Color my world!
This is an old photo of a beautiful child from the early 1900′s. Actually it’s a photo on a drawing. I loved her look but the shanty behind her was so ugly. I made her a fantasy world for all time.
The Real Alice, Perhaps!
May 3, 2011Happy Easter Monday!
April 25, 2011
I took this photo in the evening after a thunderstorm. The cherry blossoms were the color of the sunset. This is more than a “small” wonder. The neighborhood is in bloom with these trees. They were supposed to be dwarf cherry trees. Ours is about 25 feet and growing. All the better for the cardinals who nest at the top.
Coming Back from Illness
April 19, 2011
My cat is asleep on the easy chair. It’s raining and I am recovering from a serious virus. My first cup of tea in 4 days is warming my hand. No food for a while. So much has passed by without my alert attention. The trees are blooming! I want to paint, but that will come soon.
Here are some watercolor sketches from my notebook. Sorry for the delay in correspondence!
Sketches of Insects 1.5" x 4"
March is All Hopeful Photo
March 24, 2011
March drawings, watercolors, flowers on my desk
March is my birthday and it’s the birthday of spring, all creating hope for the future. I hope to paint this sketch on the desk.
Poet’s Nest
March 18, 2011
- Poems rolled inside hornet’s nest
I found this hornets nest in January on a broken branch of a sumac tree. I brought it home and knocked out the dead hornets. I chose poems from Walt Whitman, wrote them on tracing paper, and rolled them up. They are in the catacombs of the nest.
Robin’s Nest Found in Snow
March 16, 2011
Robin's Nest Fond in Snow
Here is a photo of Longwood Orchids
March 14, 2011
Orchids in Longwood Gardens Conservatory
Spring Orchids
March 13, 2011
Painting copyright by Sandra Nestlerode-Hale
Knobby boughs, blossoms floating in air.
Triad of colors,
Small wonders.
Spring in Longwood Gardens, PA,
Goslings follow the Leader
March 12, 2011
Tulpehocken Goslings
Snow Geese Rising from the Lake
March 8, 2011
Snow Geese Middle Creek PA
Snow Geese
Oh, if the water serves and the winds lift us,
I will join the rising life.
My arms rustle with the anticipation.
