Scraping Ice -- a Touch of Winter

I had to scrape ice on my windshield and my rear window.

Even had to run the defrosters for awhile 

to keep them from fogging up again.

Such hardship!!

:-p

A few more Fotos

This foto does not do this justice ... phone camera.

You really have to walk around and look at all the things incorporated in this sculpture to understand it.  The artist calls it "Magus" (magician)

This is a simple line-up of sculptures going back to his shop.

Bitter cold wind blowing in today ...

Had to put the blankets on the doggies to take them for a walk.

Fotos of the Day

Brian made this little shack on a trailer from mostly scrounged materials, 

so he could use his cooker/smoker to make & sell BBQ.

The Health Dept. said he has to have 4 different stainless steel sinks (one for washing, one for rinsing, one for sterilizing with bleach, and one for something else) ... along with 2 separate sanitary food preparation surfaces.  That's all in the shack.  You'll find him out at the cooker or sitting in the rocker on the porch.

The chicken (made from chrome bumper parts) is still there.

Old style housing ... complete with chairs on the porch 

and a window A/C unit.  :)

You do notice how as this is winter-time.  

All the pecan trees without leaves and such ...

and rain on the ground ... 

while the daytime temperature hovers between 50 - 65 degrees.

Time to put them thick warm jackets on.

Yep ... definitely winter.

Fixin' to be plantin' time in another month.

Dance of the Scorpion

There is this welder/sculptor that I went to visit.  

It was fun talking about his abstract works, how and why he put various things in the piece.  I also took him some bicycle parts for his use (I'm trying to cut down on my bicycle scrap pile ... to make my landlord's mother happy).

Anyway, the artist/welder calls this piece:

"Dance of the Scorpion"

It only weighs about a ton ... he's looking for someone with a heavy-duty forklift to move it once he gets done polishing it up and putting a clear coat on it.

In case Sheila T is wondering, that brown on the the lower right flat panel is not rust.  It is actually shades of brown crayon with some red crayon and streaks of light blue crayon ... then he puts on black ink ... and finally buffs it with soft cloth gloves.  Lastly he covers it with a clear coat to preserve it.

Just think what fun things you could make and put in your living room.

Ron = artist/welder

Attire for WalMart

I get this kind of flack over going to WalMart vs. Dollar General

Or maybe it is just over whatever I'm wearing on any given day

... except church.