Tuffy P has been at it again. I went out to play Go last night and came home to some new mosaic in the kitchen…the polar bear comes from a place called Nice Old Stuff in Jarvis Ontario. Tuffy also came home with a… Read More
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Spring garden clean-up
Tuffy P has been working on cleaning up the front gardens as the season’s new growth begins. In a few weeks, this photo will look very bare, but for now the garden looks fresh and clean and full of new growth. Tuffy has planted a… Read More
Not even flat surfaces are safe….
I was out in my little workshop working on a banjo and when I came in, this piece of furniture had been transformed….
Kitchen Mosaics
Tuffy P is at it again…. Note the sleeping dog in the front hall…har!
Suggestions?
I’m looking for a quick and easy way to break old crockery and tiles into tesserae for mosaics. We bash items with a hammer and we use nippers to do more controlled work, but when you’re doing a large mosaic, creating the little bits is… Read More
Bear’s breeches and a scarlet tanager
I like the latest bird mosaic sitting in the garden behind the bear’s breeches because you don’t see it right away when you walk into the gardens. Eventually, those bear’s breeches will expand. We’ve seen them with many spikes. When that happens, the scarlet tanager… Read More
New Bird in Town
There’s a new bird in town. Look…there, behind the bear’s breeches. You mean that red one? Ya, ya, that’s the one. You got the field guide? No, I thought you brought it. I think it’s a Scarlet Tanager. Really? Ya, a Scarlet Tanager.
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