Making another stair basket

 I have almost completed making the second stair basket for a custom order.  I work in the well lit studio in the basement

 This basket is made from 1/2" flat cane, dyed brown for the stakes and bases. The weavers are seagrass.

The flat cane is dyed in lighter and darker brown for quite a pleasing affect. I will complete the basket tomorrow. New furniture was just delivered so I am planning to test out the recliner sofa all evening.

Memories of 2012

 Visiting Disney in Orlando with Nathan and his family and Julian was the highlight pf the year.

 On the way back from Florida, we visited Roanoak, Virginia. Lots of railroad memorabilia.

 In Ottawa, our cycling group, "The wheels of fortune," toured many parts of Ottawa and the surronding countryside. This was a new sculpture on the banks of the Rideau Canal.

 One of the many basketry sales venues I visited during the year.

 A stair basket.

 One of the tools of the basketry trade: a lash buddy.

 A Victorian English shopping basket.

 One of the smallest baskets I have ever made with grapevine bark weavers.

 The solar panels in winter after being shovelled off.

And the luxuriant garden in early summer.