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Brenda Griffith

Glass artist, author, spinner, weaver, wife, mother, gardener, novice beekeeper, intrepid creative explorer.
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Day 117
After Glazing
The first image of this piece went up on March 3rd. It didn't turn out too bad! #thursday #food #evening #bowl #april
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Day 137
My Great Grandfather 100 Years Ago
Tonight I took a picture of a picture that I found on the Internet of my great grandfather who was a preeminent pho...
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Day 154
Stripping the Cedar
These are the pieces of all the juniper cedar trees we removed to make way for the new gardens, pond, and apiary. The bark is bein...
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Day 172
Dinner at Our Favorite Polson Restaurant
Welcome to summer at the Lake in Montana: Blues, Booze and BBQ! #outdoors #evening #wood #house #wednesday #t...
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Day 173
Working In My Montana Garden
I love summer in Montana! It's not too hot to garden. In Austin now it's too hot for me to even be outside for more than...
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Day 177
Ripples on the Water From the Water Strider
It is hard to see how deep this water is as it's so clear. This spring used to be the source of our drinki...
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Day 178
Portrait of an Annoyed Cat
Kaiju does not like being photographed, and he is particularly huffy today as he heals up from fighting with a neighbor's c...
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Day 184
Cat On a Railing
Pavlova is a bit out of focus, but I loved this shot of her twisting around and walking along the railing above the stairs. #indoors...
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Day 187
My Mother's Roses
One of the joys of my summer in Montana is tending my mother's roses. Last winter was especially harsh, and at first it looked like...
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Day 212
Festooning
This is one of the frames from my Top Bar hive. In this kind of hive, the bees build their comb off of a wooden bar on the top with no othe...
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Day 226
Harvesting Cochineal from Cactus
While we were in San Antonio a couple of weeks ago I harvested a bunch of cochineal (little red bugs that feed off th...
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Day 230
Products From the Apiary
These wonderful candles, lotion bar and lip balm are not made from honey and beeswax from my hives, but I learned to make the...
#233
Day 233
The Eclipse At Its Peak (Austin)
This photo is the closest I got to seeing the actual eclipse. We only got 65% in Austin anyway. I didn't have glasses...
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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 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 302
Minnie Mouse Zombie
I did not edit this photo in any way are set any special effects. I took it as my phone was on the fritz and dying, and got this w...
#43
Day 43
Wind chimes In the Oak Tree
From the back deck of our house looking at the wind chimes with the live oak and bromeliads behind them. #afternoon #sunda...
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Day 45
Nature's Colors
#afternoon #tuesday #february
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Day 51
Goodbye Wisconsin
Cattails and white birch line the winter landscape--the epitome of a winter thaw in Wisconsin. #afternoon #landscape #monday #sky #c...
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Day 67
Focus On the Back
I was taking pictures of the wildflowers in bloom today, and though it wasn't planned, this turned out to be my favorite shot becaus...
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Day 74
Night Over the Ocean
Roatan. #evening #water #sea #wednesday #city #sky #sunset #architecture #river #bridge #device #ocean #pier #waterfront #march #...
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Day 94
Negroni After a Long Day
Dinner out with the spouse after taking the dog to the vet twice today, and trying to manage landscaping contractors and task...
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Day 101
Lichens
Researchers from my alma mater, the University of Montana, have made a major biological discovery: Lichens are not made up of a fungus and an...
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Day 113
Wanted bee pic, got cat-in-lap pic.
Today was all about picking up the new bee colonies and setting them up in my hives. However I was unable to take...