Stage Two Through Four:
OK, I was having too much fun to take pics.
We built the tray that the aquarium will sit in and and the frame for the light fixture out of a big batch of free rustic pine boards we picked up from a neighbor last weekend.
I'll do all the sanding and then bang them up. . .add worm holes etc. then apply two coats of polyurethane.
Let's see. . .last week when we had a big snow storm and got to stay home, we went out in the snow with a chainsaw and cut down a couple of burnt aspen trees (we had a big wildfire a couple of years back) across the street to add to my terrarium decor. I've added my plants which are almost all miniature orchids. And I've put in the dry creek bed. . .two colors of rocks, black and combo browns.
But still working on it. . .