Happy Birthday Benny!

 

Benny  turns 3 today!  So happy

he's doing well as I lost my last

giant at 2 1/2 from a sudden heart

problem.  So I thought  I'd show a few

pictures of him over the past 3 years.

This is him at approximately 10 weeks old. 

Such a little guy

 

 

 

 

Ben, before he was neutered as he

was becoming mature and trying

to figure out how to get to Gwenie

 

 

Awe.... I miss that little guy

 



  

 Seem's no matter what I name my animals,

they end up with nick names.

His are, Benny, Boo Boo or

just Boo!

 

 

He truly is a gentle giant.

The only time I've ever seen

him mad and he grunted at me

was when I didn't open the

cage door fast enough

so he could go in and

 eat his fruit treats.

 

 

Acting like a real bun digging in the garden... 

 

Yes he is a portly fellow,
I am trying to get him to drop a few
pounds, but it is easier said than
done.  I think one of the reasons
this 18+ lbs big guy is not a chewer
is that he's obviously not starving
Ha, ha, ha! - no jokes aside we will keep cutting
back and trying to loose some!
 

 

Hoping for many more years with this

big sweet squishy bun!

 

 

 

 

 

How will my garden grow...

I took a week off work to do things that I enjoy, that I never seem to have time for with the everyday grind.

 

 

For most of my life I lived in an apartment. My Dad was in the military so we traveled and moved a lot. I lived the majority of my childhood in Germany in government quarters.  The plus side is our family got to travel all over Europe.  Later I moved out to an apartment, then condo.  So I never had my own yard until now.  My quest is to grow everything I ever wanted to grow and make it look pretty...

So there's not a square to spare! LOL

 

 

So that may explain why I enjoy this so much.

Here of pictures of what I did this week.

 

 

I planted 10 flats of flowers, veggies and herbs.

 

I moved my easle out on the deck.

I will finish this painting this summer!!!

 

In the upper left panel of the lattice this girl built her nest.

 

 

 

 

 

The tree's we planted last year after

the big apple tree falling

over are doing great, and so are all the plants

underneath I had to move around and replant

 

 

 

There are vegetables & herbs in the

fenced in area, they just are

little and gotta grow!

 

 

 

This little family is living on the

house on top of my garden

 arbor.  I want to stain it again and am

patiently waiting for them to move out!

 

 

"Wait me to me too!"

 

 

 

We have lots of gold fish in the pond...

 they had babies, but I love the fat body

gold fish.  I got a few little guys to

 sit in a bowl on the deck

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I went to the barn a lot on my vacation.

Hottie got her first bath of the year.  I installed

a new stall guard for her. ~ the plaid thing...

So the door can stay open and

miss nosey can look around.

I got my horse tack box and her brushes

all clean and sanitized.

 

I also worked on pottery

It was a wonderful week for me!

 

 

Warmer weather in Michigan

After a long and very cold winter, we are finally

Seeing green in Michigan

 

 

My seedlings are doing well in the greenhouse.

 

 

Benny even got to go out in

 the veggie garden area.  Our yard

Is fenced in but Benny is

 a "scaredey bun".

He's timid and things scare him.

 I let him in my smaller veggie

garden area  so that I can catch

him if he panics and doesn't

 run under the deck.

I will try and let him out

 on cooler days so that he

moves around more and maybe

Loses a pound or two.

He's a big chubby slug.

 

 

Blue forget me nots are blooming

 

 

 

 

I love violets, one of my favorites

 

 

 

 

these are pine berries I bought on-line

 and started in this pot in the

Greenhouse because it was

 so cold here. They are white

strawberries That supposedly

 have a pineapple taste.

  We'll see what they taste like.

They will be transplanted next

  to strawberries into this new

 bed my husband made for me.

 

 

It's on the south side of the

 house so it gets the

Most sun, next to my raspberry

 and black berry bushes.

 

 

I thought it was cute!

Bunny lounging next to bunny statue

 

 

My first flower shopping haul,

I can't even step into the greenhouse to

Water.  Gotta do some re-arranging.

 

I'm excited to plant and see things

Grow after such a terrible winter.

 

 

 

A Garden Theme

A work in progress

 So I'm still keeping good on my New Years resolution to make more art. Let me just say for those of you that get to do your art full time, I envy you!  No I don't make a living from my art but I still have to make stuff. It's just how I'm wired, and I can't imagine

how it would be like to be different.
 

 

Most days I have to clamor just for 30 minutes of art time.  So to do it all day, everyday

is just a dream. I like to imagine what the possibilities of what I could create would be.

 

 

I did something different with this one

 and stained it to darken

in the details.  I was happy with the results.

I am  always thinking of what

 I could do with this or that, or what I'd like

to put in my ideas file for when I have time.

 

 

Another small plaque I dropped off for firing today.

 

 

 bowl and two more to be fired....

 

 

 

I'm wanting to keep this one for my garden.

I have so many bunny things so this

would be a pleasant change.

 

 

This is a first for me. 

Adding clay sculptures to bowls. 

Will see how I elaborate on this idea

 

 

I also like this one.  I'm keeping it,

  See that's my biggest problem...

I have a hard time parting with pieces I make that I love

Does anyone else do this?

 

I've took a week off at the end of

the month just for me to do fun stuff I enjoy.

I'm so looking forward to it!

 

 

 

 

Rabbit Tiles

 

I picked up my tiles from being fired.

I'm happy with how the colors came out.

Next time around I will

do the hanging holes different.

this is where they were made

 to fit above my kitchen sink

 

 

Making these has inspired  a million ideas.

I'm excited to be passionate

about new art ideas!

This weeks art...

A quick post on what I did this week art wise...

 

 

Got my glaze all applied to these tiles.

I took Monday off work, just so I could

do  art stuff.  I had a pretty productive
day. And made these large tiles.

 

They are 12" across

 

This clay is all wet and the

details will be fine tuned

When the clay dries

 then off to the kiln place.

 

This clay is Terracotta,

 and will have rope strung

 through the holes.

They are designed to hang

 on a Shepards hook in a flower bed.