Disaster Strikes..

...for me anyway! Not so much for anyone else. LOL

You see, while the crew was digging the holes in order for placing the piers under the foundation, the ground breaking and hitting the soil so close to the house made one of our pictures on the wall; fall to the floor. Okay, the placement of a chair, in front of the picture, for reading [our library] is in the corner and on an angle. Behind the chair, I thought, was a safe place to put my Halloween Witch Hat Clock. Out of harm's way where it wouldn't get broken...ever. Guess what? Yep, the heavy framed print fell right on the brim of the witch's hat!! Broke it. Shattered! I was going to throw it away and search Amazon for a new one just like it. Well, I found the exact clock! But...thing is, the price was jacked up nearly 500% of what I paid for it years ago. [the price tag was/is still on my broken one] No way was I gonna pay that price. I then decided to piece it all together...collecting the shards on the carpet. That was something I wouldn't wish for on my worst enemy...super glue, fingers, and small pieces don't work well together. I again was ready to throw it out. But then, I got an idea. A wonderful, awful, idea.....get some air dry clay and patch it up.

I cut a piece of screen and glued that to cover the large gap on the underside of the brim. Went inside and removed all the super glue on my fingers, and opened my clay I purchased at Michael's Crafts. Started to place the clay over the screen. So far, so good! There is still a lot of experimenting and sanding and matching paint, but I think it will suffice. The $10 clay and my time is less expensive than a used clock thru Amazon. And that is not figuring in shipping and handling!!! Keeping my fingers crossed this repair project works. My luck tho, once it is complete [thinking positive], the clock will no longer keep time [not so positive]. LOL

In the interim [72 hours for clay to dry sufficiently], I took a short walk along the Oso Bay Wetlands Park the other day. At the time I arrived, one of the ponds was nearly covered with open white water lilies. I went snap happy! They were all so pretty and delicate looking. The stillness of the morning enhanced the quiet solitude of the walk for me. I enjoyed the silence and birdsong too...