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Brenda Griffith

Glass artist, author, spinner, weaver, wife, mother, gardener, novice beekeeper, intrepid creative explorer.
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Day 221
Working On a Bracelet
My second night of Jewelry 201 and I am already soldering the bezels to the bracelet cuff. this is a fast-paced class! #food #ni...
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Day 220
I'm Sleeping! Don't Bother Me!
I love how cats sometimes cover their faces when they sleep. Kaiju is in my lap taking a snooze and trying to keep the...
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Day 219
First Night Of Jewelry Class
Managed to bezel set both my stones, Wednesday I'll set the bezels into a cuff. #afternoon #old #retro #monday #color #fa...
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Day 218
A Lounging Black Squirrel
I love how all the squirrels we have seen here are mostly black. #outdoors #nature #afternoon #landscape #wood #sunday #wate...
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Day 217
Anole On the Wall
#morning #outdoors #nature #saturday #color #tree #wall #texture #rock #pattern #desktop #stone #climb #rough #geology #flora #augus...
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Day 216
Marigold
Trying out the new camera in Austin for the first time. #fall #outdoors #nature #friday #evening #color #park #garden #grass #leaf #flower #b...
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Day 215
A Small Bit Of Beauty
Walking through a strip mall today on the way to the grocery store I caught a glimpse of a speck of bright color out of the corn...
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Day 214
A Visitor In the Studio
As I was grabbing paper to lack a shipment today I almost grabbed up a studio visitor. He was the size of a young tarantula, b...
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Day 213
Blue Pine
Ready to unload the slabs of beetle-killed blue pine from Montana from the trailer. They're going to be a bed frame and a desk. Can't wait t...
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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 211
Camouflage
It's hard to get an accurate view of the depth in this photo. The water looks murky, but it's crystal clear and the murkiness is sand and a...
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Day 210
The Orchids are Still Blooming!
I got these orchids back in early January and they have bloomed without stopping ever since. I love phalaenopsis orchi...
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Day 209
Passion In the Garden
I discovered one of the passionflower vines I planted in June is blooming and thriving--even if it wants to escape from the bed...
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Day 208
My Nemesis
Turns out I have high blood pressure and probably need to be on medication. Tomorrow the search begins for a primary care physician... #thu...
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Day 207
The Prickly Pear Fruit are Ripe
This year I am going to make some prickly pear jelly, syrup, and dyestuff from our pear fruit as we have so much of it...
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Day 206
And Now Let's Go Sideways!
Yes, bees have incredible spatial sense and are great architects and engineers, but that doesn't mean that some times they...
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Day 205
The Obligatory Surgical Recovery Dinner
Belgian chocolate pudding and whipped cream. All for dinner. All for me. I'll feel better very soon! #food #ev...
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Day 204
Special Treats For the Invalid
I got home from the hospital today and Zaga picked up some of my favorite comfort foods for me--there's also ice cream...
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Day 203
Who Knew You Got Menus and Could Pick Your Food In a Hospital!
I still only had orange jelly and cranberry juice as it's all I can keep down! #afterno...
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Day 202
My Hospital Room
Took an emergency trip to the hospital last night and today this was my only view! #indoors #friday #afternoon #office #light #lamp #...
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Day 201
Two Frogs Hiding Under a Lily Pad
Two of the millions of frogs in our pond hiding under one lily pad Leaf and on top of another. #thursday #outdoors #...
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Day 200
Jessie In the Pond With a Toad
We have MILLIONS of frogs on our pond right now, and there is also one big toad. We hope he's alive. Do toads go into a...
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Day 199
Rose Petals For Jelly
The rest of the petals have been macerated for their flavor, but these will go into the jelly just as they are. #nature #afterno...
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Day 198
For Apple and Rose Petal Jelly
Tomorrow morning I'll pick the roses from my mother's peace rose bush and put the petals into the juice I made tonight...