The Dreaming Porch

had been neglected for dreaming and cleaning.  So I decided it was time to "get 'er done". 

My swing, a gift from my daughters

and a table I made with scraps

The far end with the repaired chair.

Hoping to find some time to dream.

Raising The Dragon

The Dryad/Tree/Dragon rested where we left her after my great discovery and rescue.  I was beginning to think she looked more like Alien than the dragon I first saw.  She had to be moved

to enable her to take flight from this perfect stump Hubby found.

Turning her carefully we hold our breath. Placing her in the right spot was important.  Andrew and Hubby knew and were very gentle with the placement.

For now she rests ready to take flight waiting for me to give her wings.

Even with my extra pieces piled on top when I wet the stump beneath she became more real.

It will be a challenge helping her escape.

Playing With Chairs

If you haven't noticed, I don't throw much away.  I certainly have been enjoying the shop since it's cleaned and organized.  Decided to have a go at a couple of chairs that needed repairs.  This was what I found inside the chair after I removed the broken seat.

Bottom of the broken bottom

So a piece of SCRAP wood was found, seat traced, cut and covered.

Notice the new wood in back?  That piece was always missing since my daughter gave me this chair. She knows I love projects.  Hubby came to help me solve this problem.  Again, with a found piece of wood, we traced and cut and fit and refit this piece...three times.  Finally got it in the slots without breaking it!  Good thing, too, because we were on our last piece of this thin wood. Just have to stain it to match and put the chair under the dining room table.

This chair is one of a pair of old office chairs from my screened porch.  I had recovered them with oil cloth but one had gotten wet.  Chip board does not do wet well.  Needless to say a bottom needed replacing.  I was having so much fun I failed to photograph that process.  Solid, recovered and will last much longer since we used plywood.

Always something to do around here.  If you have some spare time, come on over.  I need help.

A Redesign

I can't help it!  I can't do one thing and be done.  Remembered when I moved my bottle tree?  (Making room for my dragon) Well, I didn't like it after it was moved so I added some limbs, gathered some more bottles, dynamite wire, soldering wire, glitter, and paint

Instead  of hanging the bottles upside down, as is standard, I turned mine right side up but not before some changes. 

I covered the opening with foil to avoid paper wasp building and water standing.  I added paint and glitter inside the bottle.  The bottle chose its own look by the way the paint ran. The glitter is very sparkly in the sunshine.

The tops were wrapped in soldering wire or dynamite wire for hanging.  The soldering wire is very easy to bend and adds some shine to the look.  The dynamite wire is thinner and plastic coated.

I added my holey rocks or Crone Stones or Fairy Rocks...whatever you prefer.  Legend is you can look through these holes and see the fairies in their realm.

No bottle washing for me.

That will be up to Mother Nature.

The top bottle is soldering wire, the bottom dynamite.

Even Hubby asked how those bottles turned that color!

I added Dad's spark plugs since I had a bucket full from cleaning his shop.

I think it's an improvement.

I may change it again tomorrow.

We Must Remember

we are different, yes
we change, yes
we are what we do.
we must hold on to that
if we lose that last spark
of humanity
then we become THEM
and we have lost

To Honor Those Lost in Senseless Tragedies Around The World Every Day

Imaginary Garden With Real Toads

I seldom have writer's block but most of the time I do feel unworthy.  Many pieces have gone into the trash for that very reason.  I feel I am good at some things but not great at anything. I think maybe it's a problem many have to a certain extent.

This is the most honest paragraph I have written in a very long time...Thank you.