Musically Inclined / Horn, Trumpet
original musical motif watercolor with horn, trumpet, paint, brushes: 21 1/2"w x 17 1/2"h
Favorite Things
Molly and Ozzie and Sophie and me
Comfy and cozy
And ready to read
Satin hemmed blankets
Tugged up to our chins
These and much more are our favorite things...
Cabled wool sweaters
Are just right for me
Fleece is much better
For Sophie’s soft cheek
Long runs and brisk walks
Short stories and long talks
Warm milk for Sophie
And sweet tea for me....
Mozart and Beethoven
Bach and Bartok
Dancing and singing
To classics and pop
Playing the French Horn
I liked that a lot
These and much more
Are our favorite things.....
When cold winds blow
And the skies snow
And we get the blues
We pick up our brushes
Our paper and paints
And paint till those blues
We loose!
BB ’10
Rockport by the Sea
original watercolor maritime seascape: 11"w x 14"h
Symphony in Sea Major
Lobster buoys afloat
Lighthouses as beacons
Decorating the coast
Sublime northern light
Enveloping the sights
While dancing on tides
Tossing boats and floats
From side to side
Cormorants and gulls
Line up on the rocks
By the boats, or the docks
As they noisily wait
For some leftover bait
Granite boulders edge the shores
Firm foundations that endure
An applauding boisterous sea
BRAVO!
What a glorious symphony
BB'10
our newest addition, Annabelle Frances
A B C
A is for Annabelle
and for addition
B is for BB
who’s newest submission
is C for cousin
Sophie, that’s you!
D is for delight
and double, too
who would have guessed
my boys having girls
so yes, I’m twice blessed
“What a Wonderful World”!
BB'10
Pear and Pomegranate Promenade
original watercolor still life with pears and pomegranates: 30"w x 22"h
Promenade
Let the pear and pomegranate
Promenade begin
Over Matisse inspired fabric
They all march in
Three Pears in a bowl
That’s my grandma’s, really old
The bottle behind
Dates back to an earlier time
The spoon in the foreground
Brings us right in
The stripes in the background
Keep our eye down
And all of these elements
Keep our eye traveling
Around and around.
BB’10
Beethoven Blues
original watercolor still life with pears, bowls, sunflower: 21"w x 22"h
Beethoven Blues
a Beethoven Symphony
alive on CD
ever bold and fresh
as a chill autumn breeze
a sunflower sketch
my final Com-poser
joins with a quints’ jam
of pears with slight shoulders
one bottle, two bowls
fabric patterns and folds
'neath my favorite glass
and wouldn’t you know
there down below
tramps that trusty old ass
(well donkey, you know
doesn’t rhyme with my glass)
and so it all goes
as Beethoven ends
with the tune “Ode to Joy”
true success all depends
on surviving pop trends...
BB'10
Pears Beware
original watercolor still life with pears: 10"w x 10"h
Pears Beware
2 +2+1
5 pears basking in the sun
with their work
and fun now done
I will eat them
1 by 1
yummmm
BB'10
Pears Beware
original watercolor still life with pears: 7"w x 11"h
Symphony Night at the Fulton
original watercolor musical motif/orchestra
Bravo! Symphony Sophie
Sophie and I
are Symphony bound
it’s our first try
at a concert in town
the program is unique
and kinda’ profound
with Sibelius, Dvorak
and a new guy, Marquez
the theater is grand
Sophie gazed around
then sat herself down
and gave Maestro a hand
when the music began
a horn spoke up
next a woodwind or two
and wonder of wonders
the bass trombone crooned
when the strings joined in
the percussion said wait
you need our rhythm
as the score clearly states
so with energy and style
the orchestra creates
a haven for a while
where we can go
to hear, sing and dream
until the last note
when we shout Bravo!
BB’10
De-ComPosers
original watercolor floral/sunflowers: &'w x 11"h
De- C0mPoser
my lean and mean posers
can’t seem to get over
those past days of glory
their pose tells the story
so poignant and true
of lost beauty and youth
and innocence too,,,
yet still they stands tall
daring us all
to salute this new age
as a ‘maturity’ phase
with dignity and wisdom
and especially grace...
BB'10
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