This year the Bearded Iris have bloomed three times. During spring some stalks were about 5 ft. tall, extremely unusual.

Drawing a male Howler monkey with oil pastels; reference photos taken at Dallas World Aquarium. I set my glasses down and went for a break then came back to find that this is where I placed them.
Our house is along a flight path, about half an hour from the DFW Airport. The skies here are fantastic, and when photographing what I thought was just storm clouds, I later noticed that there is a tiny-looking plane in the upper-right. Lewisville, TX