There's a shopping center that I like to go to, mainly because of Border's Bookstore, but sometimes for Chipotle's burritos. This particular center used to be a cherry orchard back when Silicon Valley grew more agriculture as opposed to new technology. I'm especially drawn to these beautiful mosaic towers and mosaic benches that is the artscaping. (Okay, I don't know if that's a true word, but since we have landscaping, softscaping and hardscaping, this just seems to fit in. Plus it's important to have art as part of the environment.) I don't know who the artist is. I'll have to look more closely the next time I go there.
Here's one of the towers (notice the grey skies above, yes more rain is in store):
Here's a closer look:
Another side, isn't the orange section gorgeous!
I'm now thinking that I need to incorporate this somewhere. Our front steps are old concrete right now. I'm thinking that I should take a cue from Dana's mosaic front steps and do something like that this summer. That is of course if my DH likes the idea. I think that first I should stain the concrete to look like old terracotta tiles then do the mosaic only on the sides of the two steps. Could be an interesting way to add a hint of color to the front of the house.
I also think that this could be a great start to a quilt sometime ... I know, after I finish the doll, the wall-hanging and the three baby quilts. Lots of UFOs flying around here. Plus I have more freelance work to finish before Passover.
