I love the bird cleaning up the mess from music practice! All of the sour notes and other mistakes cleaned up as if they'd never happened, never to be mentioned again!
"Whatever is done with time today plants a seed of what may be done in the future… and what's planted can affect mental health." Indeed! *Everything* matters. Love your drawings always, and especially in this post, the 2 bunnies holding or hugging the heart flower. That would make an amazing bronze! Also love the bird sweeping and the notes. So good! Thanks for another great post, and may your healing continue, slow by slow, every day.
I love the thought of time being planted in a garden. I painted the walls in my studio to make it look like a garden. When you close all the doors and sit on the bed, it's just like meditating in a garden. Only one that's painted but still.... My thoughts on flowers has always been based on those I watched grow when I was in community theatre. Each petal represents a day, week, month, year of life. I never thought of the fact that all has to do with time. It's rather obvious but I honestly never thought of that fact. WOW! Anyway, thanks for sharing. I think your work is wonderful.
I love your comment!! And I thank you for it!!!! Your studio walls as a garden sound delightful!!! Bravo!!! Yes - flowers as time... some real life flowers actually bend with the sun during a day like sun dials. And there's tree rings... so many botanical plants have ways of marking time. Human bodies do too... Thinking of those things led to my sketchbook page. I'm so glad you liked it!! Thank you!! Please blow your studio garden an affectionate kiss for me!!! Thanks again!! 💚💚💚💚
Sounds like you are making good use of your "down" time. I hope your foot/ankle is healing. I still remember breaking my ankle almost 20 years ago. It took far longer than I thought it should get better. It was maybe 2 or 3 years before it went back to feeling "normal." Now it seems as strong, if not stronger than my other ankle. Of course, more things hurt now.
Thank you!! I'm trying to view this down time as an "opportunity". Doesn't always work but does mostly. I'm relieved (and sorry) to hear your ankle took a long time to heal ... mine is taking f o r e v e r.
Hard to be patient. I'm in a medical boot still. I see the doctor again very soon and we'll see what's next... 🤞
I hope your doctor has good news for you. Was it a tendon/muscle thing or something broken? My break healed so that I could walk on it in about 6-8 months, but it really didn't feel normal for a couple years. Do what the doc says, do all the exercises and hopefully all will be well. Being sidelined like this really stinks.
The good news from the doctor is that I'm progressing very well and that now the mantra is "physical therapy, physical therapy, physical therapy...". According to doctors I did a " very severe level 3" sprain meaning I tore muscles, tendons, ligaments and if that wasn't enough I also stretched major nerves. Everything bad you can do to an ankle besides break a bone I did and did to the nth degree. 🤦♀️ All the medical people have seemed to react "oh how fun to have such an unusual case!" 😳
Oh dear. Well, my extremely non medical advice is to follow the PT's advice. One good thing is that once you get in the habit of doing all these fiddly little PT exercises, they will really help. I still do some of mine from almost 20 years ago, from my ankle, along with new ones from my not yoga class that are for strengthening and stability.
Thank you!!!! Yes, I am definitely striving to be the Physical Therapist's best-in-class straight A's honor role student! I'm doing the exercises at home like it was a new career and I'm ambitious!
I'm glad to hear the you've been there - you give me hope!! Thanks again!!
Absolutely beautiful words and art as always, Sue! Those swept-up musical notes are terrific!
I recently downloaded the 'Merlin' app and have been taking great pleasure in identifying the birdsong in our garden. A wren (Troglodytes troglodytes - such a long, impressive name for Britain's second-smallest bird) was singing its little heart out at breakfast time this morning - a new tune to add to our usual early morning cacophony provided by the blackbirds, robins and dunnocks. Absolutely glorious.
The poem on the first sketchbook page you have shown has reminded me of words by William Lawson which my mum once calligraphed beautifully for my grandma. Here they are:
'What is paradise, but, a garden, an orchard of trees and herbs, full of pleasure and nothing there but delights.'
💖 🥰 Love for the bird that cleans up…💖
The unSUNG hero🤗
Lol!!! Love it "the unsung hero"!!!! 🤗💚💚
Ha ha, good one!
I love the bird cleaning up the mess from music practice! All of the sour notes and other mistakes cleaned up as if they'd never happened, never to be mentioned again!
Lol!!! Yes!! Sweeping up all those sour notes indeed!!! 🤣🤣🤣
The little bird sweeping notes is quite fetching.
Thank you so much!!! 💚💚💚
"Everything is made of time..." what a beautiful thought.
Thank you for your kindness!! 💚💚
Thank you for your art!!
I'm glad to share my art with you!! Thank you for taking the time to see it!! 💚💚
Love the coffee ☕️ bird💚
Lol!!! I'm delighted you do!!! Thank you!!!! 💚💚💚💚💚
"Whatever is done with time today plants a seed of what may be done in the future… and what's planted can affect mental health." Indeed! *Everything* matters. Love your drawings always, and especially in this post, the 2 bunnies holding or hugging the heart flower. That would make an amazing bronze! Also love the bird sweeping and the notes. So good! Thanks for another great post, and may your healing continue, slow by slow, every day.
Thank you so very much!!! I will hold on to your kind comment today!!! I see the doctor later...🤞
I love the thought of time being planted in a garden. I painted the walls in my studio to make it look like a garden. When you close all the doors and sit on the bed, it's just like meditating in a garden. Only one that's painted but still.... My thoughts on flowers has always been based on those I watched grow when I was in community theatre. Each petal represents a day, week, month, year of life. I never thought of the fact that all has to do with time. It's rather obvious but I honestly never thought of that fact. WOW! Anyway, thanks for sharing. I think your work is wonderful.
I love your comment!! And I thank you for it!!!! Your studio walls as a garden sound delightful!!! Bravo!!! Yes - flowers as time... some real life flowers actually bend with the sun during a day like sun dials. And there's tree rings... so many botanical plants have ways of marking time. Human bodies do too... Thinking of those things led to my sketchbook page. I'm so glad you liked it!! Thank you!! Please blow your studio garden an affectionate kiss for me!!! Thanks again!! 💚💚💚💚
Sounds like you are making good use of your "down" time. I hope your foot/ankle is healing. I still remember breaking my ankle almost 20 years ago. It took far longer than I thought it should get better. It was maybe 2 or 3 years before it went back to feeling "normal." Now it seems as strong, if not stronger than my other ankle. Of course, more things hurt now.
Thank you!! I'm trying to view this down time as an "opportunity". Doesn't always work but does mostly. I'm relieved (and sorry) to hear your ankle took a long time to heal ... mine is taking f o r e v e r.
Hard to be patient. I'm in a medical boot still. I see the doctor again very soon and we'll see what's next... 🤞
Thanks again for your kindness 💚💚💚💚💚
I hope your doctor has good news for you. Was it a tendon/muscle thing or something broken? My break healed so that I could walk on it in about 6-8 months, but it really didn't feel normal for a couple years. Do what the doc says, do all the exercises and hopefully all will be well. Being sidelined like this really stinks.
The good news from the doctor is that I'm progressing very well and that now the mantra is "physical therapy, physical therapy, physical therapy...". According to doctors I did a " very severe level 3" sprain meaning I tore muscles, tendons, ligaments and if that wasn't enough I also stretched major nerves. Everything bad you can do to an ankle besides break a bone I did and did to the nth degree. 🤦♀️ All the medical people have seemed to react "oh how fun to have such an unusual case!" 😳
Oh dear. Well, my extremely non medical advice is to follow the PT's advice. One good thing is that once you get in the habit of doing all these fiddly little PT exercises, they will really help. I still do some of mine from almost 20 years ago, from my ankle, along with new ones from my not yoga class that are for strengthening and stability.
Continued healing wishes heading your way.
Thank you!!!! Yes, I am definitely striving to be the Physical Therapist's best-in-class straight A's honor role student! I'm doing the exercises at home like it was a new career and I'm ambitious!
I'm glad to hear the you've been there - you give me hope!! Thanks again!!
Delightful! Your drawings make me smile. ☺️
I'm glad to hear they make you smile!! Thanks for telling me!! 💚💚
That first image - time is not money, time is seeds - I cannot tell you how profound this feels.
I’ve just come across your Sub, so glad I did! X
Aww thank you!!! I'm glad you're here!! Welcome!! 💚💚💚💚
The bird with coffee is a new favorite!
Lol!!! Thank you!! I'm happy to hear that!!!
Absolutely beautiful words and art as always, Sue! Those swept-up musical notes are terrific!
I recently downloaded the 'Merlin' app and have been taking great pleasure in identifying the birdsong in our garden. A wren (Troglodytes troglodytes - such a long, impressive name for Britain's second-smallest bird) was singing its little heart out at breakfast time this morning - a new tune to add to our usual early morning cacophony provided by the blackbirds, robins and dunnocks. Absolutely glorious.
The poem on the first sketchbook page you have shown has reminded me of words by William Lawson which my mum once calligraphed beautifully for my grandma. Here they are:
'What is paradise, but, a garden, an orchard of trees and herbs, full of pleasure and nothing there but delights.'