Marilyn is a talented watercolor artist. She’s sort of a perfectionists, though, and sometimes when she messes up she throws her paintings away. I’m the type who saves everything just in case I can make it into something. So I tell her, “Don’t throw away that good paper; give it to ME!” Well, this is one of her throw away birds. I cut up the paper around the bird and saved it for the center of this piece. I think this red bird is adorable! I can’t take credit for it’s body – that’s Marilyn’s work. (*See more of her wonderful paintings here 🙂
Dreams can be so fascinating. I came across this page describing “The Ballet Feet Dream” from over 20 years ago.
In case it’s too difficult to read my writing, I’ve converted to text here:
“This takes place in a small circle apart from a bigger group of people at some type of gathering.
A few people (including Dori who is laughing hysterically) are watching me attempt to stand and walk with my feet and ankles wrapped and taped up in toe-shoes.
I start off very hopeless – hardly able to stand at all – knees bent to keep my balance. But I begin to try to straighten up some, and it gets a little easier, and then as I walk and turn around and keep persisting it begins to feel fine, and I can balance with no problems at all. In fact, my feet and ankles are so secure that this binding around them and this way for walking seem like it’s permanent.”