Our DEEEELICIOUS HANDMADE PIZZA!!

Driftwood

Shadows on the wall

The Muffin Man!

It's official, I'm no longer a muffin making virgin.  My first muffins turned out quite well and they tasted delicious!!  I wish I could share them with all but for now these pictures will have to do.  ENJOY!

store bought -vs- organic free range

Can you guess which eggs were store bought and which ones were from chickens raised free range organic?   It's not too hard is it!?  and yes they taste as good as they look.   For those of you who are still guessing, the free range organic are the big firm bright yellow ones in the center.   These eggs came from my brothers farm where he raises, among many other delicious things, free range organic chickens.    I'm always amazed how much better they are then the eggs at the grocery store.  This picture reminds me of the old saying, "a picture can tell a thousand words"

Oil Can "TANK": new view

Found "ready-made"

I found this "hand" in the wall of an old house I was working on a few years ago.  I was tearing the old lathe and plaster wall down when I came across this lathe "hand" nailed around an electrical outlet.  I was amazed at how much it resembled a human hand with four fingers and a bent thumb.   I left the nails in the hand, it was nailed to a stud, as a reminder of where it came from.

Forest Spirit

I found this amazing "mask" growing out of the side of a large tree that had fallen in my parents woods.  The tree looked like it had been burnt at one time, hence the darkness of the wood; I suppose it could have been caused by lightning.   I'm fascinated by how eerily realistic it is, the nostrils, the large menacing eye and the closed or missing eye on the other side.   My theory is that it was once a powerful forest spirit who must have done something to anger the Gods so Zeus punished him by sending a lightning bolt down from the heavens and this burnt mask was all that remained as a reminder to the other spirits to behave or else!   Hmmm... I hope I didn't anger Zeus by removing it from the tree.   The way I look at it the tree was dead anyway so actually I prevented it from rotting away... so Zeus should be pleased right?  Nevertheless, I think I'll play it safe and stay inside the next time there's a lightning storm.

NEW WORK: part 3

Plastic flip top creamer cap

"Phantoms' Flight"

SOME NEW WORK: part 2

From the inside looking out: views from my new apartment

SOME NEW WORK

It's been awhile since I've posted anything significant.   Life has been a little hectic the last few months.   I decided it was time to move.   I said goodbye to idillic little Perrysburg, loaded up my car and a few trucks  and moved lock stock and barrel to the Old West End near downtown Toledo.   If you're not familiar with the Old West End, it's the largest neighborhood of late Victorian, Edwardian, and Arts and Crafts homes East of the Mississippi.   The Toledo Museum of Art is a few blocks away as well as the Glass Pavilion.  I'm ten minutes from work, eight on a good day, and about five minutes from downtown and my studio.  So yeah life is good!  Once I get "settled" and get some sort of routine going, I'll be posting more often.   So anyway, I was in the studio the other day doing some "organizing", It's amazing how much stuff you can accumulate in a few years; as I often do, my mind started wandering and "playing" with the things I was organizing.  These photographs are the result of my wanderings.  Needless to say, I didn't get much organizing done... oh well- I guess that's what an art studio is for.   These photographs would not exist if it weren't for my "playful wanderings."   ENJOY!