  We have measured the times of onset of recent fadings in four R CrB stars --
V854 Cen, RY Sgr, R CrB, and S Aps. These times continue to be locked to the
stars' pulsation periods, though with some scatter. In RY Sgr, the onsets of
fading tend to occur at or a few days after pulsation maximum. We have studied
the pulsation properties of RY Sgr through its recent long maximum using (O-C)
analysis and wavelet analysis. The period "wanders" by a few percent. This
wandering can be modelled by random cycle-to-cycle period fluctuations, as in
some other types of pulsating stars. The pulsation amplitude varies between
0.05 and 0.25 in visual light, non-periodically but on a time scale of about 20
pulsation periods.
