Kay Lodahl Glass Art and Watercolor Painting

Garden shots.... Bee Balm. The plant is about 5 foot tall and 5 foot wide. The bees are happy Forgot what these are, maybe a straw flower family member? They are so bright and cheery. Notice how the color doesn't blend from brown to yellow like most flowers would. Almost a direct line. Unique. These would be fun to do a watercolor painting, perhaps. This part has a covered roof but the evening sun comes in so we installed these drop down shades which help a lot and withstand the late summer breezes we get through here. Do you like our little wood stove? It is actually a functioning item. We have it hooked up to a propane tank under the deck and use it when it gets cool. We just open the door after the iron gets hot. No ashes or smoke in your eyes and hair. To the left is the hot tub which doesn't show in the picture, so a privacy panel was installed as there is a neighbor way out across the field. I didn't want to scare them off!! (actually I do but that will n...

This is behind the house last year. You can see the deck was just put up and if you look at the top of this picture, that is where the lavender garden is now. Same garden here but one year old this summer. All creeping thymes, ornamental grasses, drought and deer tolerant. The posts have been installed for the pergola on the deck. This is the lavender garden just south of the house with a dry river bed along the right side of the picture. An old single plow as a yard ornament behind the ash tree. Ground covered in red cinder rock and all the rocks surrounding the gardens are from a big pile in one of our fields. My handsome, talented, everworking husband installing the beams on the pergola. Almost done. Just need to add the 2x2's now for additional shade... my job is to hand things up to him to avoid up and down on the ladder.... and then come the grapes!! He has all the railings up now for the deck and pergola. Turned out to be a very nice sanctuary. Look how tall those...

Another life begins.. Only 10 hours old this big guy is! My friend's mare had her first baby. This is a Missouri Fox Trotter and this guy is a real people horse. The mare had such a hard time, she didn't want anything to do with the baby at first. After hours of supervision to make sure she didn't harm him, her mothering instincts took over and she is now very protective and figured out this guy can relieve her discomfort so is constantly encouraging him to nurse. Thank goodness. But the true story is he thinks people are his! Great weather today and tomorrow and this is really good since we have a couple of contractors coming to start work on a pergola on the whole back end of the house. We desparately need some shade there and a pergola provides that without the worries of a snowload. And it will be good that we can set up some privacy for the hot tub (not that there is anyone around that gives a hoot!) And is it any surprised that I painted more faux bricks in the house?...