Blue Skies
February 4, 2009 by Janice
Blue skies
Smiling at me
Nothing but blue skies
Do I see
Bluebirds
Singing a song
Nothing but bluebirds
All day long
Although the words were written by Irving Berlin, I can only hear them as sung by Willie Nelson in the open air of Red Rocks in Colorado. It’s February . Some of us are still buried in snow. Some of us have heard snippets of birds chirping like they are trying out a song selection from itunes. Just a taste. Are we buying spring or no?
Hm. We are choosing blue skies here. That’s a magnolia snippet you see in the photo, but it is going west. West to the cerulean blue skies of Santa Fe and the sage greens of stoic high altitude grass. No, not that kind of grass. The scrubby, non wetlands kind that kind of threw me for a loop. Lots of pink dust out there, when it wasn’t covered in snow. Lots of howling of coyotes. But lots, endless lots, of beautiful blue skies.
So we are going to play with , “Who moved my magnolia?” a bit. And no, I only have a smidgen of an inkling what it will look like. But there’s the fun of it. So I ‘ll haul out the sketchbook, give Willie a listen to bring back that night under the stars among the giant red rocks, and we’ll get there. Under blue skies.
Because it’s February. And we need that blue of possibilities to pull us through.
So ever been to Red Rocks? Santa Fe? Do you like margaritas? Tell me while I get my boots on and pencil some ideas around.
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Gosh! Great minds and all that
We both have blue birds on the bird brain!!!
Tap tap tap…Hmmm
when do the blowups come pray tell?
Never been to Santa Fe. But I’d go anywhere warmer then 10 degrees right about now!
This weekend we are supposed to get above freezing. Hurrah!!!
oh and yeah…bring on the margaritas, no salt plaease….;)
Wendi Kelly’s last blog post..Field Trip
@ PB- go to Flickr bluebird
Wendi- No salt for me too. Friend of mine has 16 degree wind chill today. BRRR. I’ll have to post about Friday afternoon margaritas in Santa Fe. Okay , now I need warm coffee, sketching as we speak…
Janice,
I only hear Data “Brent Spiner” of Star Trek TNG in the Movie Nemesis singing that at Riker’s wedding. But I hear ya.
I always put myself back in the San Andreas Valley, the skies were purple and the insects were chirping. We all have a place to go. Thanks for reminding me of mine.
Its -24 Celcius outside right now, but the skies are blue, ice cold blue.
Nothing but blue skies
From now on….
Eyeteaguy
Eyeteaguy’s last blog post..Wanna Save the Planet?
Eyeteay-
Well you know I had to go check that out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLEvqYLfupk
Ahhh… love it…
…and anything remotely connected to the PCH, so thank you right back.
Stay warm.
Blue skies….
That blue of possibilities. Oh yeah.
I love this new blog so so so much! I can’t get over how awesome it is.
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Amy,
I feel the same way. I don’t even think she has to write anything. I’ll just come and hang out here cause I like the way it makes me feel.
Wendi Kelly’s last blog post..Inspiring Tips to Solve Procrastination for Good
It is awesome in its awesomeness to me. It is going to be fun to figure out where to put what…kind of like getting a new studio space.
Wendi-Yep, hands Wendi a glass and some nibbles. Pulls up a box and looks around. Yep. Blue skies….
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Blue skies,
yes, I dream of them!
I have been to Santa Fe,
I can’t drink Margaritas,
they have a not so funny effect on me.
Merisi’s last blog post..Vienna Today: Snow and Tulips
Ahh, Vienna blue skies ….love your tulips in the snow today.
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