Thanks for the keyboard tips! I had already taken it apart and washed a piece of it. I got discouraged and bought another keyboard :) My 14 year old is very good at taking apart and putting things back together, so I asked him if he wanted to give it a shot so maybe we'd have a spare. I'll have to try the dishwasher now! And yes, we did have the no food or drinks at the computer rule too. My youngest doesn't seem to listen....just like his Dad! LOL Never hears anything I say :) It's supposed to pour today so I don't imagine I'll run into my neighbor today, but will be on the look out now :) I'll also be looking for other inspiration in their yard :)

I have this seller saved in my ebay "favorites." This person has a lot of the same art as Ballard and a whole bunch more. I did order soemthing from there - but I forgot what! I know I was not disappointed. Seller ID: artistic_ambience

Sorry, but I'm pretty sure those ice cubes would melt well before they got to you, twizzis! Although, we've been *loving* the drier, cooler air we had for the last two days. Alas, it's fizzling out today :-( (Oh, and for anyone not familiar w/ the deep South and it's "lovely" humdity, it's 86 degrees right now w/ 50% humidity--and we call that "cool" and "dry" LOL Our fall doesn't really start till late Sept or October.) Ok, twizzis, I'm done hijacking your thread now. Looking forward to seeing your completed art project!

Love it so much, I had to find more info. on it. It is an updated terrazzo "look". The large scale instantly made me think it was something "new". Googled around... lots of misses until I typed in large scale painted terrazzo floor. I also thought it might be something new and interesting done with inkjet printing for tile. Anyway, first link was for an article about terrazzo making a comeback only large scaled....at apartment therapy.... right there on the page, there it was...lol, it says in the text, "This is maybe a bit much, but there's something undeniably cool about this bathroom tiled in a designer terrazzo called Marmoreal by dzek." Haha... it being a bit much is exactly why I love it! It is called Marmoreal... and it is an engineered marble in resin... real marble. I followed the links and see that it is made in London.... also, got the feeling that it would be way out of my price range...yup. Found a cheese board made out of it..a stinking cheese board costs 250 bucks! I think RockyBird could do something absolutely fabulous with this Marmoreal for her new bath. Apartment Therapy Marmoreal Interesting pics of it being used to cover large spaces, walls