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Subject: [Homestead] My ferrocement birdbath
Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:44:28 -0400
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
[Homestead] My ferrocement birdbath,
EarthNSky, 10/08/2008