Looks a lot better doesn't it, and now it can hang in there a bit longer as it is much more stable too.
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Old Chilcotin Basket in need of help
Here's a wonderful old Chilcotin coiled burden basket. It was really fragile. I restored it quite a while ago but thought I'd put it on with the after restoration photo to show a bit of what I do a lot of these days.
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Thursday, January 10, 2008
our new equipal furniture
the top photo and bottom one show the furniture. middle is the kitchen part of this room. this furniture is great. very rustic. if you turn it over you can see that the seat is supported by a woven mat of some kind of natural cane type material and it is all fastened together with vines. the wooden pieces do have little nails in them. all the wood but the very bottom is hunacastle (not sure if that is spelled right) prounounced " wan a cost' lay" which is quite resistant to attack by bugs, especially termites which abound, to say the least in the area. i put a paste wax that smells like kerosene on it as best i could to help keep bugs away too. the leather has to be treated a few times a year. we got a 6 foot couch, a 5 foot couch and two large chairs (sort of in between loveseat and regular chair size) for $600 usd. not bad!
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
hibiscus in our garden
aren't these gorgeous? the bush is right next to the steps down to the lower level of the house. it's usually loaded with flowers.mexican spider
check out this amazing little spider! when i first saw it i thought it's back was a leaf or some bug that the little black spider had caught. on close inspection i saw it was the back of the spider.
trying to get motivated on a cold january day
today i decided to write a little bit in here. first of all, is anyone out there? like does anyone check this? not that i have sent the address to many people. just wondered. it's been a bit of a struggle to get motivated since i got back from mexico. what is it about being able to get up and go outside and have your morning coffee on the deck or garden and watch the sun come up that makes a person feel so much cheerier about the coming day? i dont' know but i do know it makes a difference. this morning at 7:10 am i stuck my head out the door to see kris off to work and it was just plain old nasty out. thick rain showing in the street light glow and really quite cold. made me want to go back to bed which i did but couldn't sleep so just got up. it's about 1pm and i'm almost ready to face going down to work in my studio. not that the work is bad or the environment either. it's nice. i just have some perverse thing keeping me from going. so..........................here are a few more mexico photos.
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
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