Taking a hiatus

Have you ever taken a hiatus from something you really love?u

Bicycling is something that gives me great joy. I love the thrill of the hills (up and down), the views, the smells, and even the tired muscles. For some inexplicable reason, I let my bike sit idle for the last couple of years.

Have you ever taken a pause like that? Why do we do that?

Just last month, I started cycling again, huffing and puffing, and slowly getting my groove back. It feels great!!

Over the years, I’ve taken week-long biking vacations in some beautiful places including the Canadian Rocky Mountains, the San Juan Islands in Washington, and the Norwegian fjords. The latter two have inspired abstract landscape paintings such as this one . . .

Magnetic Dreams, 48 x 60″ mixed media painting by HVH,
shown hanging in my home.

Magnetic Dreams (detail of the sky)

Magnetic Dreams (detail of the mountains and water)

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Story + Completed painting

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Taking a hiatus is normal and just fine. But having returned to biking makes me wonder . . . what else do I need to get back into?

How about you . . . what do you miss?

Something for us both to ponder.

And now, borrowing a word from an Australian friend of mine . . .
Cheerypip,

P.S. Into forests or flowers instead?

The Secrets Within, 40 x 30″ mixed media painting by Holly Van Hart

See new forest and flower paintings

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