Color Challenge Thursday Green ~ Drama Updates, Fractals, I need help.

Soooo ... What is it? I think it sort of looks like a sea of green rings with waves headed our way.

I might spend the rest of my life just making fractals. They're fun, whimsical, slightly out of control, unending ... I could go on .... I'm sure I will ... but let's do that in another post.

So, let's see ... drama. Where did we leave off?

The two inches of water in my basement have been evacuated. But OH MY the stench that's left behind! I've been clearing the air with diffused essential oils throughout the house. I've stopped coughing without ceasing. OH and I found out that the face masks rubbed with just a bit of essential oils make awesome inhalers ... well and I don't have any reaction if I wear said mask into the room that is currently trapping all the odors and mold and mildew that seep out of the basement door.

Yes. yes. This basement recovery is still an unfinished but progressing project.

The cause? ummm er ... Tractors? crushed drain pipes! AND My washing machine (usually) drains through the (un)crushed drain pipe ... so ... Where did the water come from? It was laundry water plus water that can seep through from the ground ... but probably 99% water from my washing machine because it couldn't drain out.

Fortunately, we've not been out constantly playing in the dirt or the motor oil for the last month. And I've been using Epsom Salt as a fabric softener because it breaks down the soap so well. That's a nice thing because we line-dry, not machine-dry, our clothes. (No. I don't want a dryer.)

The last time I needed a refill on the Epsom Salt, @mitchmiester spotted some at Lowes in the garden center. When he brought it home, I noticed it has sulfur in it (because that helps plants fight mold, fungus, and mildew). Well guess what! That specific bag of Epson Salt couldn't have been better chosen if Yehovah Himself, had pointed it out to @mitchmiester. I can't imagine how scummy and how much worse it would have smelled.

As far as downsizing goes, I'm still working through lists (mainly in my head) of what I most want to keep, ditch, etc. And as far as imminent changes in @mitchmiester's employment goes, they haven't figured out how to finish "the must be finished project" without him, yet. We're still fairly sure that sooner than later we'll be loading our "gypsy wagon" so the main pulling vehicle is getting attention. The gypsy wagon itself keeps ending up looking like a tent. I dunno. Time will tell.

@violetjoy and family, is still at the home of her husband's parents. I very much want her to tell ya'll her story. I keep gently nudging. This fire scare is just the latest in a long string of events. She had hoped to post a fire update for ya'll by now but ... I'm sure you're not going to be amazed by this, now they are struggling with "colds." She's pretty sure it's a legit cold aggravated by the smoke. As far as her little town goes, the fire fighters are more optimistic that they can keep the fire away. But ... and besides ... the smoke in that area is much worse than where she is.

This little fractal below is an overview of the fractal above. It makes me think this: Our life is not always as we see it. Sometimes we're just too far down into the waves to see that the wave crests are really the pinnacles of our life.

I need fractal help! @fractalizer, @woodywood143, and @armincopp. I've checked the forums and as near as I can find, I'm unique. Still. When I save files (any file) or create folders while in JWildfire (yes I reinstalled Java and made triple sure the 64bit installed) they simply do not show up in the Windows File Manager, nor can other image related programs find the files nor the folders. It's like nothing is getting written to disk. But JWildfire sees all of the data!?! ideas?

UPDATE: It was my so-n-so anti-virus putting JFirewire and several other Windows10 Apps in a "sand box" type situation!! Growlllling over here!