Have To Share My SIL's Garden & Green House (PIX)

rebbetzin

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Last Tuesday we were in El Paso for my husband's grandmother's funeral, she just turned 91 last month. Lived a very good life. We will all miss her.

Anyhow, after the services we all went over to my SIL's for lunch. We hadn't been there in a while. And she has really gone crazy with glass beads!

Here are some photos, you will have to do a bit of "study" to see everything in each photo.

Here is a Peacock panel at the back wall of the covered Patio.
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This is the stairway to nowhere, it is to at some point in the future lead to a craft room on top of the garage.
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Here it is from a different angle.
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Here is a fun one of a Rooster crowing at the sun.
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Here is the grape arbor, decorated with glass beads.
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This is the back Trellis, it is also decorated with glass bead work, but harder to see.

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This is sort of treehouse/deck with a nice little "cubby" of seating under it.

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This was a really fun project! The Green House.

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Here is a close up of the roof/ceiling.
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There are 90 individual panels each a different design.

In the greenhouse are two benches that she covered with old family photos then put an epoxy coating over them.
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Here are a couple of close ups of the photos on the benches.

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Isn't that a neat idea for glass beads?
 

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How fabulous! That just blows my mind, how much time that must have taken to put together, but what a result! Are these made with those flat glass marbles you can buy by the bagful? Those mosaics are really something. Now that's some garden ambience!
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That is UNBELIEVABLE. I can see doing one mosiac, but that many? WoW...it must have taken years. Bet she had a great fun time doing it! It is truely a work of art. Beautiful!

Mary
 

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That really looks magical! Can she give us a "how to" lesson? She is truly an inspired artist!
 

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Wow, it kinda sums up a beautiful life with such a beautiful garden. It would be very hard to be sad there. Thumbs up to your SIL
 

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