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 My husband and I used to love working outside, growing flowers from seeds (many from seed swap group I once belonged to) and vegetable plants. The house and property were more than I could maintain after he passed. I purchased a house in the city to be closer to my family. I created a blog  and occasionally make notes to use as my journal. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also some trees we planted years ago. Our very old and large Catalpa Tree blew over in a windy storm. I planted strawberries in it for fun. Over time a tree formed on top of the downed tree. It grew snakes. In 2004 I removed a couple of seeds and stuck them in a pot and yet another tree sprouted (2nd image below).

 

 

 

 

 

2019 July 16 as of five years ago. I will go visit to see how it's doing.

 

 

Each year we planted a 3' Blue Spruce, my favorite trees.

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Snuck in a few more painted rocks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I think I have just found a new hobby; but first. I found this image on Facebook 
https://www.facebook.com/p/Urday-100093682065747/

 

 

Another image from Facebook. Printed both on fabric and made the frames on a laser.

 

And, having way way too much fun scaring friends and relatives with wind-up mouse I purchased online for around two dollars.

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 Waiting on April and getting back to Rochester Makerspace. In the mean time I have been passing time painting on rocks and leaving all over Rochester, NY.

 

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 I probably shouldn't be posting this. What I don't need is hate mail. Weird sense of humor I guess.

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Overwhelmed, will get back to my previous post...soon. I took time off from Rochester Makerspace projects on the laser machine for the winter. OMG, it's as bad as blogging. When you don't stick at it, there are always changes and you have to start learning all over. Cutting/Etching/Engraving on wood/c
hipboard, stone and slate. Really, there are not enough hours in a day.

 

 

 

Darn, darn, darn. Now I can figure out how to rearrange images side by side. LATER...

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 If at first you don't succeed__try again. Need to put some clothes on her and she is about to lose her hair. That's my sisters wig!

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I came across a video https://www.callmegrandma.com/how-to-make-a-doll-thats-a-life-size-version-of-your-child/ and decided I needed to make an adult size rag doll. To do this I had to convince my seventy-five year old sister to get down on the floor; I needed to trace around her body for a pattern. How she would get up we will worry about later (wish we had taken a video of her rolling over to sofa to pull herself up--without my help).

OMG, I will need to update the pattern! Found and SUBSCRIBED to the best link ever https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=789lPgFLkJY&list=PLA205BC46D72EEB58&index=2&t=6s. She has died a death by scissors and gone on to doll heaven.

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What's new? My sister and I set up a booth in an Antique store for six months but made just enough to pay for the rental. The shop was half an hour from where we live, gas was high, so we closed shop. Nothing ventured "nothing learned". Ouch, what to do with left-over inventory?

 

 

 

 

 

I now have the burnt up laser machine in my garage, thanks to my little brother. He is going to get it up and running so my sister and I will have a new toy to play with. 

Owing to the weather (it has been a long, but mild winter) we have slacked off going to Makerspace until Spring. Missing our Makerspace buddies---who take the time to humor us with our never ending questions.

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OMG, it's been almost a year since my last entry; I have totally forgotten how to blog.  Still missing my husband big time and trying to keep busy. I have made a few things since joining Rochester Makerspace and during the summer spent time wandering the beach for pebbles (pebble art).

 

Santa String Puppets. I made six for family members and hand painted

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My sister and I are beginning to get the hang of how to operate a laser machine and learning the necessary software to make and engrave wood cut outs. We are learning how to operate a chop saw, jig saw, table saw and much more, making mini wood houses, at the Rochester Makerspace, https://rocmakers.org/ , giving us access to their tools & equipment, free training classes that teach you how to be safe and productive with that equipment.

 

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Tuesday, April 27, 2021, my sister and I are learning how to make cutouts on the laser machine at Rochester Makerspace. It requires knowledge of  the software program "Lightburn" which is free to download.

Class-Day 1: Learned how to Power Up and shut down Laser and to Never eve3r leaave the machine when operating.

Day 2: We were on our own. Spent 15 minutes for about a week just to get the machine running and shutting down when done.

Day 3: Laser disaster. OMG did we power down incorrectly!!! Machine caught fire and melted inside. My brother works on most of machines and came in to check on us. First thing he asked "Was it us?"It was a couple of nerve-racking" days before we found out it is not us, but one the the regular operators.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First attempt at etching stones.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I just like to embroider

 

Maybe for a small footstool

 

Just another reason I love the Internet, Facebook, and YouTube

 My sister, Melody, insists we go walking most every day, weather permitting. She knows all the parks in the area and we walk average of three to five miles. I click on all those little boxes to the left on YouTube and came across RocRocks.com on Facebook. We are now into painting rocks and hiding them along our walks, hoping someone will find one and post to Facebook and they can either hide them or keep them.

 

 

 

Loved doing this, not once--but twice.

Valerie Pfeiffer Harmonies Birds Chorus Line. I finished my first around January 2015 and eventually gifted it.  I just finished the second one December 2019, I had to fudge a bit in doing the outline stitches. All that's left if to get it framed.