More from the Santa Barbara Tennis Club Show

Watering Can with Plumes

Here is the watering can on display at the Members Only Show at the Santa Barbara Tennis Club. I went out to the club pool area and cut these beautiful plumes from the  grasses that line the walkways.

Peacock

And to the right is the peacock. The frame is a cupboard door that I got at our local Art From Scrap store. Like the Habitat for Humanity Re-store, Art From Scrap receives donations from a wide variety of vendors. I can always find something useful there.

Grouting Day

Another busy day of grouting. The peacock on the left had a few pieces dislodge when I grouted it a couple days ago so I reglued the pieces and regrouted. You can see the charcoal grout over his head.

I also grouted two more round pieces; a mandala with hearts and the tree frog. Unfortunately, I'm not happy with the grout on the tree frog. This is why I hate to grout! The grouting itself is not bad, but picking the right grout color can make or break the piece. Tomorrow I'll take pictures of the finished products.

Then we have the kitties staring out looking for creatures. This is where they like to sit when I'm working on a piece at the big table.

And at last, they have a rat on the run below. I hope you don't find these pictures too graphic. A while back I had an infestation of rats in my garage. This was before I had my young cats and Orange Boy was just too old to get up into the rafters. The rats made nests and chewed up suitcases and ate books and paper products. It was really a mess. So it's better now that they are kept somewhat under control.