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Sometimes on a delightful day, you can lose yourself in time. Hiking or painting... You can find your muse in the gifts of nature.
On Monday I was supposed to drive to Camarillo for my class with David Gallup. I love being in David's studio and seeing all of the work he is doing for his upcoming show. It's tremendously inspiring. And, of course, David is a motivating instructor as well.
The class, however, doesn't start until 11:00 which is a problem for me because I'm up and out by the time I drop Tyler off to school at 8:00 and I have to be back in time to pick him up at 3:00 when he gets out. But I take what I can get.
I squandered away an hour reading my novel and eating a bagel and decided to head out to find a good spot to paint BEFORE I got to the class. I remembered a spot where I had painted in the past just north of the Las Virgenes turn off on the Ventura Freeway. I had enjoyed painting there once before and hiking there several times. At this time of the year the mustard is gorgeous and the area is filled with brilliantly colored blooming thistle plants. And of course it is dotted with wonderful hearty California Oaks which have survived the fire that ravaged the area a few years back.
Here is a link to information about the location if you want to try it out: http://www.lamountains.com/parks.asp?parkid=28 One thing to keep in mind if you are planning to hike or paint or mountain bike for any length of time there is that there are no potties of any kind around. So don't drink or ???
Anyway the whole point is that when I finished my hike, found my "spot" and settled in to paint, I got lost in time. It is a wonderful totally engrossed feeling of the joy of being in a beautiful place doing just what you want to do. But I was sooooo lost in time, that I ended up being quite late to my class. Oh well. It's always about the miles and the joys isn't it?
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