This is The Virgin Mary in her grotto on the East Side of Austin. I feel that she looks sad because she's locked in there, but I'm told that it's for her own good. Apparently not everybody on the East Side respects her the way we do.
Random Photo Day
Stonewashed Ceramic Tiles
There is a round table planted into the ground in our back yard. Barry put some of his stonewashed ceramic tiles on it – to see how it would look if it were tiled. A couple of years later there is a new layer of genuine weathering.
A closer detail, from a slightly different angle
A closer detail from the original picture