Even the tale in reverse remains immutable once told

Lead with that left lull, then quicken the dread.

We hunch and grimace, as remnants from the greatest generation linger in their perverse stances.

During the last days of Standards...

Maniacal gestures stutter along the road to Professionalism...

This weeks images drawn from plants at the Cleveland National Forest, near Lake Elsinore, CA.

Help with species identification welcomed.

September, and the heat of the closing summer depletes even arid plants of life.  
The difference is so slight.

<A few of the first weeks' sketches were triggered by photographs; references cited>

photo: Allen L. Schaben, Los Angeles Times

photo: ?, UVa Magazine

photos: Thomas Victor / Tom Sewell, LA Times