Arrested by Oranges

 

Ada Hayden Oranges 
10” x 14” watercolor on Arches 100% cotton cold press paper

I was walking a round a lake in northern Ames, Iowa, feeling badly for my elderly mother, 95, who lives in a nursing home and has developed a rough case of the respiratory flu. I was also feeling homesick for my husband and sons and daughters-in-law and 4 grandkids b/c I’ve been away from where we all live in the San Francisco/East Bay Area x 5 weeks, checking in on Mom while my sibs, who live near her, are out of state. (I thank the gods for her terrific aids and nurses!)

I rounded the bend and was struck by the beauty of the orange-ish prairie grasses and the light-colored trees against the beautiful blue sky. And suddenly all was well.