A SPRINGTIME REMINDER...

Ms. Springtime is a tease. 

 Here she stands 

just across the street from the Cottage.

  She looks so pretty 

in her flowing white dress and 

her bright yellow bloomers and 

when the sun shines on her,

 we have such hope 

that she will take that short walk and

 open our gate.

 But, then 

the gray clouds cover the sun and 

her promise retreats 

back into her

 hiding place.

She has dotted 

the landscape,

 on our side of the fence, 

with a few bits of green 

here and there.  

The daffodils are cropping up...

...the little tender shoots 

are popping on

 the rose bushes...

...along with the

 tightly clenched buds

 of the lilac.

A few pink...

...and white camellias 

are making a showing

 on their pretty green bushes 

but that is the extent 

of her presence 

in our garden.

Some mornings

 as the sun shines through the windows and 

leaves happy reflections in its wake, 

we rush outside 

to see if Ms. Springtime 

has come any closer 

but there she still stands,

 content for now, 

to remind us that

 it is still a little early and 

to not

 give up hope.

In the meantime, 

I am in dire need 

of a little color in my life.

  As I was looking for 

art on Pinterest,

 the beautiful watercolor paintings 

jumped out at me and

 left a lasting impression.

  Of course, 

I have always been aware of watercolors but,

 for some reason, in my mind, 

I have associated them 

with grade school 

when we were given 

a brush, little squares of paint and water 

to make a mess at our desks.

  So, I decided,

 I would try my hand with them 

again as an adult.

  As you are painfully aware, 

I have tried painting with acrylics. 

 To me,

 these two mediums are very different and 

I find that I am 

more comfortable using the acrylics. 

 I am a person 

who has no patience. 

 I don't like to wait

 to do something and 

to me, using watercolors 

is somewhat of a waiting game.

  Possibly, (you think?)

 I could be going 

about it all wrong, 

I am certainly not an expert at either, 

but I can sit down and 

finish an acrylic painting 

all at once. 

 So, I have put the watercolors away and

 am on another tangent 

to bore you to death

 with my meager abilities. 

 This rose 

is a good example. 

 Again, someday, 

maybe I will learn to draw, 

but this was traced and

 then the painting is all me. 

 I will say that 

I couldn't see my tracing lines too well and 

when I painted 

the very center of the rose

 it came out laying on its side,

 so I did repaint it,

 on my own, and 

I don't think it came out too badly. 

 Maybe 

there is hope for me yet.  

I have started another and

 if all goes well, 

I think it will be quite pretty. 

 You 

can be the judge 

next week.

Have a great week and remember:

Stay Safe

Keep Well

Don't Panic

and

Wash Your Hands.

...Judy...

The hydrangea 

waiting to unfurl.

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