Most of recent adventures have been to bodies of water; creek side for crawdads, water filled canyons for frogs and swimming, river bed rambling for fish, to the ocean for tide pools and seals. I am appeased by water. Just listening to it and my children's laughter puts everything else in the world on a back burner.
I wanted to make a piece of this for myself at home so I set to work. (forgive me if you don't deem this appropriate but I found it to be as much "art" as anything else I do). We have a friend named Jeff who puts together these amazing frog habitats and I've always been insanely jealous. I used a few of his techniques, such as the false bottom, in my tank. So thanks, Jeff!
Complete with trickling waterfall, natural rocks, driftwood, water friendly plants, and duckweed, this will make a great home for fish, tadpoles, and frogs. I am tempted to set up another for salamanders!
But it wasn't all dirt and rocks yesterday. At one point I paused long enough to grab some green velvet and make a head. Inspired by a doll seen PRIMS magazine (Spring 2010 pg. 93). Mine will look nothing like her but I liked the large eyes and long thin neck. I have been saving some beautiful hand dyed wool that I want to use for hair on someone, and I think this will be her. I am going to attempt hand painted eyes actually set into her head, a technique I've seen and thought about but haven't actually used. Wish me luck folks, and stay tuned for progress.
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