8r4d Wasn’t I surprised when I found this little mushroom sprouted in one of my jade plants this afternoon. As best as I can figure it’s a Flowerpot Parasol (Leucocoprinus birnbaumii) common in #houseplants when conditions are right. For now it’s a curiosity, but I’ll need to keep my eye on it. And no, it’s not edible.

squwetchy Week 6 of my painting class and we’re onto orchids Can you see the lovely purple gradients that make up every surface of these petals? There is so much going on here from a technique perspective that it’s no wonder we barely got through it all in our 3 hour class.

pixelazy A mottled #sky as May days loom to their inevitable ending.

8r4d Day 28 marks four weeks of a #running streak and boy are my arms legs tired. I had to bribe myself to get up off the couch this afternoon and get this one done. Ugh. But a quick 7k finished off another neighbourhood for the gauntlet. And i’m officially done Henderson.

8r4dsfeets Hmm, the beavers were busy around here.

8r4dsfeets Oh the North Saskatchewan River is high this week thanks to all the #rain … #rivervalley

adventuredog A big loop around the dog park for a mid morning #walk made for a peaceful start to the day.

pixelazy I didn’t climb these #stairs on my run tonight, they were my turn-back point, but I did climb them a few weeks ago weeks ago when I walked to the mall this way. They sure look magnificent in the trees and sunlight.

pixelazy Almost stepped on this little guy as we crossed paths on my #rivervalley run this evening. #insect #macro

8r4d Day 27 of my May #running streak and I opted to head down to the #rivervalley to get some sunshine trails in. Back on Friday I ran up by the drop off… well the drop off overlooks this particular park span between the two footbridges, or where I was down running this evening. My 3k route (x2 out and back) made for a 6k run and an encounter with about a hundred people out walking, biking, running, or riding one wheeled motorized unicycles.

8r4d Chilling on the deck with a #coffee in the #backyard and listening to the quiet drone of the #suburbs on a Monday afternoon. #soundscape

pixelazy Blue #sky and a few puffy #clouds

adventuredog The blue sky matches my eyes. #dandelion

pixelazy Yeah, more #dandelion photos. Tis the season. The pup and I sat in the field on our #lunchbreak #walk this afternoon.

pixelazy Another morning listening to the #birdsong with the pup. I brought my recording gear with a real microphone out this time (though this audio was from my phone). Lots of #dandelion blooming in the post-rain sunshine.

pixelazy Even more #rain

8r4d It was our year end concert for #orchestra this afternoon. Summer break now and time to get back into my solo #violin for a few months.

pixelazy #rain

8r4d Sunday Runday and while most of the #runcrew was off doing a variety of races, a few of us tackled the regular #running routine (and day 26 of my streak) with a wandering 8k while trying to avoid the local race that was happening all around us and that we kept tripping over. We even saw SH zip by on the way to his first place finish in the 10k.

castironguy It’s #bbq season. I’ve been grilling smokies all week but I think it’s official with the first hamburgers of the year.

pixelazy Bug-watching in the hammock on a Saturday afternoon paid off with a nice #spider #macro as she explored my garden box. #insect

8r4d A twenty five day #running streak seems like some kind of a milestone and very nearly an excuse to stop but i’m already committed to running tomorrow on Sunday, and then it’s just a few short days until the end of May so… on we go. With everyone off at races this weekend it’s gonna be more quiet runs with just solo or a handful of folks. I obviously added some mid to my gauntlet this morning as it was. And my route took me down some familiar trails and some quasi familiar side road where I often walk or drive but rarely run.

8r4dsfeets About twenty years back a trio of houses collapsed into the #rivervalley and nothing was ever rebuilt there. Now all that remains is a view and some remnants of their driveways.

8r4d Friday is a tough day for a #running streak run if only because A we just ran last night and B I’ve usually got stuff going on in the evening so I need to do an afternoon or even a morning run. Today was one of those even a morning run, so I drove somewhere different and did some loops in a nearby neighborhood to add to my gauntlet. Nicely I got that awesome #rivervalley drop off view a couple times.