The lupine spikes swayed back and forth in the breeze along Icicle Creek. The mozaic of colors was intriging and I became mesmerized watching the patterns change in the wind. (G. Thomas Bancroft)

I found a patch of lupine flowers in bloom when I was hiking along Icicle Creek in Wenatchee National Forest.  Their purple flower spikes were swaying back and forth in the light breeze.  The green leaves, purple-blue flowers and sandy colored pine needles on the ground formed a mosaic of colors.  Several patches were along the trail in close proximity.  None were very large.  I focused in on one that might have been 10 feet by three feet with several dozen flowers.  I felt the color mosaic called for an abstract painting.  I blurred the picture to create this impressionist abstract feeling of color, contrast and pattern.  I found the setting very tranquil and the abstract tries to capture that feeling.  I stood for several minutes just watching the movement of the stems and how the mosaic pattern changed with that movement.  It was soothing and mesmerizing at the same time!  I finally had to jolt myself back to reality and head along the trail.

What emotion does this illicit in me?  How does it make me feel?