Bud to Bloom WIP watercolor by Meera Rao
Happy New Year!! I am relieved to start the new year with a negative test result for Covid. I was down with it for the last ten days of 2025 after dodging it for the past five years. As I recover, I decided I needed to do some art work everyday for my own wellbeing. That decision has resulted in small 3x3" painting everyday as I record the amaryllis that was blooming. That was a wise choice! Posted above is the first twelve days of the my efforts. There are still many more to come as I slowly make my way through the various stages and different angles of the bud to bloom chronology. I am wondering if I also should record the end stages of the blooms.
I am thrilled to discover in my research that Amaryllis is considered a symbol of winter beauty and resilience in classical poetry by Milton and Thomas Campion to modern authors like Susan Meissner.
“An amaryllis is always waiting to delight and surprise you,
even when your world seems cold and dark.”
~Susan Meissner, Only the Beautiful~
How appropriate! I wish you all love, good health, positive energy, safety and peace in 2026.
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