Posts Tagged ‘Shells’

Making nature into what it isn’t.

DSC_0713

A Starfish Sea Urchin.

DSC_0707

Dead Coral Growing.

DSC_0718

Shells in the Sky.

IMG_20190401_164410891_HDR

Sea Glass on Solid Ground.

DSC_0705

Sponge Flooring.

DSC_0704

Plated Turtle Food.

Nature doesn’t need me. I pluck it from its home and it bring it to mine.  I need nature. 

DSC_0709

As I am begging for inspiration, pleading for motivation, I cage nature.

IMG_20190330_144444920_HDR

There is sits.  Mocking me.

DSC_0706

My mind rolls around these visions in my head as the sea rolls around glass, making it solid so you can’t see through it, you just see it.

IMG_20190401_164633524_HDR

I stole from nature for my own pleasure.  To turn nature’s art into my own.

20170801_190206

Who was I fooling?

IMG_20190420_105523633

Nobody can do better than this?

578691524.jpg

But Yet I Try.

My Vintage Watercolor Pencil Version of the photo of nature above.

I won’t try to insult it by calling it anything other than “Sand Sea Sky”.

20190509_171812-ANIMATION

Why I love Photography, I pluck it from where it is supposed to be yet keep it there.

Thank you for allowing me this musings.  I hope you enjoy and will visit again.


Screenshot_20190512-145323

 

Mix an Outdoor Shower and a Visiting Sister…

20160822_175434-1 (1)

And you get Motivated to Build an Outdoor Shower Enclosure!

20161215_120759

 

Our Home, The Gnomad Pad, is in Florida where Outdoor Showering is Quite Nice. This Shower is in a Corner were the Air Con Unit and Near Where We Put Our Garbage Pails so we decided to Hide it all, not only Naked Bodies.

Well, after many discussions between the Hub and I, it was decided that the Fencing Needed to be somewhat Mid Century-ish and there will be an Arbor.  Lots of sketches were made and Pinterest posts were looked at…and finally we agreed upon a Design.

20161215_165328

The Shower area is coming together.

20170303_124635

Fencing is done…but not the Arbor.

IMG_20170307_132154_631

Using the Shower Before it was Done…but the Arbor is Up!

20170310_091703

The Staining Process. I stained the Whole Fence and The Hub did the Arbor.

Okay, He Built 96% of the Entire Thing On His Own!

20170310_115423

It’s Done!!!!  Even with Bougainvillea planted to Climb up the Arbor!

You may notice the far right gate door is darker.  Well, when one goes crazy staining all day without mixing the gallon of stain, the bottom of the can is darker.  What is done is done, but there you go…Do Not Do That.

20170310_115438

The Shower Outside…

20170310_115040

And Inside…Even with a Dedication Sign to My Sister!

IMG_20170309_083359_776

I Did The Shower Floor…And I am Digging it.  Simple Blue Spray Paint, then a Wash of Light Blue Paint Brushed over it.  Rocks, Shells and there You Have it.

Had the Board Laying Around and Just Handed Painted it.   My Sister Loves Mermaids and she is Fighting Cancer, So I Made the Mermaid Bald.  She also has a tattoo of a Starfish because if they Lose Arm, they just Grow One Back which is a Testament of How She has Lived her Life.

Cancer will Not Beat This One.

20170308_111327

One side of the shower is open to this large bush.

20170310_120235

The Very Cleaver Hub Came Up with a Non Rusting Door Latch.  And he Made it with Love.  The Wood Had a Heart on it and he Just had to use that Piece to Go There.

20170310_120143

That Little Blue Dot is how you Unlatch the Door.  So Cute and Cleaver.

And if You Want to Shower After Dark….

20170310_131156

We made a Light out of  a natural Cup Sponge found on the Beaches in the Keys of Southern Florida!

Can’t Wait to See it Being Used for a Mini Family Reunion This Summer!

Homes…

One Step at a Time!  Next is the Back Patio!

20170308_093023

We did Plant these Palms Hopefully to Grow and Block Out the Neighbors Ugly Side Yard and to Block the Neighbor Out too.  All our Neighbors are Great Except this One Person, who Killed Our Orange Tree. See an Earlier Post to Find Out How I Made Lemon-aide out of that Dead Orange Tree at  https://ourownbigworld.com/2014/10/08/passive-aggressive-diy/

 

20170308_092917

Now We need No Rusting Matching Patio Furniture.  I am Making Sheer Flowy Curtains, but there Needs so Much More Work to Be Done!

Stay Tuned!


RoamingGnomadGraphic