....when you're having fun, or visitors. It's been a busy summer with lots of company - all of it welcome, but it sure did cut into my painting time. On the other hand, I had lots of opportunities to wander around assorted places with our nifty new digital camera, discovering the most incredible array of colours and patterns in the world of insects, spiders, and other little creepy crawlies.
Probably almost as much time was then spent, usually in the late night/early morning hours, scouring the bugguide website to figure out what it was I had all those pictures of.
The first subject from those excursions has made it onto canvas - a grass skipper, nectaring on dame's rocket. Hopefully more will follow - I have enough reference materials now to keep busy for a good long time, anyhow.
