I was cleaning the unused paint off of a palette pad and was about to crumple this up and toss it...then I saw a fence and tree stumps and water and a meadow and sunlight through the tree branches.

Didn't make it to the trash.

Then I tried doing some silk ribbon embroidery from a little bitty purse kit that I bought many, many years ago and misplaced and then found again last month.

Isn't it adorable? I don't usually do adorable...

Silky looking mold

Ive had a Stay-wet palette for several years. Love it. I have one brand of black acrylic that consistantly spurs strange growth though. This batch was really pretty, but I had to toss quite a bit of paint and a new palette sponge.

Looks like silk roving...

I was tempted to let it keep growing, but I needed the palette.