Pastels---

I have finally broke out the pastels.....I bought a nice Rembrandt set 15 whole sticks, 30 half sticks about 4 years ago. And I let them sit in the box. Then I bought a box of mixed colors of pastels at a yard  sale for only $3!!!  Ah.... now I can use them and get over my ingrained feeling of being wasteful if I use it....So now with the help of some youtube tutorials videos I'm exploring painting with pastels.....

Seed pods!! I love seed pods.... these are from a vine, not sure what the name is ....

Gulf Fritillary caterpillar starting to go through 
metamorphosis !! 
I went back a few days later,
 but it was no longer there.... maybe eaten? 
Or dropped into the high weeds?

Gulf Fritillary

Gulf Fritillary

Gulf Fritillary

Road Trip!!!!

Built a sleeping platform in

the back of my Honda CRV
-- so K. and I can go camping...
Lots of space underneath....