Update on the Current Mosaic for the Upland Kingdom Hall.....

               I am so excited about the progress of this mosaic so far!

 For the last two weeks I really have not done anything on the mosaic 

because

 I have been out of town and then I got sick.

 But we REALLY do have a great set of leaders and volunteers 

who have just taken the "bull by the horn's"
so to speak

and it is so much appreciated!!!! 

(So much less pressure on me!)

WHAT A GREAT JOB THEY HAVE BEEN DOING!

Look at the progress!!!!

As you can see this mosaic is underway.
We began cutting the various colors and sizes of glass for each section.
Margaret has been placing her mark on the mosaic with the beautiful mountains and she is using her creative spirit with the rest of the problem areas. Boy are we glad to have her on board again!

The water is coming together flawlessly! Love the various shades of blue and the iridescent glass that Kim and his volunteers are using. 

Tina has moved on to the front after she worked on the foothills. Notice how she tied in California Poppy's and green foliage.

So here is the view from up on top of a ladder. This gives us a better picture of the area's that we need to adjust and really helps us to appreciate what the finished product will look like.

So it is coming along pretty quickly thanks to the volunteers that have been here working tirelessly.

Margaret sent me this picture today with some more progress. I am hoping to get there tomorrow to finish off the clouds and to help out with the shore line.
Isn't It beautiful!!!!

Ladder View.... Looking Good....
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, to those who have worked so hard on getting this mosaic almost completed so quickly!!!
Completion Date Goal: May 30, 2015

New Mosaic Is Underway......

As if my life were not busy enough.....I've begun work on the next mosaic along with a few good friends that have volunteered their time and energies along with me.

So here it goes....

We are hoping to get this one completed

and installed by the end

of May!

We had a pow wow to figure out where we were going to start on this one.
Checked to see if we have enough glass, got supplies together
and got started cutting!

Mapping out this mosaic is going to be very challenging!
There is a lot of green and brown in this one and
what looks like a field of flowers is
in actuality a forest of trees!
I'm already stressing!!!!
So we are going to go with the flow and start with the easy parts....
the sky, the water and Margaret has already got her groove
going on the mountains.
This is the actual picture that we are working with but we will be
doing our interpretation of this picture in glass
just as we did the last mosaic.

This mosaic will be installed on the exterior of the Upland Kingdom Hall
hopefully by the end of May on the other side of the building.

This was the first completed mosaic installed.

So I will keep you posted on our progress and hopefully it will go as scheduled.

70th Wedding Anniversary Party!!!!

Last Weekend we celebrated the 70th Anniversary

for some very special friends.

Anton & Dorothy Eastergard

This is a picture of them back in the day

and a

beautiful picture of them today.

We had such a great time with friends and family.

It was a formal affair & it gave all of us a chance to play dress up for a change.

We had great food, great entertainment and great company!

Here are just a few pictures of the happy faces that attended this great party!

I know I missed many pictures so if you did not see your face in one I was probably on the dance floor getting my exercise....

What a fun time!

Jehovah's people are truly a happy bunch

and we sure know how to have fun!