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Bev, I love the birdbaths! I had no idea you also had an 
artistic bent. I also enjoyed your garden pics. Thanks for 
sharing.

--Sage
Way Out in Texas


On Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:44:28 -0400
 EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Today I sealed and finished my birdbath. I got the 
> pictures of it up on 
> the Myspace page (myspace.com/tervetuloa13). They are in 
> the 
> Miscellaneous Stuff album.  You can't really tell from 
> the pictures, but 
> it should hold about two+ inches of water in the middle.
> The orange 'flower' and yellow sunflower was made with 
> leftover cement. 
> I just slapped some over a small pot and then a small 
> bowl to give it 
> some depth.  It seemed a waste not to do something with 
> the leftover 
> cement.  At the time we did it, we had no clue as to if 
> it would even 
> turn out.   No one wanted those 'scraps' but me.  I 
> thought I could make 
> something of it.  Flowers came to mind.
> There were four of us, and we each made a big leaf like 
> this.  One 
> person made a medium sized leaf, and the other three of 
> us made an 
> additional small leaf like the big one.  All of these 
> look so good!  The 
> picture just does not do it justice. The big leaf is 
> about 18x24".  It 
> was really fun to make, and now we are talking about 
> making more to sell.
> Speaking of selling, I could not find a buyer for the 
> red rat snake so 
> as promised, I intend to release him tomorrow.  I did 
> take a picture of 
> him in the dirty little aquarium I put him in, but I 
> noticed that this 
> morning his color has faded in captivity.  His 
> coloration has definitely 
> muted somewhat, but he is still a very pretty snake. 
> Animals that can 
> change their color have always fascinated me.
>
> Bev, wondering if it might be better to just stay up all 
> night..
> --
> "The nine most terrifying words in the English language 
> are: 'I'm from 
> the government and I'm here to help.'"  Ronald Reagan
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