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Brenda Griffith

Glass artist, author, spinner, weaver, wife, mother, gardener, novice beekeeper, intrepid creative explorer.
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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...
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Day 26
A Room Full of Spinners
My spinning retreat in north Florida #thursday #afternoon #january
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Day 77
Cashew Tree In Roatán
Wish we could grow these in Austin! #morning #saturday #tree #leaf #holly #march
#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...
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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...
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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...
#6
Day 6
Sunset Over Scully
When we moved into our house this year we found "Scully" nestled in amongst the prickly pear cactus and live oaks alongside the dri...
#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...
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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...
#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...
#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...
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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...
#4
Day 4
Spinning Wool Into Yarn
Hand-spinning hand-dyed Corriedale wool roving into fingering weight yarn. #evening #wednesday #january #shoe
#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...
#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
#110
Day 110
The beds are almost all planted!
My husband likes to say he's always liked botanical gardens, he just never thought he'd own one! #thursday #afternoon...
#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...
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Day 126
The Last Of the Easter Candy
Cleaned out all the Easter baskets today and consolidated the candy into one bowl. The poor bunny is missing most of his...
#139
Day 139
Buying Glaze At Armadillo Clay
#friday #afternoon #may
#226
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...
#299
Day 299
Here Comes Halloween
My daughter told me recently that Halloween is her favorite holiday. So this year, for my daughter, I really outdid myself on the...
#27
Day 27
The Grounds
#morning #nature #friday #landscape #tree #vacations #january #palm-tree #season #vegetation
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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...
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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...