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Beside the Creek
It was a little bit of a creek, really, and one that dried up in summer. Still, it was where I came often to paint redwoods. There was a road nearby so I didn't need to lug my paints far, and so I'd set up my little portable easel and set to work. I really learned to paint these great trees here, learned to notice things like the way the creek flowed around the tree, something it probably had done for a thousand years or so. The little waterfall there is actually created by another tree that fell centuries ago, and since redwood doesn't easy rot, it will probably remain a waterfall for centuries more. It's a place where times moves slowly, if we let it. Today, there are only 2.5% of the original old-growth redwoods left!
Larry Eifert
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