Archive for May 26th, 2009

My bare naked bird…

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

… you know I used to have a bare naked bird for real.  A budgie named Buddy… he moulted once, dropped every single feather except one or two on his little tiny head, and he never got them back.  A bare nake, ‘plucked’ looking bird.  Oh poor little buddy.  He lived a few years before he went to birdie heaven, where hopefully his angel wings were feathered!

Back to my bird… I made this little guy this weekend, using air dry clay.  I’m not sure how I’ll paint him yet.  I want to make a whole bunch more… it’s kinda zen like to play with mud :)  very relaxing.  (click the pics cuz the thumbnails cut off the beaks)

He’s kinda rough still, not yet sanded smooth – but I don’t think I want him totally smooth, because I like the rough look.

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Veggie Pizza… it’s what’s for dinner…

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

I got so excited making this pizza because I thought to myself  “here’s a great thing I can make for Pearl! for lunch or dinner”, but drat… my darling Amanda is vegan and I don’t think that fake soy cheese will melt.  I’ll keep trying.

Anway, this pizza is delish!

I used Trader Joe’s herb and garlic pizza dough, and made it into a rectangle to fit my pan.  Then I used pesto sauce (because I hate tomato  sauce) and piled on sauteed garlic, onions (oops, Pearl hates those too), zucchini, olives, mushrooms red peppers, and sun dried tomatoes.  Topped it mozzo, smoked provolone, and parm.  Popped it in the oven for 15 minutes and holy cow – the house smelled great and it was delish.  I sent a pic to Pat with my camera phone and he even came home for dinner… oh the power of food ;)

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Another one started!

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

Can you guess what this is?

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I’ve started another cage skirt “doll”.  I construct the cage, from scratch, soldering each wire connection as I go.  I’m not an expert, so some ‘welds’ as my dear friend calls them are bigger than others, but that’s ok – I’m a woman, not a machine, lol.  I love soldering the skirt… more than any other step, it’s the funnest and most gratifying for me. 

Here’s a little hint… later this fall (or maybe by mid to late summer), I’m hoping to teach an online class for this…. is there any interest???

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Do you see in the top, center of the photo… a cement/tiled round thing?  That’s the base for the cage (skirt).  More pics to come as she progresses.

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