Timid Toby

Toby is sitting on the (almost completed) aviary which Art has been building. The frame is made with PVC and the mesh is garden fencing. Art has built a lot of small perches for Toby but this is the first big project. When it's finished, Toby will be able to be with us when we're outside and we won't have to keep an eye on him every minute.

Why is Toby timid? And why do we have to worry about him being outside? Because right after I took this picture I looked up to see a red-tailed hawk (who lives on the next street) circling directly above. Maybe he was looking for chipmunks, but Toby is also a tempting morsel.

More Mosaic Photos

Here are two more pictures of the mosaic. The piece was commis-sioned to fill a blank wall outside our side door, which is the door facing the road and the door most people use. This is the full view of the mosaic.

Another view showing the blooming lilies. Susie made the flowers in the picture to go with the flowers in the flowerbed by the door -- red hibiscus, orange lilies, and blue bellflowers.

(Artwork copyright 2009 by Susan Barry.)

Toby's Day Job

Yes, Toby has a job. He is a professional artist's model. He has posed for Christa-phora Robeers' advanced students at Crossroads Art Center and recently sat for Susie Barry, a mosaic artist at Crossroads. The mosaic piece is finished and hanging outside our side door!

(Artwork copyright 2009 by Susan Barry.)