"Lazy Labor Day Afternoon" Backyard Musing #3

 

Backyard Musing#3
9-6-15

"Lazy Labor Day Afternoon"


As a yellow butterfly floats by a movement on the tree beside me catches my eye.
A lime green lizard is making its way down the tree trunk.
It stops as if to stare at me.
 

I don't move as it slowly turns from the lime green to a dark brown and blends in to the bark of the tree.
I want to get a picture of my lizard friend so I go in search of my camera. Upon my return the lizard and a second lizard scurry up the tree. I did get a pic when the lizard stopped for a split second.
The sun is warm as I sit in the shade of the oak tree while I record my back yard musings on this lazy day marking the end of summer.

A gentle breeze passes over a mound of fragrant white flowers covering a portion of the fence in the lower part of the yard.

The sweet smell wafts up and over me then is gone as the breeze dies down.
A squirrel travels along the top of the wooden fence toward the bird feeder where the sparrows are pecking at the seed.
They take flight as the squirrel approaches.
The temperature is hovering around the 100 degree mark. It is humid and hot.
I'm headed into the cool house!

mw
9-6-15

"Approaching Storm", A Painting and Musing #2

Last August I was sitting in our backyard at dusk, watching
a summer storm approaching from the west.
Included at the end of this post is a painting entitled
 "Approaching Storm"
11 x 15
Watercolor  

Backyard Musings #2
" Evening Storm Approaching "

Sat. 8-28-15

Two doves and a cardinal are eating at the bird feeder.
The temperature has dropped a little as a slightly cool breeze blows gently through the trees.
From the Southeast comes the distant rumble of thunder.
The big trees to the east start to gracefully sway as the
wind sweeps through them.
They are like giant fingers dancing back and forth to the
rhythm of nature's song.
Lightning then thunder moves closer as the breeze gets even cooler.
The doves have gone replaced by a family of cardinals still pecking at the seed both on the ground and in the feeder.
The cicadas are buzzing their nightly tune and a blue jay is chirping in the neighbor's tree.
The trees are like dancers performing, dipping down then lifting their arms to the evening sky.
The thunder claps its applause as streaks of lightening
light up the eastern sky.
Dusk descends into darkness.
The birds have flown to the safety of their nests.
I sit watching and waiting for the rain as the jagged lighting draws ever closer.
Ah I feel a rain drop!

mw
8-28-15

"Approaching Storm"
11x15
Watercolor






"Curly Fries" and Backyard Musing #12 "Falling Leaves"

 

"Curly Fries"

15x22

Watercolor of Fall Leaves

 

 

Backyard musing #12

"Falling Leaves"

Gold, yellow, orange and brown,

Autumn leaves falling to the ground.

Fluttering down as light as a feather

In wind and rain and all kinds of weather.

The branches left naked and bare

So the birds can fly through the

 leafless air.

The trees no longer in full dress

Look like bones above

And below on  the ground, such a mess.

As the leaves stack higher

Even more dropping from the sky.

I'm reminded of a Georgia

O'Keefe painting , oh My!

Piles of crunchy acorns and leaves

Skipping and scurrying over the ground, if you please.

Cleaning and raking, a task never ending,

Till Spring comes again with a new beginning!

12-7-15

mw

Backyard Musing #1

Backyard musing #1

"Evening" 

 

Listening to the Cardinal's cheep.

As the sun sets, the half moon starts to shine.

A summer breeze passes over my cheek.

The cicadas start to buzz n hum. 

Dark slowly covers the trees and yard.

The evening peacefully begins.

The eastern sky is gold lavender and blue.

The Stars begin to appear 

One by one.

Dogs bark in the distance.

Traffic noises are dying down. 

Nighttime comes bringing rest to all. 

mw

8-22-15