Hot Melted Butter...

I was making chicken tikka masala for dinner the other night. I poured olive oil into a skillet, and then put several pats of butter in. As the skillet became hot, the butter started melting in a very interesting pattern:

almost fern-like, or like an undersea coral. I don't recall having seen it melt like that before, or maybe I just didn't take the time to notice such things, have you?

One more picture of some beautiful blooming rhododendrons:

Almost to the end of my series of blooming flowers. Next up will be dogwood and peonies, once they bloom.