My Quirky Yard and Some Crafts

Finally got the yard stuff outside and also had the dump run guy come and take a bunch of stuff away so things are looking better.  We've had a stretch of great weather though.  Perfect to sit outside.  We got the new a/c units in and we're ready to usher in summer.  Time's just going by way, way too fast. 

Finally got the HP signpost put outside.  I wish the pole had been longer but it's good for a first try.

When I got that birdbath, it never occurred to me what a pain the ass it would be to keep clean.  It's plastic and lightweight and the scum grows incredibly quickly.  If I had known that, I never would have gotten one.  I'm on the fence if I'm going to bother keeping it filled this year or buy a plant and put it in the bowl.  I know the water is good for the birds and bees, but scrubbing it every couple of days is definitely not what I'd signed up for.

I saw a project where someone bejeweled a pink flamingo so of course I had to make one.  I used a clear silicone glue and worked on it over the course of a few days.  The weather was so perfect and it was really zen to stick the stones on while listening to the wind and the birds.  

This represents about 2 or 3 days of work, about an hour or two per day.

I really love how it came out.  

It's very sparkly.

My flamingo usually resides in the front yard but this was way too much work to possibly have stolen, so it's in the back.

My friend Jack sent me a Metal Earth Empire State Bldg. kit.  He had attempted the Chrysler Bldg. and got so frustrated he dumped it down his garbage chute.  I figured this one would be easy and quick.  Oh was I ever wrong.  The copyright year on the kit was 2011 and I could tell that this was of lesser quality than their current kits.  The tabs and slots were off by just enough to make one part meet and the other almost meet.  I had to force the pieces in and that caused the metal to bend inwards.  The pieces also broke really easily.  By the time I was done, I had abandoned the tab method and was gluing it together.  It was coming out so bad that I had to finish it to see just how awful it would look.  hahaha  

I call it the 'Day After Tomorrow Empire State Building, Post Flood'.  

I've been wanting to try some different mediums on the glass frames, besides doing beach themed. The gears and stuff on this aren't really pink, it's a reflection off my shirt.

I wasn't sure if marbles would work and stay put but they did and the effect is pretty cool.

And one with glass tiles.  

I did a couple more piece of organite but I wasn't happy with the results.  I have to figure out how to suspend the stuff within the resin because it all sinks to the bottom.

Flowers and Decorations

It's always nice to see the pretty flowers emerging in the spring.  Our reward for putting up with the bleak, cold, grey, bucket of suck that is winter.

My friend Miki gave me these awesome purple crescent moon lights.  They are solar powered too.

Had to have this.  It was on sale marked down from $20 to $5.  Score!

Glass floats and whirligigs.

Sure wish lilacs lasted longer.

My jam packed kitchen window.

Miscellaneous Spring Shots

The first three pics were taken at the end of April up in Plymouth.  Spring has really struggled to arrive this year.  It's been so cold.

We had one really nice, warm day around the 14th.  If I'd known that was going to be it, I would've enjoyed it more.

I didn't make this.

Really want to make one with coloured glass next time, but this was a good prototype to start.

The next day was freezing cold.  It didn't feel so bad at first, so I took off on a mid morning walk around the neighbourhood in shorts, tshirt and without a jacket.  That was a huge mistake.  I was frozen by the time I got down to the beach.

Looks so warm doesn't it?  Nope.  Cold wind too.

At this point I cut the walk really short.  I was going to walk to Taylor's Point but there was just no way.  

I just love this intersection.  It's just so unlikely to have where you lived and where you moved to as a street sign.

I will bum hard if we go from ice cold to hot and humid.