‘Slowly’ Mandala

I have not been here for two months-no mandalas, no One Single Impression haiku, nothing.
A few people have been wondering what happened.  I can only say that I lost my muse for awhile.

At last she is back
My muse, my inspiration
Let’s start creating

I am dedicating these mandalas to my dear friend Marianne who recently lost her father.   She creates beautiful mandalas.

The theme word at One Single Impression this week is “slowly” suggested by Genre Cookshop.

Take a breath slowly
Smell the fragrance in the air
Spring flowers have come

The top mandala is full of flowers, while the second mandala is a color inversion of the same image.  I did this in Paint on Vista.

Visit One Single Impression for links to beautiful haiku from some very talented people!

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Autumn Mandala

The prompt at One Single Impression this week is ‘Autumn’ suggested my moi:)  I LOVE doing autumn leaves and have written so many haiku and painted leaves all week on my art blog.

This mandala is doing double duty today as ‘autumn’ is also the prompt at Mandala Oasis.

The cycle of change
During the life of a leaf
The joys of autumn

Started as a green
Progressed to red and yellow
Ends brown and broken

I have had a week
Of colorful autumn leaves
At Painted Daisies

I love painting autumn leaves and went crazy painting them and writing a haiku for each. 
I am leaving for Arizona tomorrow so it will be a few days before I can visit your Blogs.

Three days to go south
And west to Arizona
With warm sunny skies

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Sunday’s Mandala

I did not do the prompt at One Single Impression (defenses down) because I just couldn’t get into it.

So I did this mandala for Sunday

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Daisy Mandala

My 1000th post
Over at Painted Daisies
And 60 here

Come visit.

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Myth Mandala

The prompt at One Single Impression this week is ‘myth’ suggested by Suijin.

I thought I would have trouble writing a haiku for this but it just seemed to write itself:

Love is not a myth
The dreamy look, the soft touch
Its just magical!

(Still the romantic

Then I saw a flower that inspired the mandala.   I thought it worked so well with what I had written.

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Stranded Mandala

The theme word at One Single Impression this week is “Stranded”.

I was really inspired with this prompt.

Go and sit outside

Get stranded in the beauty

Make a mandala

And

Dreams and memories.

Get stranded in the moment.

Just drift and enjoy.

And

Like the memories

Leaves and blooms will blow away

Leaving only warmth.

I have never made a mandala using only natural materials before and it was great fun.   I was just sitting outside and thinking about ’stranded’ which led to this moment of creativity.  Thanks ‘One Single Impression’ for the inspiration.

Teri’s Plan for WordPress

I am trying to get acquainted with Workpress and plan to post my botanical art on this site as well as on my other Blog, Painted Daisies.

This is the real painted daisy that I tried to use in the header.  Have to work on that.