Thanks for the feedback Daryl! You've inspired me. These are for you.

I want to go someplace warm and fabulous. I want heat.

This is the Asphodel studio cat Caliope

A new take on half-caf

My friend Joseph commented, "Oh the lampost has moved to the top of the page." Actually it's a new photo of the lampost. I've been taking photos of it at different times of day and in different weather.

You may have noticed photos of cigarette butts. I took the first photo because the design on the cigarette was so great. It's a brand called Turkish Royal which I've never heard of. I started going back to that house and looking for more cigarette butts on the sidewalk and taken several photos of different butts there. I tell Ron that I'm going to go stalk Turkish Royal (that's how I refer to the person who smokes them.) Maybe I'll catch him/her in the act someday!

I finished reading the Historian. It is really wonderful and enjoyable. A wonderful academic mystery about Dracula. It made me really want to travel. The scenes in Budapest made me want to return there and walk along the Danube. I really want to go back to Budapest. I started reading The Dark Room by Rachel Seiffert. It’s very tragic and sad,

I’ve been painting a lot. I have been drawing the same shapes over and over. I changed my color palatte, making it more subdued, more neutral. I did some things that I actually like and don't hate. But in the long run, it's all about the process.