Lisa Bondurant

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I spend my time raising kids, gathering eggs, cutting wood, scoping out trees for tapping, making syrup in the last days of winter, watching my garden NOT grow in the summer, writing, wishing that there were more hours on the clock for sleeping.

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Margaritaville Hammock

Making the coolest hammock in the hemisphere 


Start with one fantastic canvas hammock sewn by one fantastic Grandma


Hire a crew of painters that work for cookies
(really they do)


Leaves & cut outs are sun ready


A sprinkle of magic makes awesome tropical water effects 



The sun starts to do it's own magic


sumac's give a tropical jungle palm look 


The oak leaves not so tropical


OK, fuchia is just pretty


Starry night


Lime green



Hand woven stringers ...


...on awesome solid brass harness buckles



Pressure treated oak spreaders and finally, finally...

...time to hang and stretch


sssshhhh!...weight testing in progress



stringers are beautiful when stretched

Now it is taking it's hammock shape
the only thing left to do is trim the stringers


Riding the USS Margaritaville to Happy Town


and most importantly ...

... the view from Margaritaville Hammock












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