Creative Energy, and lack thereof

Torn paper sunflower

What does one do when one has no creative energy left?
The last few weeks we've had assorted issues with family illness, and bits of care taking and following up to make sure things are "alright"... because one just does those things for those one loves.
However it has left me tired and having trouble catching back up with myself.
I have all these ideas - things I want to create, and just can't make it happen. There is no energy left for creating, and I feel it's loss.
Another nights sleep; another day of catching back up and perhaps I'll get there.

In other news... Spring has arrived in my garden, evidenced by the lovely yellow dandelions with attending bees....

...and the lovely bleeding hearts, one of my springtime favorites.

Have a wonderful week!

Altered Sunflower

Playing around with altering photos. Today's guinea pigs are sunflowers 

It's kinda fun to see what one can do to alter/enhance something digitally. 

What are you working on today? 

Natures View

What little bit of Nature are you seeing today?  

Here's what I'm seeing: 

So what are YOU seeing? 

Check out my Facebook Page and share a photo. 

www.facebook.com/NaturesWalkStudio

Anticipation...

Autumn Trees

Have you entered my blog Giveaway?  

Friday Oct 25 12:00PM Pacific Time is the official cut off.  

Two ways to enter:

1) Be a follower of my blog and comment on the giveaway post

2) Like my Facebook page.

Working away getting things ready for the Holiday Festival of the Arts. Set up is just under 3 weeks away. EEK!  :)

One of the pieces I've been working on is this abstract painting. This combines the gesso-watercolor technique with acrylic paint. I haven't decided if it's finished...  we'll see.  :)

Autumn Trees - 6 x 8 mixed media

In other news, I've just listed some autumn themed photo greeting cards in my Etsy shop.  Here's a preview:

Autumn Photo Greeting Cards 5x7

Hope your week is going well! Happy Friday!

Linking with Paint Party Friday hosted by Eva and Kristin, and 

Showcase Your Art Friday hosted by Robin at TheSmartestArtist.

Sunflower

Wandering the garden this morning... noticing the bees are still busy. 

Sunflowers make a gray morning much brighter. 

Happy Wednesday! 

Summer Floral Collage

Guess who was demo instructor this week at the store? I was given the theme of Summer Floral Dies, and used a variety of them from Memory Box and Poppy Stamps. These are two of my creations from the demo... both 4 x 6 inch postcards. 

Wild Yarrow

Bright Sunflower

Sharing with Paint Party Friday, hosted by Eva and Kristin

Sunny Disposition

I love sunflowers, they look cheerful even on a gray day. Okay, I know it's going to be a long time until they are blooming here, but I love them year round.

Created some time ago, this tiny 3 x 3 inch painting is available in my Etsy shop.

Sharing with Paint Party Friday, hosted by Eva and Kristin.

HuMp DaY Haiku - For Jenny

Some folks seem to like

writing little weekly poems

so we're here again....  

For Jenny Short and any other haiku crazy folks out there... :) We're back from vacation a bit early.

A year or so ago, I started doing Hump Day Haiku with Carla Sonheim's Silly classes and decided as a challenge for myself, I'd continue. I have found that creating a haiku (non rhyming poem with 5 - 7 - 5 syllables per line) feeds my soul. I especially like creating them to go with my photos and art. 

Would you like to share a haiku you have written? 

You may include a haiku in the comments, OR you may copy your blog post url (featuring a haiku) and add a link to your blog using Mr. Linky. And consider visiting other contributors blogs to see what they've created and say hello. 

Anticipation

Promise of summer

unfolding slowly to show

its radiant glory. 

I'd love to say this sunflower blossom is from my garden...  however I'll 'fess up that it's from a recent visit to the nursery where my husband works.  I do have sunflowers in the garden, but they are not this close to blooming. But soon! Especially if this luscious warm weather hangs around. 

Sharing today with Rebecca and the wonderful haiku artists at Haiku My Heart 

Paint Party Friday - Sunflower

I've had a bug this week, with a lot of congestion and a bad cough (my darling husband shares everything with me *grin*) so wasn't up to much but reading and sleeping and drinking a lot of tea with honey.


One thing I did work on was this little 3x3 mixed media canvas. Latest layer is beeswax. Not sure what else I'll add... or maybe it's done. 


Check out what other artists have created this week at Paint Party Friday, hosted by Eva and Kristin. 

Sunflower adoration

Yesterday, while the sun was out, a little bee was enjoying the dwarf sunflower on the deck. 

He was quite focused for a while... allowing me time to go in and get the camera. 

The heavy pollen on his legs fascinated me... I hadn't seen a bee so laden this summer. 

It didn't seem to bother his flying at all.