Goodbye Colorado

The trip was great. I made some awesome new friends and got to catch up with some great old ones. Feel really refreshed and ready for the upcoming season.

Some last shots of the compound...

Off to Colorado

Got my last licks of Key West in before I head out to Colorado today. Everyone needs a vacation, even us Key Westers.

It's time to connect with old friends and explore new territories!!

Quitting has its Benefits

Being a quitter has its benefits. This past week I finished the job I quit and after three days of recovering from a full week of work, I see the results. What are those?

Having three days to recover. Taking in a great movie at the Tropic. Going swimming at the beach. Reading a book. Painting and hanging with friends.

Hurray for Quitters!! I finally have time to do some art. Gotta tie up a couple loose ends before I take my trip next month but that's going to be enjoyable. Thought I was destined for Australia but chose Colorado instead. Strange how it all happened cause I never expected to go back there.

Will be going to see some good old friends in Denver for a few days then heading down to the southwest corner to assist a Buddhist monk in painting a temple. The perfect culmination of a two year journey finding my artist self again.

Learned after last year's trip to Spain, you need a buffer zone to get into vacation mode. Vacation time for me is like being launched out of a rocket and then floating in a spacesuit. You need time to adjust to the weightlessness.

In the meantime, I paint bugs...