We stopped on the way for In-N-Out Burgers
Fries and orders of strawberry milkshakes
Manmade shapes turned into nature’s biomorphic forms
As we climbed to a little under 7,000 feet
We baked french bread at this elevation
And didn’t make adjustments to the recipe
Straightening our limbs we step out of the car
First, just quickly go look at the pond!
Oh, look at the quivering yellow leaves on the Aspen tree!
Down by the creek’s edge, I look up
Past cottonwood trees at the water’s edge
I see a little fir Christmas tree tucked in
Between the tall green Jeffrey pines.
To answer your title question: Beautifully and uniquely like only you can! 🙂 xx
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Oh Marina! You start my day with a smile 🙂 Thank you.
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Beautiful, Carla! Hugs, N.
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I thought of you when I was drawing up there 🙂
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Gorgeous! Where were you? I lived up in the Sierra Nevada Snow Laboratory (Soda Spings) for a winter (just west of Truckee on the 80). Very beautiful place!!! 🙂
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That is gorgeous, Carla! Note perfect. I really like your text too.
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Hi Richard! As you know it took a lot of sketches to get this one . Thanks for the note. It was gorgeous up there 🙂
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In and Out is THE best fastfood burger joint. 🙂 So Sierra Nevada with the family eh … must be a very nice trip.
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It must be a rhetorical question… Because you obviously know how to paint a tree – no matter where. I love this rough style, the colour palette and the feeling of wind and high altitude you have created. Beautiful.
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Fresh air, blue skies, clear water, bright leaf, a sense of freedom, it’s all crept in here Carla! I love how you record memories, I must get back to doing this. I am buying a new sketch book today! 🙂
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Are you back sketching now!
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Ermm……oops.:) I do have the book though, so the intention is there..! I already record memories in a journal, but I love the idea of one in pictures..
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🙂 I have to add words to mine
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