June 16, 2008
One way to find out you’ve left “Vintage Vegas” is the decorative concrete block sunscreens, and fence patterns start to disappear. Except for the “Double X” and the “Double Y” (which are still used as […]
June 13, 2008
We’ve covered a lot of ground in our series. No one caught the mistake of a pattern that got repeated twice. I’m not going to re-number them, since no one else noticed. There’s only a […]
June 10, 2008
Pattern 46 in our series was installed over a solid stuccoed surface on this home in Paradise Palms. So technically, it’s not a sunscreen, it’s just decorative. I love it’s simplicity, and I […]
June 9, 2008
It’s simple yet elegant, and does great things when laid out in reversing rows. Can you spot the circles? The diamonds? The scallops? We’re getting […]
June 5, 2008
This one has lots of hidden little designs in it, depending on where you look. It’s fairly common, and I’ve found it in both […]
June 4, 2008
About 5 years ago I went to a garage sale at a “cookie cutter” home in Green Valley. There was this gorgeous pink and chrome 50’s dinette set with a sticky note on the table […]
June 4, 2008
It’s as simple as it can get. A square with a rectangular hole. Whether set horizontally or diagonally, they make a very fine trellis. BIG NEWS! […]
June 3, 2008
Today’s Pattern #42 is from “The Ed Shed” which is the headquarters of The Clark County School District. Yes, the Ed Shed is really it’s nickname among the employees and teachers. You’ll find it on Flamingo Avenue between Eastern […]
June 2, 2008
I took the picture to document the bumper crop of flowers that are starting to form on my organ pipe cactus. Of course I was worrying about lighting the cactus, documenting the most number of […]
June 2, 2008
A pretty similar pattern, at first glance, to the one I showed you in #39 of the series. In fact I had only one sub folder that I’d labeled “square in a square”. I had both patterns […]