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Brenda Griffith

Glass artist, author, spinner, weaver, wife, mother, gardener, novice beekeeper, intrepid creative explorer.
#1 365/365
2 streak
#21
Day 21
Max's Wine Dive
Vanessa's 40th birthday, celebrating at Max's in Austin. #afternoon #saturday #night #january
#27
Day 27
The Grounds
#morning #nature #friday #landscape #tree #vacations #january #palm-tree #season #vegetation
#212
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...
#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...
#60
Day 60
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly on Texas Mountain Laurel
The butterflies of spring are out! They hibernate here, and when it gets warm enough they...
#73
Day 73
Tropical Flower
I have no idea what this flower is, but I would like to find out! I saw a tree with them here on Roatan, and when they are massed they...
#78
Day 78
Goodbye Roatán!
Our last view of the island and the reef as we flew home. #afternoon #landscape #sunday #water #sea #sun #sky #rock #ocean #beach #tra...
#113
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...
#177
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...
#191
Day 191
I Need To Weed My Garden
I had every intention of having my garden in Montana weeded by now, but instead it languishes in the hot summer sun. #outdoor...
#246
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...
#280
Day 280
Home for the next week: A dorm at Arrowmont
Taking a week-long enameling class from Ricky Frank at Arrowmont. Ah student life! #indoors #october #satu...
#297
Day 297
The Calm Before the Cat Fight
Pavlova may be half Kaiju's size, but she is fearless when it comes to tormenting him. He was peacefully grooming on the...
#8
Day 8
Ice on the Pond
While we didn't get snow in Austin with the recent weather front, it has been cold enough for the water from the fountain in the pond...
#26
Day 26
A Room Full of Spinners
My spinning retreat in north Florida #thursday #afternoon #january
#68
Day 68
Pavlova In My Lap
It is extremely hard to do anything with a cat sleeping in your lap. #thursday #night #march #sloth #three-toed-sloth
#111
Day 111
Do Not Adjust Your Television Set
As you can tell from the orientation of the laptop, the cat really is upside down. She likes to hide behind my lapto...
#139
Day 139
Buying Glaze At Armadillo Clay
#friday #afternoon #may
#156
Day 156
Lichtenberg Wood Burning
Today I experimented for the first time with a Lichtenberg machine to burn wood. It is the coolest thing with arcing electric...
#244
Day 244
The Last Two Brownies
Last weekend my spouse made the most AMAZING brownies from scratch that I have ever had (from the cookbook "Bravetart" by Stella...
#93
Day 93
Today's Butterfly
The garden is already full of both butterflies and caterpillars. I haven't even got these plants in the ground yet and the butterfli...
#153
Day 153
First Pass at the Edging on the Pond
Nope. This one just isn't going to work--way too jagged! #morning #outdoors #friday #old #landscape #house #water...
#231
Day 231
New natural Dye Source: Oak Galls
My garden is a great source for natural dye materials. We have dozens of live oak trees, and I noticed today that th...
#258
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...