DL said: i love the second picture
it is magical.

Tolla said: I vote for the second pic in your most recent post — no earth shattering reason, but if I had to give a reason, I’d say the first one with the clear horizon is a bit too pedestrian.

My interest in image 1 is understood by someone ‘who reads me well’:

On your blog there’s a photograph of a painting you bought that depicts a woman standing alone looking out to sea. The single thistle reminds me of that — is this, perhaps, a theme you might explore?

To me, Image 1 symbolizes a yearning towards exploring infinity without knowing how to go about it.

Lochsa luck. Post if able.

Now then, there’s Clyde Drexler, who continues to thrive. He once smiled at me across a playground and I’ve had fond thoughts of him ever since. He was on the almost winning Blazers basketball team a few (!!) years ago.

Birgit, it’s impressive that you’ve caught these nettles just as they are blooming — a once in their lifetime achievement. I was thinking there was some family metaphor in there, but then decided it wasn’t a place to go…..

We are off tomorrow for a prolonged painting and vacationing trip that we hope will include spending some time in Lochsa region of Idaho. I read a book by Bud Moore about this wilderness — it’s on the west side of the Bitteroot Mountains just west of the Montana border. I’m rereading the book, having been enthralled by the idea of the Lochsa when we were in Montana last winter. I don’t paint mountains — or at least not up close. We’ll see how it goes with these babes.

Huh?

I’m not sure what’s happening, but let me guess. When I said that I was “pricked by curiosity..” I was referring to the first instance when, upon reading Birgit’s post, the topics of ‘family” and “nettles’ first came together in my mind. My apologies if this was not made clear.

Birgit: you might agree with me that this string of comments has come to resemble your images.