September 12, 2025
Idling for a Moment in Neutral
Zooming to Zumi’s
dave from his office
dotty from home computer
coffee date at eight
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3 x 3″; watercolor on paper
card #11 in a series of color swatches
2025
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Notes about poem and art:
• “Zooming” harkens back to pre-retirement days when Dave and I would sneak off to take ourselves on impromptu “speed dates” on a workday morning. Now we have all day every day to date hahaha!; we have plenty of time to idle in neutral, far less need to zoom anywhere.
• Settling gave me a chance to appreciate the slowed down pace Dave and I have now as I appreciated signs of our garden’s also slowing down in August. For this piece, I focused on some neutrals that provided a backdrop for the many bright colors still strutting their stuff in our gardens. This lupine has graciously yielded to knowing it has already had its day in the spotlight and is now quietly preparing for next year’s opening day. I especially loved painting the pop of rust red infused in one of its leaves.
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10 responses to “Idling for a Moment in Neutral”
Thanks, MaryAnn! Those particular coffee dates were such fun and, as you say, we all need to do such things with intention even in idle retirement. Dave and I have been dating for decades : )
You are a key player in my dialing more deeply into wabi-sabi all around me with appreciation and joy, for which I thank you tremendously and often.
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Joje, I’m sorry you had difficulty posting a comment but I’m grateful that you did and that it found its way through. Thank you!
What you see above is a photograph of (a) watercolor swatches that I painted paired with (b) the actual dried columbine I used as my reference to mix colors to match. So, yes, I DID publish a photo of the lupine : )
That’s the format for all my posts for this color swatches series.
Sheila, thanks for settling in to share with me the delights of dates at eight, textured muted colors, and pops of less-muted color! The sharing is such a tremendous aspect of the creative/co-creative process : )
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