My view of Mt. Diablo

This is the view from my drawing table. Our gated community is home to around 9,000 people, but the layout makes it possible to still feel the wide open spaces.

There is a lot of green in Northern California. When we come here from our Arizona home every spring it is always rather shocking at first.  What is even more shocking is the realization that a hundred thousand other people live in this area and look at "my" mountain.  The view from my window makes it seem so remote and uninhabited.