Rainy Birthday Surprise

Jimmy has been working in the hot weather after work
this week to finish our dock.
He finished it last night, and set up the chair as a surprise
so I could sit there this morning for my birthday.
Do you see the rain drops in the water???
It hasn't rained all summer, isn't life ... FUN!

New Window in Old Window

My first stained glass window project turned out pretty well.

Alligitor Slide

Glass and ceramic tiles,
stones, smalti, and an
alligator, can you find him?

Totem Pole Planter

In November, 2011 the Totem Pole project began in the Chicago workshop
with Sherri Hunter Smith. 

The Four Piece Concrete Totem Pole Planter is finished and in place,
let's see, 8 months since I began her!

Keeping Time

Mosaic Clock with Gold Hands.
Making clocks, a good way to feel
 in control on how I spend my time....

Garlic Harvest

This years garlic crop is good.
It will be a challenge to save some to
 re-plant in a few months.

Flower Eating Tiger!

I usually have too many bunnies, or ground hogs,
or deer eating my plants.
This summer there is a Tiger
in my garden!
Grrrreat.

Happy Holiday!

4th of July Morning, before it gets hot out.
Quiet, cloudy, cool morning with 2 cats in the yard, well,
there was a moment ago...

Art Barn gets a new Bathroom Floor.

A visit to Venture Kitchen and Bath in Plymouth
to select tiles for our weekend project.
Jay and Michael let us go into the back room
and choose as much as we want for a great price.

Cleaning the bathroom floor
before laying tile.
Note the 3 pencils behind the ear...
important to have that for this kind of job!

Calculating how many tiles are needed and
what size to cut the 18" porcelain tiles
 (imported from Italy) into.
Decided to cut the tiles into 6" X 6" tiles.
Note the clip on magic marker in the front of the shirt...
important to have that for this kind of job!

First batch of thinset mixed up
 and the tiles begin to go down.
Ok now, try to get some of that thinset
onto the tiles, Lynlee.

Well now, this ones says it all, eh?

Groutin'!
Selected a color to match the larger tiles color
so the little colorful little tiles stand out.

Big Leaf

Concrete Castor Bean Leaf on Barn,
nice country scene here on the
Joy Road Farm.