"Look! Up In The Sky! A Bird?...." Yes. A Bird!

    No! It's not a stock photo! Hubby came running into the house yesterday, yelling: "Hey! Give me the camera! There's a beautiful rainbow outside!!" I was so excited that he was going to get a picture of a rainbow! That would have been some good icing on my "cake" experience, being cooped up in this house with this pinched,...aggravating, annoying, relentless,...pinched nerve!
    But instead of a rainbow...which had dissipated by the time he got back out there...I got these beautiful photos of a bird flying over my backyard!!! :-)

    I know the pictures are a little dark, but the sky was dark...ALL DAY! It's been raining, and raining,...and raining here!!...But even so, isn't he just beautiful?! I don't know if it was a hawk, or what,...and it didn't matter. I want to be him!!

    He's like a metaphor for me right now. I want to throw off my arm sling, stretch out my wings, float on the air toward a rainbow, and.....F_L_Y!!!! Can you tell I've been cooped up a little too long now?! ^_^

    If you look REALLY close you can still see some of the rainbow too!...Okay, so I really need to get free, don't you think?!! I'm afraid I'm starting to see rainbows in a dark sky!! Ha! Ha!
    I'm afraid it's going to be at least another couple of days for me too. Like a 'Dough Dough' (spelled it phonically), I got too happy when my arm was starting to feel better day before yesterday, and I strained it again. UGH! I'm having a real problem making myself sit here, with that beautiful pistachio yarn scarf waiting to be finished, and some letter writing urging me to 'get on it!'
    I've got some support to help me through it, coming to the rescue, this coming weekend. So, hopefully, with all of the pep talks, warm compresses, deep tissue massages, and music (provided by my hubby, family and friends), I should be back to speed on Monday....Wait for it!! :-) YAY! I'm going to get some support and be just like the birds!!! Yep! Another bird flew into the shot!!!

     It's as if they were doing a 'Flying happy Dance'!! And Yes! It inspired a poem!...First though, let me introduce you to a couple of my AWM Team members, Chris and Heather of bananawatercolor.com! Click on the site to learn more about them.

    I'm finding that my team members are a pretty talented group!!...And now there's a new member too, Rennata Tropeano! Her art centers on the exploration of various artistic mediums and methods. Rennata explores what medium best shows the idea of feeling, and enhances the image.

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Paintings whether they are Plein Air or working in the studio from a photograph or memory, hold a special place in her heart. They call to mind the joy she  found in putting her brush to paper as a child...Please go by and check out some of her work too!

     Okay, my poem. Don't judge it too harshly. I didn't give it a lot of thought...Just a lot of my feeling. :-)

Free As A Bird

Been all cooped up.
No, haven't stirred.
Been on lock-down.
Weighing every word.
But I want to be free!
...Free as a bird.

Been sitting still.
My mind all blurred.
Time moving slow.
Nothing has occurred.
But I want to be free!
...Free as a bird.

Been a good girl.
Don't care what you heard.
On 'How To Be'
I could be referred.
But I want to be free!
...Free as a bird.

I almost lost my grip.
That's why my speech was slurred.
A little teary? Yes.
My words now ungird.
Happy to be free!
...Free as a bird.