when asked by the staff at my beloved idlewild presbyterian to try to camolflauge the sound system’s new pair of speakers, it wouldn’t do to say “sorry, i don’t do heights.”  my best effort was the least i could give (and besides, i knew they would all pray for a soft landing for me.) 

here’s before:

the challenge: matching texture, paint and glaze that had been applied years ago, (made difficult by the kaleidoscope that the beautiful stained glass creates) and rendering it in two dimensions instead of three (since plaster would add too much weight to the speakers, and affect the acoustics):

and of course, timing.  the scaffolding had to go up and come down within the week. 

today at noon, just ahead of the crew from tennessee scaffold, i finally had an “after”:

okay, can i get an amen?