Before our company moved last autumn, they dumped a lot of stuff. This lamp is aluminum, and the light socket rattles around in the base when you pick it up. I like the shape, the fluted sides. I’ve used it to light up plants when doing the assignments for a botanical drawing class and the instructor wanted us to use one definite light source. I didn’t quite like that way of drawing because I don’t care to work in a semi-darkened room. Usually I just "wing it" when deciding where the light is coming from in my drawings.

The Everyday Matters Yahoo group launched a weekly drawing challenge, with shoes for the first subject. Here’s a favorite pair of clogs.

It’s far from spring here in the Midwest, but last week my supermarket had small primrose plants for $1 each. I bought one each in yellow, deep violet, and bright red, and have been eyeing their saturated hues (the red is already fading), and drawing them in pen and ink.