Exciting Times While Painting in Three Rivers

Sometimes, while painting in Three Rivers, in Tulare County in Central California (not LA, not San Francisco – NOTHING like the stereotypical California), I am just minding my own business, painting along, staying calm and focused, and then stuff happens.

Smoke? I smell smoke. Hmmm, there are ashes. . . that’s worrisome. I don’t hear sirens, so I keep painting.

Just painting some fruit here. After all, California is the land of fruit and nuts, and Central California is where most of it originates. No big deal – just oil paint on canvas. I’m fine. I’m calm.

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Painted a raven too. I’ll tell you more about that in another post. Just painting along,

HEY! BOBCAT SIGHTING!

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Um, Perkins, my Sweet Sixteen year old cat, it would be good for you to lie low on the front porch right now.

Whoa. Good thing I keep my camera with me in the painting workshop building, door open for smelling smoke (no sirens, no worries?) and sighting cannibalistic wild felines.

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Allllrighty then, if all is calm, focused and just fine, explain why that raven is upside down.

Shut up.

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2 Comments

  1. Wow, what a day! Have never had a bobcat sighting outside MY window — but I would love to!! 🙂

    • Hmmm, Cheryl, there are ups and downs to those sightings, but Perkins seems fairly wily so far (16 years so far!)


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