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I already posted a video of our hike.  But here are some photos too. Wabash River. Ravines and sandstone gorges. Tulip poplar blossom.

Do you see the turtles sunning themselves?   Yesterday my friend and I were doing some plain air painting and drawing.  I mostly did sketching.  It was the perfect day with not a cloud in the sky.  Plenty of birds and flowers blooming.  The trees finally leafing out.  Woodland plants unfurling their petals.

While nothing beats a high-quality camera, I often capture wonderful images I can turn into art on my iPhone.  I currently have the iPhone 7Plus which has the upgraded camera.  I used it for this shot taken in "portrait" mode, which blurs out the background to create the depth field.   But more importantly, I use it in moments when I don't have my camera around and it's just convenient.  I probably wouldn't have got the picture any other way. It's really in these fleeting moments that make for great art. Even this still life photo I took is from a now deceased friend's home.  She was old.  She is now gone.  I will be painting it in both watercolor...

My daughter, Audrey, is a talented photographer.  She recently took these photos of me.  I love the greek-goddess halter style flowing gown she let me borrow.  Necklace is my own. You can't tell.  But we were getting eaten alive by mosquitos.  I think they really cut short our photography session.  But we got some nice shots anyway.

I didn't paint this spider's web, which was photographed in Idaho.  But I did use it as inspiration for the watercolor painting in this video: