{January 6, 2011}

There's not much of a story behind today's photo, but I really like the texture. This...ball thingie...came in a bag of a bunch of other ball thingies, pine cone halves, dried mushrooms, and other flora looking pieces from Michael's. I also purchased a large glass vase that I filled with these decorative "gems" and placed it on the mantel above our woodstove. What I didn't know at the time was that the mantel was not attached to the large brick cornices it sat upon. I discovered this precarious situation when a friend of my son's rested his hand upon the mantel only to have it tip...and everything come crashing down. Of course the vase shattered into a billion pieces and I've yet to replace it. For now the ball thingies and their friends are living in a gorgeous handmade wooden bowl a former co-worked crafted for me. I'm not sure what I'll do with them, although they do make for some interesting photographs.

On to the pic...{click to view full size}