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  • From: bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] My ferrocement birdbath
  • Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 08:48:03 -0700 (PDT)

Bev, I finally found the pic of the birdbaths. You have real talent
....bobford


--- On Wed, 10/8/08, eureka AT hctc.net <eureka AT hctc.net> wrote:

> From: eureka AT hctc.net <eureka AT hctc.net>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] My ferrocement birdbath
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2008, 9:43 AM
> 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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