A few of Ron's Roses are rallying - here's one shot taken mid-afternoon yesterday (2026/04/06)...

   

These are known as birds best fungi. They are in my door mat.

Couple of snapshots taken with my phone.

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Taken a couple of weeks ago in the front yard, under strong mid-day sun.

   

The intense sun made the colors overly saturated; I both lightened and desaturated the colors of the blossom.

A shot taken yesterday of tufts of a common ornamental grass. I can't remember the name of it, though.

The green blades are from unwanted and intrusive plants, but here they do a nice job of framing the tufts and to a lesser degree lead the eye to them.

   

Luck was with me in that we're looking down at the tufts and they're all about the same distance from the camera so they're in pretty good focus.

Looking out my kitchen door.

Has been a bit quiet in here. Here's a quiet reflective moment.

Good day, friends.

Last week I noticed a small vase of flowers (white roses, I believe) on a credenza my wife uses for miscellaneous storage.

Probably a gift from someone at her church. but maybe I should ask her if she has a secret admirer.

Anyway, I took it outside and got a few photos. Here's one...

   

I added 2 more watercolors to the Other Art thread, and will add the last 3 today.

Happy weekend.

I'm not superstitious about Friday the 13th; in fact 13 has always been a favorite number. But yesterday turned out not so good...

Around mid-morning I was washing my hands in the master bath when a valve in the pipe carrying water to the sink failed. Water began spewing about 2 feet high. I tried turning the valve to stop the geyser, but no luck - it was broken.

So I grabbed a wrench and rushed outside to: 1) turn off the water where it entered the house; and 2) close the master valve owned by the city. No luck there. So I called both a plumber and the city water department, then spent the next 2 hours carrying every bucket and pail I could find out to yard as they filled up.

Eventually we discovered that closing a valve just above the water heater stopped the flooding. And finally the plumber arrived, and later a crew from the city water department. The plumber replaced the  broken valve leading to the sink, and the city crew determined that their shutoff valve was broken and they replaced it.

So far $500 to the plumber (and another $900 to come) plus a new wet vacuum., Next will be many days of cleanup.

Last week I found some more old watercolor sketches and exercises and posted two in the Other Art thread.

Here's a favorite oldie, from nearly 16 years ago. I like the shapes, swirls, textures and values. Reprocessed a few hours ago.

   

I also like the ambiguity of the image. It seems to show a geologic formation involving water-carved winding canyons, taken from above Earth or another planet. But that's not it is. Any guesses?