Since I find myself awake at this early hour, I might as well make myself useful by starting the Daily.

A closeup of one of the succulents in the front yard...

   

Wishing you all a good day.

Good day to All!
I hope everyone is having a good week despite what life throws at us.
I'm going to post a photo from the other day..nothing great, but its recent!

Lantana
Fuji XT-20
   

Thought I'd start a thread since my hump day is on its way out.

Shoulder showing screw.
   

Managed to get out to the nearby hills on the weekend.

Though my broken foot hasn't healed well enough to go mountain goat again. Probably will have to tone that activity down for the rest of my time on earth.



The usually arid skeletal soils were showing green.



and the promise of abundance of terrestrial orchids is evident in these greenhood rosettes.



Huge mushrooms Boletus species.



Which I did manage to get a camera under, is already being eaten away from underneath.

Welcome to the weekend. I hope it will be a good one for you all.

This photo is, IMO, a better one than what I used to start yesterday's Daily...

   

TGIF, everyone.

Not a very good photo, but I didn't want the day to have no Daily...

   

Good morning all. We had a bit of rain yesterday including thunder and lightning but nothing severe. Today it is already nice and sunny, and warm.

I thought i would start with a few photos of some of our little veggie plants. I'm just now starting to get a few blossoms on my Serrano pepper plant, but the chili peppers are doing well. The little tomato plant has already given some fruit and many others about ready.

I have a couple of errands to run this morning but otherwise should be a relaxing day. Tomorrow I will be driving up to the Atlanta area to join DW and DD (and family) to help celebrate DD birthday.

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Good morning all. We got a bit of rain yesterday afternoon. I was able to get in about 100 miles on my motorcycle before that but the ride was a bit warm. No special plans for today though, other than to tidy up a bit and try to put away some of my "stuff" that I took on my trip to Texas.

Here are a few more images from that trip, most taken on a hike into a wilderness area about an hours drive from the festival. A few may have been in the campground though.  I might post some "human interest" shots later of some scenes from the festival. It could get wild...

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I guess I have the honor of starting the Daily again.

No new photos, so here's one from earlier in the month - it's what's left over after a poppy blossom has finished it's beautiful display and dropped off. I think the unusual structures that remain are quite interesting...

   

Monday, Monday
So good to me

Photo taken last week...

   

I'm pleased with this one; to my eye it has a nice abstract look to it, although it's an accurate capture of the subject. (Many of you will probably recognize what it is; I suspect MFI certainly will.)

I also like the colors, the placement of contrasting values, and the textures of the background.

Thinking it might be good as a watercolor painting, I took another look to decide what to adjust to make a stronger potential painting. First I noticed the the three shapes just above center were aligned evenly, so I moved one down a bit. Then, in selected areas, I increased the color intensity and value contrasts, particularly those that are adjacent. I ended up with this as a guide to a painting...

   

You all have yourselves a good day and week.