Monday, December 22, 2008

bedtime photo and Bead-space.com



I took this photo just a little bit ago during a lull in the snow storm. We shoveled out around the vehicles but.....


I belong to a social network for bead artists called Bead-Space.com and have entered a necklace I made in a contest there.
Here's my entry..... What do you think? I love beading and making beaded jewelry. It's very relaxing.


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Sunday, December 21, 2008

Holy Cow!!!!

Okay..............ENOUGH!!!! NO MORE!!! I GIVE UP!!!!!!! WHITE FLAG!!!!!!
Sorry, that was a bit random! I am stuck in the house. Trapped by mother nature at her finest. Snow is so pretty, so clean and shiny...


And then it accumulates. And accumulates. There is over a foot of snow on my lawn. It's snowing very hard and has been for hours. They say there will be 8" more before the nights out.


The pictures that follow are truely awesome. Look carefully at the ones with clear sky and treelines. These pictures were taken from my front yard.




Look closely at the top of the trees. Do you see the grey colored area above them under the white fluffy clouds? That is the actual storm coming. I kid you not. That is the storm cloud its self. It is not a mountain or anything. That is nothing but cloud!!! Totally cool isn't it. I am placing these pics in timeline order so you can see the storm coming.

And here it is. Believe it or not, those trees are at the bottom of a mountain. The mountain has *poof* disappeared! That shows how bad the visibility is. By the way....this was taken at 2:00. It was almost dark and my automatic flash went off.

I just got 2 new spindles. Both have stone whorls made of Cherry Agate and Rosewood shafts. The one on the right is specifically for making lace weight. When they arrive I'll post results.




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Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Fiber and Birds

Well, hello again. This will be a quick post, since I have to go shovel snow. It's 20 something degrees out. The dogs think it's great. They play, I freeze.



I have renamed Dizzy, since he turned out to be a she... She's to tiny compared to the others. I have named her Boudica, in honor of the Celtic Warrior Queen. In case you don't know, a couple thousand years ago she kicked Roman army behind in an effort to save her people. She was eventually defeated but for a while there, this incredible woman led her people to fight for their rights and freedoms, for their very survial. Because of my little friends undying will to survive against all the odds, I can't think of a more fitting name for her. I mean no disrespect, but we call her Little Boudie (sounds like little booty).

This is Boudica and Stripe (he has a yellow and grey striped tail) taking a nap. Stripe is 2 days older than Boudie. Look how tiny she is compared to her brother!
















Boudie wearing her breakfast.













Stripe not wearing breakfast. Did I mention Boudica is a piggy eater? All the pictures in todays post were taken yesturday. Notice the size difference?
I will be adding items to my etsy store later today!!! Check it out if you can.

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