Patchwork fields

Thinking about my bottle tree.

I've been wanting a bottle tree for a long, long, time. The first one I ever saw was way back when I was at AU. I kinda had a bottle tree (bush)while we were at Bell Road, and I moved my small collection of Blue bottles. After almost loosing the collection to a clean up effort, (I can see where they may look like drunken garbage)I decided I better plan my bottle tree here at ThirteenEleven. Our yard here is still a bit of an overgrown kudzu jungle, and I think there is a fine line from a bottle tree looking junky rather than artsy, cool, and historic so I am not sure the timing is right for the tree. These are some Ideas that I like, I tend to favor the more organic looking trees over the post looking trees, and I definitely like the all cobalt blue trees over the multi colored trees.

Winter Wonderland

View from a Restroom Window in Banff Springs

Russian Icons

Yesterday, I decided to drop by the local Art Museum. (Originally a jail.)

I went to see a private collection of Russian Icons.

I thought I would share these snaps from my cell phone of the one and only.......

SAINT NICOLAS

a little closer.......... he looks like "the one".
this representation must be a younger version...
and here........ another representation of Saint Nick....

It is hard to believe these are egg tempera on wood/board and several centuries old.

There are actually a number of Russian Icons listed on ebay......

You have to see this blog....DailyCoyote

All of the photographs are copyrighted (or I would show one here)but there are some incredible pictures that tell the story of raising a coyote, Charlie, in the wilds of Wyoming. Love it!!!!

http://dailycoyote.blogspot.com