More Spring Finds

On my walk today, I came across numerous clumps of this pretty wild iris. It's called Yellow Flowered Iris (Iris chrysophylla). They were really quite striking amongst the dark green grasses and poison oak.

I took photos of other wildflowers, but they didn't turn out well.

However, how about this weird find? I would guess it's an oak gall in formation. Quite odd.








On the painting front, I've been steadily working away at the hawk painting. I've nearly finished the body. All that's left is the background (sounds trivial, but it's NOT!).

When it's completely done, I take it to Irelock Imaging for scanning and then I'll put it on my website and this blog. (I apologize for the darkness of the image - it's been overcast all the weekends I've worked on it, so the photos aren't very bright.) Then on to the next project....

Hope you all had a great weekend (and hopefully all three days of it, if you're reading this in the US).