GOOD BYE 2014

Trying to get a Sunset painting done before the end of the year kept me awake and able and watch the glass ball fall in Times Square and the Orange Ball Rise in Miami. I'm usually asleep before midnight, but this turn of the calendar came at a time that I was transported to the Florida Keys and I have a painting of a bunk house at Pigeon Key to show for it.

While painting , I was perplexed by peoples attraction to the big crowds and the hustle of city life. Where can they find peace or the solitude to think?

The commentary on TV was that because of security reasons those allowed into the barricaded area would not be able to leave until the ball had dropped and all had kissed, thereby being caged for many hours. So in my quiet time loving the Keys a terrible though came to mind: "are these people wearing Pampers under all those layers of clothing?" or "The strong bladders of youth!!"

I'd rather be in the Keys or the Woods, where you have no needs for Pampers or Depends and nature's call can be taken care of anywhere, anytime, no problems, no barricades. There's always a dark corner where to hide, close your eyes and dream. JZ January 3, 2015

Last Sunset of 2014 from Pigeon Key, Florida

One of Flagler's Sleeping Quarters built in the 1900's

during the construction of the railway to Key West