my painters i admire page for the gallery walls
1:30 PM: for the past few hours, i’ve been putting together this page, which will be printed out on 17x14” paper and placed on one of the gallery walls, as a way of supporting visitors in getting a fuller picture of what i’m about.
obviously, they are only a few of the painters i admire, but it’s a pretty good representation.
7:49 AM: yesterday mornings trail walk was somewhat of a revelation. by that i mean that we both separately recognized that we look forward to and anticipate these early morning walks not only as an enlivening and refreshing experience, but as a 2 hour block of time during which each of us get new ideas for projects we’re working on, discover solutions while at the same time experiencing what can only be called a cosmic awareness. sounds hoaky i know, but it’s true.
on a more practical note, i tried out these new lowa boots to break them in and see how they felt on the rugged rocks. i got them for everyday wear in fall and winter, and got the new salomon boots i’ve been using for trail walks exactly for that purpose. so i’d give these an 8.5 and the salomon a 9.5. they are, after all, the most consistantly highest rated hiking boots around.
BELOW: when we reached the end of our walk, at 9,400 ft., we stopped & rested, sitting on a rock. i pointed my phone at whatever was close by, and these 3 shots somewhat capture the magic of that landscape, which is everywhere.
the view from our deck at sunset
late this afternoon will be the first time since covid began that we’re having guests for dinner. they’ll enter the house wearing masks, climb the stairs to the upper floor and go out onto our deck, where they’ll no longer need the masks & we’ll keep more than the suggested distance from one another. should be pretty safe.
the deck faces the 14,300 ft. sangre de christo mtns. where the setting sun will case it’s red/orange rays, and in the foreground the pristine stretch of piñons and junipers in the foreground. we rediscovered, with the weekly jour fixe dinners we’ve established on the deck of our german friends, the joy of actual live personal connection, and are craving a bit more…