After I finished building this, the customer set up a tri-pod and cauldron, so they can have fires without messing up the stone work or obscuring it in ash.

The cat and I met at an animal shelter years ago--we've been together ever since!

I paint stones using egg tempera--this is natural, homemade paint, made from egg yolk plus water plus iron oxide pigments. Did you know acrylic paint is plastic? That's what acrylic means......sure, painting live laugh love on a rock in your neighborhood probably won't be the cause of a major environmental collapse. Then again, acrylic is plastic and your live laugh love rock is contributing to microplastics in your immediate environment. Sorry! But the good news is egg tempera exists and is a great artist's medium.

While doing some gardening, I found a nice bowl; shaped stone--and set it atop this cairn. When the garden gets watered, by rain or by hose, the bowl gets filled--proving pollinators with a drink!

This one was inspired by a children's story book. Do you remember the one? Where the Wild Things are by Maurice Sendak was the story. Made with home made natural paint, upon a live edge slice of the log.