random bits and pieces.

odd & end #1 I saw my first opera! (This was a few weeks ago). It was Manon Lescaut, about a young woman whose desire to live the good life leads to (what else) tragedy. It was very good – I like the second act the best. The singing was in Italian with English translations, [...]

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will i never be caught up with my calendar journal?

Here is the current status of my March page… …and a close-up. Not exactly turning out as I had imagined. It was supposed to be pale, with blue, green, and purple as the color theme. I wanted to do some stamping in white over the background, but the white was too light. I got the [...]

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many notes to self.

I mentioned quite a while ago that I had started working on a memo board like those by Amber Demien in the April/May/June 2010 issue of Somerset Life. Well I’ve had it finished for some time now but I just never got around to sharing it. So here it is…. And a closer view…. I [...]

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31 days of halloween.

So I decided to challenge myself (because somehow I have a few remaining brain cells left that I feel compelled to destroy!) by doing an inchie-a-day challenge for Halloween. Starting October 1st I will make an inchie inspired by Halloween every day and of course post it here. Honestly I’m not sure I’ll be able [...]

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an evening of soldering and painting.

So my third soldering attempt is way better than the first two. Pretty good, just a few lumps and bumps that need to be filed smooth (and who doesn’t have a few lumps and bumps that need fixing?). I’m still not quite there with the adding a bead of solder – I have a hard [...]

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laundry and dust and dishes – oh my.

too busy. The first two weeks of April are very busy for me at work – I have to put in a lot of overtime, with the result that I get very little accomplished at home. I’m still trying to get back on track! I’ll try to get caught up here… chocolate beyond belief. Marc [...]

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but is it art?

A scene from AbFab: Eddie is just getting the first look at her new collection of very expensive, very modern art (in other words, a bunch of crap). The art is in her sitting room, which is also the place where her recently deceased father’s body has been brought for viewing in his coffin (unbeknownst [...]

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