---- colours of the past week ---- 5.10.2026 going up, down, and around for blooms #791232 Purple Sanicle surveys at Mill Hill #ff0000 the nursery's Columbines #e10697 darkest Sea Blush on Mt. Blinkhorn #f5d700 Amsinckias unfurling in classic Boraginaceae style #27272f the Bees that are our new roommates 5.3.2026 Trial Island yellows in late April #ede300 pin flags marking Velvet Grass removal progress #cee338 ground is lava but it's Bear's Foot Sanicle #dedb89 KEXMIN and taste memory #ffce00 Jon's jacket #ffe600 seeing and now knowing Golden Paintbrush 4.26.2026 the overwhelming joy of witnessing spring #715fd8 Camas gradient component; Common Camas flush almost everywhere #f6dd24 neighbouring Western Buttercup in the seed row at the nursery #a38820 evening golden hour on Mt. Blinkhorn from the kitchen window #63a7c6 Large-flowered Collomia's anticipated anther colour #ce442f Harsh Paintbrush on the side of Alan's Alp trail #273939 dark Mason Bee head first into Camas pollen ---- captain's log ----- 5.11.2026 Severance but it's online identities. Check https://www.are.na/block/46033672 for the finished painting that deserves to be scanned, and https://www.are.na/block/45921677 for the o.g. in 2018. Can't get Bus Stop Chairs to print in the margins at the library :/ Listening to Actress being the best https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARHA-P6JOOY. 5.10.2026 Worked on creating website using GitHub pages on ye olde command line. Listening to Kam make plans for visiting Calgary and enjoying how many ways our cat Glenda can find comfort in bed. 5.1.2026 Surprised that this chance venture into the slow web has begun so much. Working on filling in a website (https://flexvolcanic.rodeo/) as a better place to store finished drawings and host fun activities for guests, then updated progres on Bus Stop Chairs Vol. 1 (https://www.are.na/block/45797994). Listening to https://frankiereyes.bandcamp.com/album/originalitos and gazing over the laptop to a golden sunrise. 4.23.2026 Popped a squat on my new front lawn here at special fish and found myself a nice place to start storing my drawings (https://www.are.na/flex-volcanic/). Listening to https://janjelinek.bandcamp.com/album/loop-finding-jazz-records and feeling cold at the tips of my fingers.