"Mom's Orchids..."

From Susan, David and the twins...

...partly captured here in a super quick sketch

while visiting

mom at rehab last week.

OOOH MY!

In real life "she" (the plant)

was gorgeous...and voluptuously lush

with lustrous green leaves.

making her stand close to 3 feet tall.

She was

decked out with dozens of lime green blooms

cascading one upon the other...

...and

from across the room looked "so easy to draw".

HAH!

After getting lost in all the foliage

I gave up on sketching the whole plant

and

I zeroed in on a single bloom

which I placed in the lower right corner...

In less than 5 minutes of sketching

I felt I was done.

Then I looked at it last night

added some color...okay...a lot of color...

and realized...

what "might have" been if I "would have" taken my time!

Oh well..."live and learn!" as they say

Or...

better yet...

in the words of Sarah Jessica Parker

...alias Carrie Bradshaw:

"As we drive along this road called life,

occasionally a gal will find herself a little lost.

And when that happens,

I guess she has to let go of the

coulda, shoulda, woulda,

and

buckle up and just keep going."
~Carrie Bradshaw from "Sex and the City"