I spent most of July and August out-of-doors either by the lake or in my backyard. I immersed myself in Nature learning to sit quietly and welcoming birds and wild creatures of land and lake, water and airborne bugs to come near to me. I luxuriated in the hot sunlight, cool breezes coming off the lake and the smoke of my little backyard campfires. The clouds held messages for me in their constantly shifting shapes while the hummingbirds sent whispered salutations on their wings. Many Goddesses and Native Priestesses came to me in visions and dreams and found their way onto my canvases and sketchbook pages.
Haikus
blue heron squawks past
landing at her fishing spot
frogs and fish beware!
daily dockside dance
ducks, drakes, dragonflies and damsels
dive, dip, delightful
water bugs madly swirl
form perfect rippling spheres
Nature’s preferred shape
little hummingbird
flits from flower to flower
seeking sweet nectar
searching high and low
for an answer to my prayers
hummingbird zips past
acorn drops on head
wake up and look around you
Nature is calling
orange/black butterfly
floats among herbs and weeds
stark contrast to green
monarch butterfly
sails betwixt weeds, grasses, blooms
filling tank for travel
one butterfly’s wings
beat African winds into frenzy
hurricane hits here
how does Miss Spider know
in order to catch my dreams
she must weave a web
spider’s web is strong
yet delicate as fine silk
trapping flies and dreams
Poetry, Prose, and Painting 