[ Loiosh, an orange tabby, is hunkered up on my desk, to the left of the keyboard. The picture is taken from the other side, so he’s mostly blocking my monitor. He’s looking at me sadly, because I dared to dislodge him slightly. ] This is how I’ve been getting things done most of the […]
[ An aluminum cupcake tray. The hollows hold beads in a couple shades of blue & silver, and some white seaglass pieces wrapped in tarnished copper wire. Atop the tray are spools of copper wire, a piece of driftwood, & a tube from a wind chime. ] What I started with!
[ The lakeshore: a narrow channel of water with muddy banks. Behind that is a low hill crowned with pines. ] It was a bit chilly to want to be under trees, so instead I took the boys down to the lake for the afternoon. Tom … was not really comfortable with that much water.
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[ Loiosh, an orange tabby wearing a green harness, walks across a rough dirt parking lot. Behind him are tall radio antennae & a small green maintenance building. ] After we got down from the lookout tower (or at least the paved area around it) I headed back to the van but the boys wanted
antennae for everyone! Read More »
that a day that starts with this view … [ An outcropping of red rock, perhaps fifty feet tall, with pinyon trees & a couple of boulders at the foot. ] … is gonna end with a view from MUCH higher up.
you can pretty much guarantee Read More »
[ The view up a steep slope. There are a few evergreens in the background, but most of the trees are leafless aspens, with tall, straight white trunks. ] Last Friday, in a fit of being entirely incapable of dealing with the world, I stuffed the boys in the van & drove up Mount Taylor.
[ A small label printer, about 4x4x6″, sits in an open drawer, with 4×6 labels stacked behind it. There’s a small space between the front of the printer, where the labels come out, & the front of the drawer. ] (This was written on Monday but scheduled for Wednesday; who knows what’ll happen between now
stress woodworking! Read More »
[ Major Tom, a big grey tabby wearing a black harness, is sitting on a big red rock under evergreen trees, looking up & to the right. ] Or up, as the case may be.
it’s Dramatical Posing all the way down Read More »
[ A view up maybe twenty feet of a rocky slope, with evergreen trees at the top. ] Just a little bit of a hill, but such treasures at the top!
small beauties (& big rocks) Read More »
[ A good stick, a bunch of copper wire, & some beads. ] Above, the ingredients!
festoon: aluminous Read More »
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