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Musings from the Hill Country

Musings from the Hill Country

http://musingsfromthehill.blogspot.com/

I'm retired, live in the Texas Hill Country - a favorite of many - and blog about whatever interests me at the moment from sharing the ends and outs of my various hobbies which include silversmithing, glass fusing, reading, cooking, gardening, and Bible studies, to blogging about our drought conditions and the effect it has on our rainwater collection system.

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  • Measure Twice, Cut Once, Part I

    Posted on Tuesday November 24th, 2009 at 12:30 in texas, Photography, crafts, glass fusing

    It is back to the drawing board to design 5 feet of back splash for our front bath redo.This is the second trial before firing where I used a glass paint and then sprinkled some powdered glass over the wet paint. It did not work out like I hoped. M...

  • Measure Twice, Cut Once, Part II

    Posted on Tuesday November 24th, 2009 at 12:26 in crafts, glass fusing

    Each tile has 5 separate pieces of glass for the second layer.There are 10 tiles and each tile requires 2 gray, 2 light coral, and 1 piece of crystal clear glass. I'm being extra careful in setting up to cut; I'll need 20 pieces of gray.Measure twice...

  • Straight Out of the Camera Sunday

    Posted on Sunday November 22nd, 2009 at 01:36 in texas, Photography, sooc sunday

    To enter Murrieta 365's meme of Straight Out of the Camera Sunday, the photo must be taken by you and no tweaking except for cropping.The 360 Bridge over Lake Austin in Austin, TexasYesterday was a marvelous cold and misty day. I had to cross this ...

  • Ageless - Brenda\'s Photo Challenge

    Posted on Saturday November 21st, 2009 at 16:15 in texas, Photography, photo challenge

    AgelessGodSunriseSunsetEarthWindWaterWoodFirePop over here to see the others who entered Brenda's Photo Challenge.Until next time, God bless....

  • Fall At The Ranch

    Posted on Saturday November 21st, 2009 at 08:10 in texas, Photography, weather

    Fall at our place isn't spectacular, but here it is.Bur Oak - the last to leaf out and the first to drop its leaves.I cannot remember the exact name, but it is a daisy and deer resistant. That particular butterfly loves this bush. You don't see the...

  • This and That

    Posted on Sunday November 15th, 2009 at 07:13 in texas, crafts, General, gardening, glass fusing

    I haven't been posting very often these past few weeks. There has not been time between redoing the bathroom, weaving two scarves for Christmas presents, gardening, Bible study, and then creating a design for a fused-glass back splash for the update...

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