Kirigami Star

Well, I actually did start on the mosaic today, by which I mean I opened the box and drew the design on the wood. I'm going to have to dig out my safety goggles first, though, before I start cutting the glass.

In the meantime, here is a kirigami star that showcases my inability to cut paper with scissors.

In remodeling news, I no longer have a old tub in the grass next to my front door. My internet and phone are working, and my washer is hooked up to the drain again. I'm not sure how life could get any better!

A Rainbow Star In A Dichromatic World

My internet and telephone woes were solved this morning (30 minutes before the AT&T technician was scheduled to arrive) when Brandon suggested that maybe they had switched the connections inside the house. I stupidly didn't even think about the fact that they would have needed to get into the water heater closet as part of the pipe replacement. (And everything needs to be unplugged in order to open the door to the closet.) Oh well. I switched the connections and lo and behold the internet was again at my disposal.

Anyhow, I still haven't done my test mosaic. (My excuse this evening, if you want to know, was dog agility.) So I decided to make the rainbow star:

I realize that this doesn't have the traditional colors of the rainbow. This time it wasn't actually my fault. The kit only came with seven colors and I needed eight. I improvised.

Wednesday seems like a fine day to make a test mosaic...

Crimson Star and Crispy Wires

So I came home from work today and I had all new copper pipes (replacing the crumbling galvanized pipes) (woohoo!) and... no phone or internet. Mind you, this is the third time in three years the U-verse has gone out -- once was due to Scooter, once due to The Only Squirrel In Woodland chewing through the wires, and this time... I'm guessing it might have something to do with the pipe replacement. (We won't talk about how I'm connected to the internet to post this other than to say that they never told me I couldn't...)

Some of the insulation looks a bit crispy...

Anyhow, I didn't get to the mosaic again today. I think that's the real theme of the month. In its place I give you: the crimson star. Yet another sixteen point star. And again it has sixteen points!

Tomorrow I shall find a whole new way to avoid starting the mosaic. Stay tuned!

Procrastination

Well, I didn't progress very far with the mosaic...

...which is to say all I did was pick out a piece of wood for the practice piece.

So in the meantime, here's a random assortment of points put together. Not exactly a polished piece...

Perhaps tomorrow will be the day I unbox the mosaic pieces.

Mixing It Up

It's half a curvy star and half an open star and just a bit of a mess in general.

Tomorrow I'm going to make an attempt at a mosaic. I fully expect that to be a complete disaster.

Is That The Sound of Trumpets?

I finally broke down and made the dreaded sixteen point star.

And look, it actually has sixteen points.

There's nothing more to say. Clearly I've mastered the thing now.

Propeller

We'll just call this one "The Propeller".

On the remodel front, my new tub is in the spare bedroom, and the rose color on the walls is going to look awesome after I find the right decorations.

And on a completely unrelated note, if you watch a few episodes of Foyle's War and then walk around the neighborhood and see weird blow-up Easter bunny decorations in the trees, you might think the city is under attack by horrifying creatures parachuting down to the ground. Just for a moment of course. Just for a moment.