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Brenda Griffith

Glass artist, author, spinner, weaver, wife, mother, gardener, novice beekeeper, intrepid creative explorer.
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Day 269
Nesting
It's fall and I can feel myself nesting and settling into my environment for the long winter ahead. #indoors #evening #wood #house #tuesday #h...
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Day 268
Wood and Steel Class Tonight
Zaga and I learned how to plane boards, trim the sides with the table saw, and use the biscuit joiner tonight in class as...
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Day 267
Another Ironclad Beetle
I know I have already posted a photo of an ironclad beetle, but I love the color and texture contrasts on this one, and how cl...
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Day 266
Harry Dean Stanton RIP
Harry Dean Stanton was an amazing character actor and his performance in Repo Man is one of the things that makes it a classic....
#265
Day 265
Finally Have Our Front Door Back!
Still needs to be painted and the main panel replaced with stained glass, but it's good to be done with the construc...
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Day 264
Some Days It's All About the Solitaire
Today was one of those days where I got almost nothing done, and my major accomplishment of the day was winning...
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Day 263
Shirts For the Souse
Have finally started making Hawaiian shirts again for my husband. #afternoon #old #color #wednesday #art #wall #people #sculpture...
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Day 262
The Lady Is On the Hunt
This is the second, large, female preying mantis I have seen in two days. Both of them looked ready to bite some poor male's h...
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Day 261
My First Attempt With an Oxy-Acetylene Torch
I learned how to cut metal tonight with a torch. Next week I'll see if I can weld with it! #old #evening...
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Day 260
Perfect End To the Werk
Chocolate bread pudding with whipped cream and a balsamic vinegar drizzle made by my spouse, champagne, heavenly scented roses...
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Day 259
Wood-look Tile
Considering using this wood-look tile for our bathroom remodel. It has a great blue cast and goes really well with a blue grey natural...
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Day 258
Blue Pine Slab
Finally unloaded the trailer today. It had my new woodworking equipment and the massive slabs of blue pine that I got in Montana this s...
#257
Day 257
Tree Writing
#thursday #outdoors #nature #afternoon #landscape #wood #tree #sun #park #weather #leaf #branch #bright #daylight #trunk #growth #environ...
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Day 256
The Bees Make Sculpture
One of my hives needed more frame space for their burst of growth during the second nectar flow. Before I had a chance to take...
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Day 255
Weird Comb
I don't know what it is about this plastic frame in one of my beehives, but the bees have started building out a really unusual comb on it....
#254
Day 254
Learning To Work Steel
Tonight was my first class in metal and steel. We practiced cutting steel with a chop saw and welding with a mig welder. We als...
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Day 253
Hay Bale Bison
In some areas of western Montana in the fall, it is a tradition to make art from big round hay bales. This bison is made form a round b...
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Day 252
The Flower Girl
Charlotte the adorable flower girl (and my uncle's granddaughter) at the wedding of my beloved uncle Ed and his equally beloved bride,...
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Day 251
The Bride, the Groom, the Granddaughter, the night before she he wedding. Learning to square dance again
#friday #afternoon #september
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Day 250
Smokey Evening in Montana
The glow under the street lights isn't fog or snow, it's smoke from the forest fires burning all around western Montana #thu...
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Day 249
New Shirt For the Spouse
Going to a family wedding in Montana this weekend and the spouse needed a new shirt so I made him one today. #portrait #outdo...
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Day 248
Ironclad Beetle
I found this beetle outside my front door today and with a little research discovered that beetles in the family are often used as ma'...
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Day 247
Looking Back On the Yard
The entire picture was of the front (construction) door, the sidelights and the transom in preparation for replacing the cons...
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Day 246
Gallifrey Does Yoga (Again)
I wish I could do frog pose as well as Gallifrey does. #portrait #evening #sunday #dog #little #animal #studio #hair #fur...