2020
Some of them are photographs of art objects I've made, or of art objects that I put on display in 2020, a rather hectic year by all accounts.
For the most part, as one who is reasonably comfortably retired -- I have adjusted well to living on about 40% of what I had been earning -- my lifestyle didn't change all that much in 2020. A big part of my adjustment to retired life was simply not going to town more than once or twice a week, so adjusting to maybe once a month hasn't been all that hard on me. Wearing a mask and paying attention to social distancing is a challenge when I do go to town; so even more of reason to go into the workshop instead.
In fact, it did allow me to focus on the next evolution of my mobiles by learning how to use the epoxy resin chemistry to make some visually very interesting objects.
If you see an image you would like buy as a print, the place where I host is also where I get my own prints because they do use top quality labs.
And this year, I have to add that a great many of the epoxy spinners and twirlers are for sale as unique one of kind originals -- the current catalog is at Catalog.
This zoomed in cell phone image makes it look like the floor is in terrible shape. But you can slide across it and never notice the bumps -- well mostly. These are about 1/64 of in inch high, but the light is so low they cast quite a shadow. Down on hands and knees, however, it is obvious the floor needs some work with a sander.
Log pile at the forest edge (8.2)
This log pile is near the eastern edge of the rest, with a few smaller trees that have come up since the pile was created when the lagoon was created. The forest edge is a great place to find the richest diversity of life -- including ticks.
Amorpha fruticosa is a species of flowering plant in the legume family (Fabaceae) known by several common names, including desert false indigo, false indigo-bush, and bastard indigobush. It is found wild in most of the contiguous United States, southeastern Canada, and northern Mexico, but it is probably naturalized in the northeastern and northwestern portion of its current range.[citation needed] The species is also present as an introduced species in Europe,[1] Asia, and other continents. It is often cultivated as an ornamental plant, and some wild populations may be descended from garden escapes.