Good Morning

I am staying in a house which faces east across a forested valley to glimpse triangles of distant sea between the hill tops. This view is a great incentive to get up early and watch the sun rise. I can make breakfast at the kitchen window as the sky shimmers through shades of anticipatory pink and then eat it on the window seat as the blinding gold sun emerges. By the time I'm ready to get to work, the studio is filled with irresistable bright warm light