January 23 -27, 2026 Shoshone, California

 66 and sunny.

Got these two grouted. The honey is for the honey date tree. Medjool and khadrawy date trees. 

I worked on this one for the halaway date tree. It needs grout. Late afternoon light on the city park in Shoshone. 

Raven on a wire. Last light. 

Sunset. New masterpiece. It is made from dyed pine needles, polyester thread, glass beads, pearls, a metal disc and the center is a piece of dichroic glass I fused. 6 x 3 1/2 inches. 

Another masterpiece. It is made with dyed pine needles, polyester thread, abalone and jade beads, embellished with a silver feather pendant and the center is a piece of glass I fused. It is 6 x 3 1/2 inches.  I grouted the piece for the halaway date palm tree.

Mary and Nancy came to visit from Independence, California. John prepared us a yummy dinner.

Smoked pork roast,  homemade BBQ sauce , farrow and whipped cauliflower. Judy made a big salad. Yum yum. I put part of the new walkway in front of the house together. Still needs a couple more rocks and a few mosaics and it will be done. The palm tree at the very top has a mosaic that says honey, that is what kind of date palm it is.

The remodel of the pool in town is looking good. It has cement poured around it now. It will need a fence before it will be open. Can't wait. John cut down 4 huge branches that reached out over the Blue trail, you used to have to crawl under them, Thank you darling!

Water trails on the Aqua trail.  Cool rock formation, two shots of mustard blooms, cryptpanthia, and brown eyed evening primroses. 

Black mountain and white butte on the Aqua trail. Salt deposits in a coyote track, a branch and on mud. Cool water worked mud in the river, backlit grass seeds, desert gold and brittle bush. 

The Amargosa river crossing on the Aqua trail with cool mud patterns.

Backlit phragmites. The bridge through the phragmites that Judy built on the Red trail.

The top photo is the White trail looking west and the second one is looking east. Brittle bush on the white trail.