Wild Life

Wild Life

Oil on Wood

24"X24"
Available For Sale Online from SusanLandor.com

I have spent the last month mostly alone, savoring summer in Sonoma; the light, the sky, the grasses, the ancient evergreens,  wildflowers, birds, frogs, lizards, bees and the animals whose home this really is.

Last weekend a highly qualified dream team from Audubon Canyon Ranch Mountain Lion Project came over to examine, observe and tag an 11 year old mountain lion and her two kittens who were feasting on a fawn on a knoll in the middle of our meadow. Watching them work way into the night brought me closer than ever to the creatures whose presence is known but rarely seen.  They come, they go, as they have done on this land for many generations before and will continue to do long after we move on. It is both humbling and reassuring to feel small and insignificant in the big picture. There is nothing that touches the soul like solitude while surrounded by the natural world. 

Morning in the Meadow

Morning in the Meadow

Oil on Wood

12"X12"

These weeks of too much horrifying news and an endless list of errands left me feeling dispirited until today, when I happened to hear Calvin Trillin's reassuring voice on the radio. His way with words describing life lifts me up with its simplicity, honesty, humor, and reverence for what is all that really matters - Living, Loving, Laughing, and being true to oneself. It brought me back to myself and I was almost hopeful again all afternoon.