A block of styrofoam packaging came in the mail the other day with something I ordered...  Rather than tossing it, I decided to sculpt a birdie for the yard.  Having never tackled such a thing, I approached it in a rather staight forward manner...  kind of boring... :(
So I added a wormie :)...
1. Sculpted Styrofoam
2. Styrofoam covered with Plaster Canvas
3. Wormie (added for interest)!
Next comes a layer of ThinSet and then... MOSAICS!!!

Slugs Aren't so Bad

About 14 years ago we discovered two cats eating bird seed under our bird feeders. Someone had abandoned them and they were struggling to survive. Having several indoor cats, we attempted to merge them into our happy menagerie to no avail. So we bought a wonderful heated little pet condo for them and now we feed them milk and cat food twice a day.
Today as I was picking up their dishes, I wondered what on earth are those brown slimy things??? I got down on my knees and discovered… Sammy and Sally Slug!
I watched them nibble at Tyger and George's scraps! How fascinating to watch - their antennae stretching and shrinking - their mouths (?) eating the morsels of food! God's creatures both great and small are a miracle to behold!

Reina de la Noche (Queen of the Night)

This morning I received this beautiful gift from the Reina de la Noche!

Isn't she lovely?  She blooms in the night and so one must watch and wait patiently!

And oh she has the most heavenly fragrance!

Longwood Gardens

Spent an incredibly beautiful day at Longwood Gardens with my hubby and friends…

Baby Nuthatch

Is this sweet or what?!

Hubby and I have been watching Nora and Norm Nuthatch manically maneuver in and out of a bird house we mounted on an ash tree in our yard years ago and until this year, interested none of our feathered friends!

Ah-ha!  Babies!  And isn't this one *sweet*?!

And "momma" feeding little Noel...

"Dad" was just out of camera range on the left!  Wow!  They are good parents!

Worldwide Water/Whale Wave Meditation

I was happy to join in this wonderful worldwide effort to focus on the restoration of the earth's waters at a beautiful lake near my home.
The first image combines a view of the lake with a carved whale tail super-imposed...  A beautiful piece that represents balance and harmony...

The water table was high and there were plenty of turtles and fish.

I looked into an old barn and found that the swallows were building their mud nests in the old beams...

It was an incredibly beautiful day!  Perfect for a meditation on the restoration of God's waters, the whales, and all living creatures...