In spite of having more work at once than I can remember in years, I do take time off when I can. Trail Guy and I went trespassing last week. 

There is a tiny bit of green grass, but it is due to a leak, not to rain.

We were trespassing and I don’t want to say where, because pretty soon everyone will figure it out and flood the place and then it will get really locked down. This is what has happened to the Bureau of Land Management area above our neighborhood. It used to be so seldom used that I had to be very very careful when exploring because the trails weren’t clear. 21 years later, the place is crowded.

I photographed the grassy hillside so that when I finish the custom jobs, I can return to the painting of some cowboys on a grassy hillside. My photos of that scene have blurry grass. Yes, it matters. This isn’t something I have much experience painting, so I need to study these things and figure out how to render this stuff believably.

There isn’t much water in the flume, but there are many acorns.

We are ready for rain and snow around here. Really really ready! (My mural can wait for a few storms.)