The Golden Gilrs Sunflower Watercolors by Bertie Brown

The Golden Girls

original watercolor sunflowers: 10" x 14"

summer is waning

i do hate to say

it wasn’t the best-est

in many a way

oh, some days were great

clear skies to the moon

the sun dripping rays

sunflowers in bloom

but most days were WET

with water drenched air

rain forest-y, yes

oppressive, you bet

still…summer’s the time

when memories shine

and life seems a bit 

more civilized, kind

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Com-Posers Sunflower Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Com-Posers

original sunflwoer watercolor: 10" x 14"

Sunflower Girl Friends

I’m glad for late bloomers

as this season ends

each year it comes sooner

with the message it sends

to all of my battered

sunflower girl friends...

the dry trembling leaves

are scattered around

as sunflower sheaves

so brittle and brown

cool winds are approaching

pushing summer aside

with autumn encroaching

I nod and I sigh

 there’s no time to fuss

it’s just nature’s way

a fact that I must

embrace this fine day...

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Com-Posers Sunflower Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Com-Posers

original watercolor sunflowers: 10" x 14"

Good Vibrations

i love the way

on a late august day

 the sun reaches down

to gather around

my sunflower girls

with their gold-yellow curls

and their skirts made of leaves

that sway in the breeze...

the birds of the air

and the insects working there

create a vibration

a vibrato celebration

as they all harmonize

their praise to the skies...

i’m thankful to be

by this shimmering sea

and grateful to hear

this music of the spheres

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The Sunflower Shack Watercolors by Bertie Brown

The Sunflower Shack

original watercolor landscape en plein air: 10" x 14"

Goldfinch Grinch

My sunflower girls

Never use my sunblock 

Nor do they apply

 Suntan lotion a lot

They’re naturally golden

Their brown faces boastin’

Their fearless devotion

To sunshine in motion

But there are some days

They have to confess

A shot of pest spray

Would be their best bet

For shoo-ing away 

Gold finches of prey

‘Cause finches 

Are Grinches

As they yank pull and splay

The petals and bonnets

My sunflowers boast

In my poems and sonnets

Why couldn’t they just

Gather seeds without fuss.... 

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Com-Posers Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Com-Posers

original watercolor sunflowers: 9" x 12"

Adagio Dance...

It’s a scorcher today

With intensive sun rays

 My sunflowers have stopped 

Their jitterbug hop

Choosing caution instead

With a rest in their bed

But before they retire

They’re feeling inspired

By their many dine-ees

To try if by chance

The Adagio Dance

They sway with the breeze

Take two steps, then three

Twirl and lift up their leaves

Bid the finches and bees

Come feast on our seeds

Sip nectar if you please

It’s a slow dance, you see

For the birdies and bees 

Those flighty dine-ees

And admiring garden-ees

Sophie and me!

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The Smokehouse at Landis Valley Farms Watercolors by Bertie Brown

The Smokehouse at Landis Valley

original en plein air watercolor: 10" x 14"

so there i was painting

to whit, en plein air

the sun it was shining

the view oh so fair

what i did not see

was a stranger near me

he must have been testy

that bugger so pesty

who unknown to me

(painting diligently)

took exception, i guess

and gave me his best

i hollered out OUCH

you bugger you beast

i’m stung and you’re OUT 

squashed by my feet

so here’s the main thing 

when painting plein air

to avoid a bee sting

use bug spray EV’RYWHERE!

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