Popular Post Rockytime Posted May 6, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted May 6, 2020 (edited) My mom was kind of a homespun artist. A lady born and raised on the North Dakota prairies with a fourth or fifth grade education. In spite of her lack of a formal education my mom had so many accomplishments. The painted cream can is a sample of her work. Our home was so unique people would come to visit the inside. It was kind of a very nice mini museum. Our yard was equally unique A good portion of the yard was decorated with geometric designs made of colored glass. My mother collected buckets of Noxema, 7-Up bottles, Pond's Creme and other colored glass. She would smash them and shake them for hours until the the sharp edges were worn off. She would use these to make colorful designs in the yard. In the fall all the glass was picked up, washed and saved till the next spring. She was a glutton for hard work. Sorry for the rambling but I've always been so proud of her! Edited May 6, 2020 by Rockytime Typo Charlie E, RabidAlien, namunolie and 9 others 9 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjR Posted May 6, 2020 Report Share Posted May 6, 2020 Very neat. As a ND farm boy--I hauled [plenty of those! I still have one too that I used to lug around. Rockytime 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie E Posted May 6, 2020 Report Share Posted May 6, 2020 Wish you had a picture of the smashed glass designs. That's sounds cool! Nice job on the cutting. Rockytime 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted May 7, 2020 Report Share Posted May 7, 2020 Nice job!!! Seems to fall in the collectable category now!!! Good job!!! Rockytime 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodduck Posted May 7, 2020 Report Share Posted May 7, 2020 Your mum sounds like a remarkable woman. Rockytime 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted May 7, 2020 Report Share Posted May 7, 2020 Ramble away, I loved hearing about her. Great cutting , well done Les. Marg Rockytime 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrolling Steve Posted May 7, 2020 Report Share Posted May 7, 2020 Nice work...an even better story...Thanks for sharing ! Rockytime 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxfold Posted May 7, 2020 Report Share Posted May 7, 2020 Nice cutting, fabulous story. I loved reading about your mom, Rockytime 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Monk Posted May 7, 2020 Report Share Posted May 7, 2020 Nice job on the scrolling. Thanks so much for sharing your story. Rockytime and danny 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveww1 Posted May 7, 2020 Report Share Posted May 7, 2020 fantastic job of both cutting and the painting by your mother. Rockytime 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denny Knappen Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 Wonderful story. Quite an artist. Rockytime 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spirithorse Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 Wonderful cutting! Is that a pattern I saw recently by Jim Blume? Nice memories of your mom. God Bless! Spirithorse Rockytime 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockytime Posted May 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2020 Don't know for sure who the designer is but I loved the pattern. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
namunolie Posted May 9, 2020 Report Share Posted May 9, 2020 nice work~ your talents are probably from ur mother Rockytime 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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