Bear gets Approval

I didn't make as much progress this week on my life-size limestone sculpture as I would have liked. The temperatures dropped mid-week, and there was even hail, sleet and snow.

This is the front view of the sculpture...

...and this is her left side.

One of the main events this week was 2 car loads of visitors from Norton Kosair Children's Hospital, who came out to approve Meg's Grizzly Bear sculpture. The temperature had dropped 40 degrees from the day before, which was a bit of a shock, after several days in the 70's and even 80's.

This Tennessee Pink Marble fountain bubbler that I made, found a new home.

In spite of inclement weather, the wildflowers made their first appearance this week. Spring is officially here.

April showers...April flowers

On Tuesday April 1, I cut my hair and got a job....not!

The sculpture for Green Bay is looking pretty good. The first half of this week was spent further refining the current forms on side B. There was considerable work on defining the outer geometric ring.

This sculpture has been fairly restless. It's being set back upright with the gantry crane. Meg does the work, while I watch.

By the end of the week, I have refined and polished the 2 geometric rings. This is side B.

This is side A. The sculpture looks like it is nearing completion, yet there is quite a bit of finish work to do.

Waterfalls and wildflowers are the theme of this weeks extracurricular pictures.

This is the first year that I've noticed these White Trout Lillies.

These Yellow Trout Lillies are only around for a short time.

We went exploring up in Yellowbank Wildlife Management Area on this sunny Sunday afternoon. We followed a stony bottomed creek.

A little further down, we found this little waterfall and a secluded pool.

Further down the creek was another waterfall and pool. This one has a live tree that bridges across the top. It'll be a great place to sit between slides into the pool when it gets hot.