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As the days are getting shorter, I feel a little nostalgic about Julian around this time each year.  Julian is a mountain hamlet known for its apples, just an hour drive east of San Diego.  Many, including myself, go there for apple-picking in its orchards.  There is also plenty to delightfully stimulate artists’ eyes – the main street lined with gold-rush-era buildings, quaint diners and shops, changing color of leaves, horses grazing, many species of wild birds...  And don't forget to please your appetite, too.  You can't leave there without a warm slice of apple pie and apple cider.  I don’t really think that “with an apple, I will astonish Paris” as the French impressionistic painter Paul Cezanne said, but to me, painting Julian is a joy as pure as its mountain air.

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