Post #453525 by Howland on Tue, May 12, 2009 8:53 PM

Thnx everyone for the comps! It's been a labor of love and still is --will probably never be be finished because I will just keep adding more stuff to it. Someone once told me that the secret to eternal life is having unfinished projects --I can't die because I have too much to do still!

Kinny --I'm not making Hukilau this year either, nor Oasis so you just need to come hang on the right coast for a few days and I'll put you and miss T up for a few days anytime.

Thnx for the comps Monkeyman, I could really use some of your frames and lamps here--they're the best and I couldn't do a better job myself. We'll have to talk.

Queen K! I can only dream that my place will one day look like yours --you've got the best skilled peeps taking care of you --your place rocks in a BIG way to me!!!!!

Tikiville --my pond is only a few days old, don't even have the filter hooked up yet and it already looks like shit, maybe because I don't have the filter hooked up yet...getting there. Have plenty of leaves, etc., that I need to take care of.

Mr. Pupu --it's a concrete slab floor that I taped off 'grout lines' with a roll of duct tape that I split in half to be about an 1" wide then painted the floor with some garage floor paint (impervious to anything, supposedly). I used a mix of black and dark green then got some grey garage floor paint and used the edge of a piece of sheet metal to make the lighter colored marbley relief look you see on the floor. Many 'how to' paint tips on youtube.

Mucho thanx, Tiki Tony. You're an amazing artist yourself. I'll have to have one of your pieces in the bar one day for sure! I found the Moai head online at some aquarium website. I also have a few pieces in the aquarium that I got from ebay--I have a 'saved search' for vintage aquarium ornaments ---cool stuff! Thanx!