tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22494787646377508512024-03-17T23:02:32.243-04:00About My Doll HousesA chronicle of my adventures in the world of miniature dollhousesDaydreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170115485686244907noreply@blogger.comBlogger712125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249478764637750851.post-60271446885904797062024-03-13T19:07:00.000-04:002024-03-13T19:07:36.584-04:00Marching Forward...<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRyH5RiF9sPWWEYsInIgOSV5oNwQvKkLKd-uqflZMQg7ZbUIvMP8-uN_9UyoHOGXZ14tXmUN0I0sS-1fX5BoRHTwfNkwXdgpk-wAyU1zuhAH62_GoXTX0MoXf3bic-Qt3pl4_fVBMH-_6a7R6fubTLDNMkIvEhRKnZ9-WdYXwf745ZTDRcH1Q48SeJuHaO/s2576/052.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRyH5RiF9sPWWEYsInIgOSV5oNwQvKkLKd-uqflZMQg7ZbUIvMP8-uN_9UyoHOGXZ14tXmUN0I0sS-1fX5BoRHTwfNkwXdgpk-wAyU1zuhAH62_GoXTX0MoXf3bic-Qt3pl4_fVBMH-_6a7R6fubTLDNMkIvEhRKnZ9-WdYXwf745ZTDRcH1Q48SeJuHaO/s320/052.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p> Pruning The Shrubs....</p><p>While I am Madly constructing the Rhododendron blossoms, Dear Readers, the progress on the Shrub skeletons is much slower and more deliberate. But if I am to reach my desired goal of a blooming shrub by the end of May (only about ten weeks away!) then I need to be making good progress every weekend at least! So as I was attaching yet another round of branches to the Shrub#1 skeleton, I thought I had better make sure the shrub was not going to overwhelm the path to the garden bench by the little brook that runs along the side of The Folly Garden (or will when we get it built)! So I asked Joanna (who is a small adult only 5" tall) to come over and help me test the shrub by walking the short path. She was happy to oblige, and Will was also willing to help (he is a tall 6" adult size). He is warning Joanna to be careful on the very narrow little path....</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEdZvtzz1StDxxfhHJyBceei-dyCuTPLzWVa1HtA0grehiQOJ2i_bA43SjM12Y7xjSd9EfYTXdmnWm3kqigcYdl1LcL6dVRYTIJLq941up_jIZ3iOdh394BIF84L3BcEvoo9g2putVgIL10_gE5PViGqjBKDGud1N98gswurlcoh03ShIauVgfHqA03J_y/s2576/054.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEdZvtzz1StDxxfhHJyBceei-dyCuTPLzWVa1HtA0grehiQOJ2i_bA43SjM12Y7xjSd9EfYTXdmnWm3kqigcYdl1LcL6dVRYTIJLq941up_jIZ3iOdh394BIF84L3BcEvoo9g2putVgIL10_gE5PViGqjBKDGud1N98gswurlcoh03ShIauVgfHqA03J_y/s320/054.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Which takes off from the steep front steps to The Folly porch.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The path past the lilacs where Will is standing</div><div style="text-align: center;"> is a bit wider and more traveled,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and the lilacs naturally arch above the heads of anyone who passes.</div><div style="text-align: center;">While the path past the Rhododendron</div><div style="text-align: center;"> has always been wilder and a bit neglected.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqMmZQ2VnwZdev3OBh9TG82XI-DixDSDxlmVj1vVBUiSgNIoYNqQCkycU6v1EvyUxSKr6DgZe5FcPaId2mOFy3YI1uCklAv2fsOcelmfm01cNAnNHfNLQ8tzAMuyNVyxmQLP8uUVmqKmbturaabanMNMrp1U_PsAaOCE3B0qoM6R4n1umSbP9V-jA7qx-e/s2576/055.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqMmZQ2VnwZdev3OBh9TG82XI-DixDSDxlmVj1vVBUiSgNIoYNqQCkycU6v1EvyUxSKr6DgZe5FcPaId2mOFy3YI1uCklAv2fsOcelmfm01cNAnNHfNLQ8tzAMuyNVyxmQLP8uUVmqKmbturaabanMNMrp1U_PsAaOCE3B0qoM6R4n1umSbP9V-jA7qx-e/s320/055.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">As you can see, it would be very easy</div><div style="text-align: center;"> for this shrub to overwhelm the path entirely!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkNiH_6zXzhPIC6HdnhhWfLc0W82LMlDj7dpmaRwxr6LW-0XR1Wj2JX2fMwMiG2B7l_BM7yGh_Uke23tRMH8-V-4vxOl4Od9vDouGRYUQuNFxiaHb9_Mqm260sumrMp9MS1jWLtDHidMVd5WvTEkcqicZ3h7AWnPNzjyM2OSu0rQT47X8FBAPEMJyaLWIJ/s2576/057.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkNiH_6zXzhPIC6HdnhhWfLc0W82LMlDj7dpmaRwxr6LW-0XR1Wj2JX2fMwMiG2B7l_BM7yGh_Uke23tRMH8-V-4vxOl4Od9vDouGRYUQuNFxiaHb9_Mqm260sumrMp9MS1jWLtDHidMVd5WvTEkcqicZ3h7AWnPNzjyM2OSu0rQT47X8FBAPEMJyaLWIJ/s320/057.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">It made clear to me the need to "prune" the shrub</div><div style="text-align: center;"> just a little bit where it stands by the porch!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjcyoc_2SFoDjGJZ5BEItKuX6wXz3zw-kVf5E_gjVLGDINqgw2LZXednpLqaSW08xlr_ZGeXUY-4mhbwkwGeYnLyN9pJfQAY6kmCE4ILAHNxsTzhlgpIQcTnomD-Cz55K1c7lkfoA3IvUNg7FvydoayBMw7Wsp_Ei4Y6VLB7yqkZxrRT3CP2kdtmIvf4fk/s2576/060.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjcyoc_2SFoDjGJZ5BEItKuX6wXz3zw-kVf5E_gjVLGDINqgw2LZXednpLqaSW08xlr_ZGeXUY-4mhbwkwGeYnLyN9pJfQAY6kmCE4ILAHNxsTzhlgpIQcTnomD-Cz55K1c7lkfoA3IvUNg7FvydoayBMw7Wsp_Ei4Y6VLB7yqkZxrRT3CP2kdtmIvf4fk/s320/060.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">As you can see, Will is a good bit taller than Joanna,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and he needs to be able to navigate this path too!</div><div style="text-align: center;">After all, the bench overlooking the brook is in such a sweet spot!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ZlXYQxsd5RQsjtHbHaBTv0CDKayGFuuGXLzmbrCemz0OLQWztaFWlMWFywZyRfT3RK_FyXqls-OUgsZTzHIHS-a2jFz_lgw7qnpTDdrh5DwoGfEC1t8kaTXXl0IfqGQqRkfgqcnL8PSUF_yVgTPhj4EvmMD_IGpPvxebwPJTPSmTn2zF9_rPFBszhhy_/s2576/062.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ZlXYQxsd5RQsjtHbHaBTv0CDKayGFuuGXLzmbrCemz0OLQWztaFWlMWFywZyRfT3RK_FyXqls-OUgsZTzHIHS-a2jFz_lgw7qnpTDdrh5DwoGfEC1t8kaTXXl0IfqGQqRkfgqcnL8PSUF_yVgTPhj4EvmMD_IGpPvxebwPJTPSmTn2zF9_rPFBszhhy_/s320/062.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I know it is hard to see the difference, Dear Readers,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> but here is the Shrub#1 with a whole batch</div><div style="text-align: center;"> of new little short branches!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I will continue to shape the branches</div><div style="text-align: center;"> as I begin to add the blossoms to them,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> but first they need to be painted... </div><div style="text-align: center;">a whole other adventure!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTVhPinXGn-es4X3Kp5LYkNMIguewEXTrSZ5Obx-poF5jpxxS5syHs3_XpFLs8sWUJUPtuHbeLR0zzvxu4pemvemzKM_mDlixOTNfybcirNll_NivBzU9Z2Dta3uQL2Xj87CPpwFgsTBXjUSkW_4nQ8WiKlI_V4FL7rMtJqnhFrhy2ZkHYhUBytA3arB3Y/s2576/064.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTVhPinXGn-es4X3Kp5LYkNMIguewEXTrSZ5Obx-poF5jpxxS5syHs3_XpFLs8sWUJUPtuHbeLR0zzvxu4pemvemzKM_mDlixOTNfybcirNll_NivBzU9Z2Dta3uQL2Xj87CPpwFgsTBXjUSkW_4nQ8WiKlI_V4FL7rMtJqnhFrhy2ZkHYhUBytA3arB3Y/s320/064.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And lest you think I have been slacking... </div><div style="text-align: center;">here is Shrub#2 getting the same little short branches added and glued...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6yHDJGedKG5sdSmWptjjqWlgkUkAnRCHQh96nV0rjsM3wMDHXp-1m2DZJLdm1RxejTjL5qO2I8wmwIQHWTmJFNPmqfeKQ8iS2EQfkTOrb4z_86FUWfls79WIFY295NYRD1i5T_KwCaWzhHXyU04AhWuaKQdilvxwdrRbaVXQu_mSOPa3EWdqT0noA2iZ9/s2576/065.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6yHDJGedKG5sdSmWptjjqWlgkUkAnRCHQh96nV0rjsM3wMDHXp-1m2DZJLdm1RxejTjL5qO2I8wmwIQHWTmJFNPmqfeKQ8iS2EQfkTOrb4z_86FUWfls79WIFY295NYRD1i5T_KwCaWzhHXyU04AhWuaKQdilvxwdrRbaVXQu_mSOPa3EWdqT0noA2iZ9/s320/065.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And Shrub#3....!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpnJoBQiolGpZgKkFkOtq8AwxpV5uw6erlTVXFl2FFVXG_3zSfNEuXbeSURkmvsLaXzueYna_VgNhm3goCbsnwjqBM2g2GTe6zkdfs9mO_JwQmD8hAiyImcCLMmk3JGfpjdHXNbD70KwPbgfQ6hKELEcu1dcG3IG_27ETX-K30yKghZS2TWNVz9JVPKE38/s2576/066.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpnJoBQiolGpZgKkFkOtq8AwxpV5uw6erlTVXFl2FFVXG_3zSfNEuXbeSURkmvsLaXzueYna_VgNhm3goCbsnwjqBM2g2GTe6zkdfs9mO_JwQmD8hAiyImcCLMmk3JGfpjdHXNbD70KwPbgfQ6hKELEcu1dcG3IG_27ETX-K30yKghZS2TWNVz9JVPKE38/s320/066.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And if I stand back far enough you can see all three in a row!</div><div style="text-align: center;">And last week ended with a count of seventy blossoms clusters!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Wowee!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am Marching Forward, Dear Readers,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Even if I did have to Prune the bushes back a little bit!<br /></div><div><p><br /></p></div>Daydreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170115485686244907noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249478764637750851.post-2609683936179472472024-03-05T18:16:00.000-05:002024-03-05T18:16:47.621-05:00Stitches And Stems....<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgee-o7Wayu-_fg56O6yfVmRqS0wHj5Q1acnWgEUwqJUTTyTNDkwDBkDgNfg5Q3lYXLQdpO6r43m9-80Kyb-tf0lAnJ6rcoY4rvVuWYv_sw2WbcVK8KABdwQIS5CYl5WaHXIJDcfhvMvsUPZ6LasYgBMmmy5nB-bPlthQV_3wBy0j3Sb1xGbMdy628s5_m2/s2576/024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgee-o7Wayu-_fg56O6yfVmRqS0wHj5Q1acnWgEUwqJUTTyTNDkwDBkDgNfg5Q3lYXLQdpO6r43m9-80Kyb-tf0lAnJ6rcoY4rvVuWYv_sw2WbcVK8KABdwQIS5CYl5WaHXIJDcfhvMvsUPZ6LasYgBMmmy5nB-bPlthQV_3wBy0j3Sb1xGbMdy628s5_m2/s320/024.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Sewing And Shaping....</p><p>I Reassessed the frame pieces in my pile of different sized pieces, Dear Readers, and came up with a larger frame that almost fits the entire William Morris carpet. It was enough larger that I could make considerable progress with the main design area. This will keep me going for a while! The carpet is a square one, so there is an area of border all around which will need to be scrolled a bit to stitch all of it. I will deal with that when I need to. The design is really coming along and is fun and easy to stitch. I just love to stitch these wool carpets! As for the other carpet I am working on, the Chinese Dragon Carpet, I have also made some good progress. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ODZ1_MUpKx1ug5FDvGuNzZtBLaYpitKp3J8Ix2r_tsQ948BsjL0NHLK64b-py3kMOe-2Rn9epg8Z6FHVnEwgNT-1P2U-j-8sb-RvTsz5TflMK-UAPgp12a1mK7ugSrcIaaDlY2PLW-8PNS-U5ap4upLu2JlxGcuJK_LuPJSosVYhuEqG-a7mS7KJPZDs/s2576/020.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ODZ1_MUpKx1ug5FDvGuNzZtBLaYpitKp3J8Ix2r_tsQ948BsjL0NHLK64b-py3kMOe-2Rn9epg8Z6FHVnEwgNT-1P2U-j-8sb-RvTsz5TflMK-UAPgp12a1mK7ugSrcIaaDlY2PLW-8PNS-U5ap4upLu2JlxGcuJK_LuPJSosVYhuEqG-a7mS7KJPZDs/s320/020.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sorry the picture is a bit dark... </div><div style="text-align: center;">(yes, it is dreary and gloomy here!)</div><div style="text-align: center;">But I was able to get the outline for the second dragon completed.</div><div style="text-align: center;">They are not identical and I wanted to make sure</div><div style="text-align: center;"> their heads feet and tails did not intrude too far on each other!</div><div style="text-align: center;">So far so good! </div><div style="text-align: center;">But this scale of stitching requires good light to stitch...</div><div style="text-align: center;"> so I must work on it only on the sunny bright mornings!</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">And As for those Stems, Dear Readers,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am slowly making progress on shaping the shrubs!</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj38vop6cJb-tIWya_nYK3-5SUws0KBIVf8LyKLaWkqP3KOC1Y4Fvw51XvHZruEi9OTFqQ5KNoVppt__bgy1ZQvQN4i9k43ZT6hubAaF34O0DPDBZMVQ3dP0dsnDg9kIWjpqaTFgBhCMjYM6Rg4QwcU6wEeHck-MNyhUbFYdf6bwW9QS2uUbIcT1yAP4oru/s2576/013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj38vop6cJb-tIWya_nYK3-5SUws0KBIVf8LyKLaWkqP3KOC1Y4Fvw51XvHZruEi9OTFqQ5KNoVppt__bgy1ZQvQN4i9k43ZT6hubAaF34O0DPDBZMVQ3dP0dsnDg9kIWjpqaTFgBhCMjYM6Rg4QwcU6wEeHck-MNyhUbFYdf6bwW9QS2uUbIcT1yAP4oru/s320/013.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The next step was to shorten those long downward curved stems.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I used the cut ends to twist around the stem to make branched side stems.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Because this wire is very stiff, I needed to go slowly </div><div style="text-align: center;">(to keep my arm from getting sore again!)</div><div style="text-align: center;">This shrub is Shrub#1, and you can see how it sits in the Folly Garden.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTZEXAYqMR2BxMpDiyYklpT1bOfGwqbvfoD2pUaMtf0Fd15CwzaLjQZObg2XJHuDecdEbX9Z0TcU5S1r7gYNvOb6DHMCJadbwXifCEOh-L8aitlGmSx1LAx61WP83Qqp0FhgkE_sUfiIKYoiCJEA0wt1HJi95uAkJ7JbuK2KOSg6VBrvQjFv_wf7i0OLaW/s2576/014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTZEXAYqMR2BxMpDiyYklpT1bOfGwqbvfoD2pUaMtf0Fd15CwzaLjQZObg2XJHuDecdEbX9Z0TcU5S1r7gYNvOb6DHMCJadbwXifCEOh-L8aitlGmSx1LAx61WP83Qqp0FhgkE_sUfiIKYoiCJEA0wt1HJi95uAkJ7JbuK2KOSg6VBrvQjFv_wf7i0OLaW/s320/014.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The next day I repeated those cuts on the other two shrubs.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And glued the branched stems and let them dry thoroughly.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And because branches Branch...(!) </div><div style="text-align: center;">I then added more stems to each of the added branches...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJJo-j9rgHw8HxqlGCJ_se4uduDRGxCE6l_84frC2FPb1bO4DNHD18V79G4Q_HOWb5Ccmx1Ql8-Y5cAEDJgQXKUouM3HyLilYGvYuzyWflCpYD2b9v-IrPA7IlrYIu3vl1ut5-D997jNL3IMdySxTyzmrlJEEfoNHzwas5EwNSsU6EUoR9VAC3hdTX0-XI/s2576/028.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJJo-j9rgHw8HxqlGCJ_se4uduDRGxCE6l_84frC2FPb1bO4DNHD18V79G4Q_HOWb5Ccmx1Ql8-Y5cAEDJgQXKUouM3HyLilYGvYuzyWflCpYD2b9v-IrPA7IlrYIu3vl1ut5-D997jNL3IMdySxTyzmrlJEEfoNHzwas5EwNSsU6EUoR9VAC3hdTX0-XI/s320/028.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Here is Shrub#1 again, having the stems added to some of those branches...</div><div style="text-align: center;">And because they are also very very stiff wire.... it was slow going.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrIoeDnUWVdrTTea3YftEk1KYY8Is5HrvU_gUV-G1AgY_mcyNkMQsMW74neUBKsveeerOWU8cpavhx3GFEyfR0vwZYgX41Zjsx26B3Pcav3xEauqZYjDdiY6G5HkWBDEGzC9hC9-YiFSAauxfIV88wnPng0fFc9WOXFFqV9dDcsTodlRiHwPTcoTg7Xq6F/s2576/029.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrIoeDnUWVdrTTea3YftEk1KYY8Is5HrvU_gUV-G1AgY_mcyNkMQsMW74neUBKsveeerOWU8cpavhx3GFEyfR0vwZYgX41Zjsx26B3Pcav3xEauqZYjDdiY6G5HkWBDEGzC9hC9-YiFSAauxfIV88wnPng0fFc9WOXFFqV9dDcsTodlRiHwPTcoTg7Xq6F/s320/029.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">This one is Shrub#3...</div><div style="text-align: center;">Once the glue is thoroughly dry</div><div style="text-align: center;"> the stems can be shaped to a more natural curve.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZNNM3LNU55ZnJtbTGV7hsTi2MpfTK_XEqqvmTXHnayM-9uq010yeagn0dWjDLz5YncD4u_y7InwPLW9yi9VjOqbhJNSc41Qxr43xAWXpT5YzuW5fccOTPsjQFJOsadu1T5fCHhQM6xoHjGLRdFN5t20QiJ9W2OEnnaAIkQyL_EM_CD4S9k9V2DTo-Xtv-/s2576/030.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZNNM3LNU55ZnJtbTGV7hsTi2MpfTK_XEqqvmTXHnayM-9uq010yeagn0dWjDLz5YncD4u_y7InwPLW9yi9VjOqbhJNSc41Qxr43xAWXpT5YzuW5fccOTPsjQFJOsadu1T5fCHhQM6xoHjGLRdFN5t20QiJ9W2OEnnaAIkQyL_EM_CD4S9k9V2DTo-Xtv-/s320/030.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And Shrub#2 getting the same treatment!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnP1rmVhd7HV4f2vqQUES3VqqFXZRXXE0Z3T1qbymZqhuaBuhX5_IF5weh3g1HyGoz815cXx7WUFc_opNnx2t_IARNtmuafZ4l-QSLYtzFbIzlEF9_c0LwHF5b_f8xNrrvQxknMi4u2MLpNORHz6RbDZAlNNrn97HisLAUozrCCF4ikhOQTCKbm9udxbhh/s2576/031.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnP1rmVhd7HV4f2vqQUES3VqqFXZRXXE0Z3T1qbymZqhuaBuhX5_IF5weh3g1HyGoz815cXx7WUFc_opNnx2t_IARNtmuafZ4l-QSLYtzFbIzlEF9_c0LwHF5b_f8xNrrvQxknMi4u2MLpNORHz6RbDZAlNNrn97HisLAUozrCCF4ikhOQTCKbm9udxbhh/s320/031.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And of course, Shrub#1 also getting the glue on those stems.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The wire is so stiff that I can only do a few at a time.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">But I'm making progress!</div><div style="text-align: center;">And yes, Dear Readers,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> the Blossom Factory is keeping to the challenge!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I made 10 bunches last week, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and am well launched on this week...</div><div style="text-align: center;">Stitches and Stems and Blossoms...</div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh My!<br /></div><div><p><br /></p></div>Daydreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170115485686244907noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249478764637750851.post-64839564386516117922024-02-27T19:00:00.001-05:002024-02-27T19:04:30.549-05:00Shrub Construction....<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUweL9d06zTr07f8WymFlR6AX18_XC8sw8ccCn-R73jWrcZmFNwQOSMdiuHUpXPmZcuwPb0OV-iKh-cg1lVRbLq55rX-kMz_DCm-zC2QLC0yoR4Hb9k7rtKZDGFzvW6Sh3T1Vu4LbVPk-zN7kGLgLbnqxmMv1k8zzF_WUaYhzp7lSgzOILNrv8Yl3grIm8/s2576/027.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUweL9d06zTr07f8WymFlR6AX18_XC8sw8ccCn-R73jWrcZmFNwQOSMdiuHUpXPmZcuwPb0OV-iKh-cg1lVRbLq55rX-kMz_DCm-zC2QLC0yoR4Hb9k7rtKZDGFzvW6Sh3T1Vu4LbVPk-zN7kGLgLbnqxmMv1k8zzF_WUaYhzp7lSgzOILNrv8Yl3grIm8/s320/027.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p> Continued...</p><p>I Hope you won't mind, Dear Readers, if this is a boring post about the Rhododendron Shrub construction... again! There is not a whole lot to show you because it is slow going on three different skeletons which are all supposed to look the same. That is the trick... it is nearly impossible to make them look exactly the same... so I have to constantly try to adjust a little one way or another. And as I mentioned on an earlier post, I have to make each step on all three of the shrub skeletons at the same time so I don't lose track of which branches I have done what to.... and even then I occasionally notice that I skipped a piece on one of them. The skeleton in the picture above is Shrub#2 (yes, I have numbered them to help me keep my sanity...!) which will eventually be the green leafy shrub for summer, fall and winter (when it is not snowing). You can see (if you enlarge the photos) I have added glue to the places where Green wire wraps around the brown paper stems! Alas, even with the dry winter air, I have to leave them alone for quite a while after making this step. The glue joins need to be very sturdy.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr6bDJc3onfCZoIwNxTjOMlXYze9i9lKhRBq7jrksmHNXdMK3q9eocsJ-l0NCVbl1CyEOi8oZOn0KT61lPgU5y3Ml843gJpb3ik1hlxJLxT4DYZD9gokbGSbcUUcApJVo9FWePqja_Higq5tuUWSds6einvi97LGxmWsx_MJWGOl_C3wcJDJ0NdJYfhvWS/s2576/029.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr6bDJc3onfCZoIwNxTjOMlXYze9i9lKhRBq7jrksmHNXdMK3q9eocsJ-l0NCVbl1CyEOi8oZOn0KT61lPgU5y3Ml843gJpb3ik1hlxJLxT4DYZD9gokbGSbcUUcApJVo9FWePqja_Higq5tuUWSds6einvi97LGxmWsx_MJWGOl_C3wcJDJ0NdJYfhvWS/s320/029.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">And this skeleton, is Shrub#3, </div><div style="text-align: center;">getting the same glue treatment on its branches.</div><div style="text-align: center;">When it is finished it will be the leafy shrub in Winter</div><div style="text-align: center;"> with snow on its leaves,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> for those few times I need to set a</div><div style="text-align: center;"> "winter story" at The Folly! <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZb2iNQFF5jULOqWFIAJpTAd8pfzBNvaV8lp7L-0TwRD2DGAs7jlwG4I7-ee9z6yP6jPO_27Qzrdy4vVlq2Hziuj99TGpMBOu7qYJDFflr1685uyrXubr_EvKVgNYO4nj7-9yE4tgrtS7wnmnCYn72UNR_x9uhT1s48K5qKNJLfcTAmW4aK5humZEdOFUl/s2576/028.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZb2iNQFF5jULOqWFIAJpTAd8pfzBNvaV8lp7L-0TwRD2DGAs7jlwG4I7-ee9z6yP6jPO_27Qzrdy4vVlq2Hziuj99TGpMBOu7qYJDFflr1685uyrXubr_EvKVgNYO4nj7-9yE4tgrtS7wnmnCYn72UNR_x9uhT1s48K5qKNJLfcTAmW4aK5humZEdOFUl/s320/028.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And this one is Shrub#1, which is the "prototype"</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and will be the one with the blossoms when it is finished.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCxfBlTpvWNbpUV_rjHjWYwRQzWhhc5r8qYi5wHlMvbBjo8QfeBsuayZAx0THFv-XyHpSaLU7e_VJTAlGQuRG280NKcGDLfNYaZoNr9qspH3Hi2UUQ9WPooTSp9X7I_hBw-AMQffGFNR7mbn5CVT6_LjveRiPanH4Qd8kjyi6S3Irl6bCl8-ccudkeJR9h/s2576/026.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCxfBlTpvWNbpUV_rjHjWYwRQzWhhc5r8qYi5wHlMvbBjo8QfeBsuayZAx0THFv-XyHpSaLU7e_VJTAlGQuRG280NKcGDLfNYaZoNr9qspH3Hi2UUQ9WPooTSp9X7I_hBw-AMQffGFNR7mbn5CVT6_LjveRiPanH4Qd8kjyi6S3Irl6bCl8-ccudkeJR9h/s320/026.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Here they are all together in a row...</div><div style="text-align: center;"> I know, you can't easily tell where one ends and the next begins...</div><div style="text-align: center;">But I have to have them all together while I am working on them!</div><div style="text-align: center;">(Sorry, my table is a mess... I was also sneaking in an extra small project</div><div style="text-align: center;"> sort of visible in the background.... more on that another time!)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyMDdkitpKMveLKJ_ewWH5Lrs1XqdmLmXZOybMEuNHc8YLmKy1zTNBjyb0xgzg1SV46DgGviRIDQ4SzqlvvisnFSSqzE8tKUsdxDe1GGxSgqezaVZT41voaYQ572G2AT3ombF_ut5lYkEWd2GzodkFXSBbtjroebSYiokuuNG5UdhtURgoFLzacAMHXQmA/s2576/025.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyMDdkitpKMveLKJ_ewWH5Lrs1XqdmLmXZOybMEuNHc8YLmKy1zTNBjyb0xgzg1SV46DgGviRIDQ4SzqlvvisnFSSqzE8tKUsdxDe1GGxSgqezaVZT41voaYQ572G2AT3ombF_ut5lYkEWd2GzodkFXSBbtjroebSYiokuuNG5UdhtURgoFLzacAMHXQmA/s320/025.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And here you can see Shrub#1 in The Folly Garden where it will live,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> showing the added stems on the part that leans toward The Tree House...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcWA5bPlKEIxBkc9uIrxfQfYP-vrlB97ELh4J5qDpstioMrft91vJZjQ9XQ4keV0C4tt7e-47D_EZE22N2PJURfS-SED145bv1sjAyO7SE16j1fuhNYlmjtw5uCfwwRj2Sh2_OfKwz_hymDoLOJVE5Kkhzxgdbvt7NLGQy40X-DNi8yPDUTrbNLS7sy_f2/s2576/026.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcWA5bPlKEIxBkc9uIrxfQfYP-vrlB97ELh4J5qDpstioMrft91vJZjQ9XQ4keV0C4tt7e-47D_EZE22N2PJURfS-SED145bv1sjAyO7SE16j1fuhNYlmjtw5uCfwwRj2Sh2_OfKwz_hymDoLOJVE5Kkhzxgdbvt7NLGQy40X-DNi8yPDUTrbNLS7sy_f2/s320/026.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Here you can see it a little closer,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> from an angle that shows more of The Tree House trunk...</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and shows how the Rhododendron Shrub will be a big part</div><div style="text-align: center;"> of what keeps the Tree House doorway concealed from passing humans!</div><div style="text-align: center;">(Ah, yes... when Will I get back to building The Tree House???)</div><div style="text-align: center;">The long downward branches will be trimmed and added to next.... </div><div style="text-align: center;">as I figure out just which branch needs to go where!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And Meanwhile, Dear Readers, you can rest assured that</div><div style="text-align: center;"> the collection of "blossom clusters" is growing at a great rate!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmgDU2Pbb-8m2GW60MAH5uD_VRZkZB0aALXDYBhkor2y-3ocrTyj5SOPdcuAB8ahP25qMCj3f6Y95H7Diyz0uJg1KtvZl7ISOcHTfzs7mQqEbdAibMm0McPLbk0FYTWiRh3lk-bQ56csB9Zk4QG1XH4doSpkAyM7MsEjXkoD26Sw2CXoizmhk6TiZ3bsri/s2576/036.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmgDU2Pbb-8m2GW60MAH5uD_VRZkZB0aALXDYBhkor2y-3ocrTyj5SOPdcuAB8ahP25qMCj3f6Y95H7Diyz0uJg1KtvZl7ISOcHTfzs7mQqEbdAibMm0McPLbk0FYTWiRh3lk-bQ56csB9Zk4QG1XH4doSpkAyM7MsEjXkoD26Sw2CXoizmhk6TiZ3bsri/s320/036.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I have added 18 clusters in the past two weeks,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and am up to a total of Fifty clusters!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I have been diligently adding leaves</div><div style="text-align: center;"> to the clusters that didn't have them.... </div><div style="text-align: center;">but am still behind on that task.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I have not yet gotten a good leaf making schedule</div><div style="text-align: center;"> worked into the blossom making one...</div><div style="text-align: center;">But it's only a matter of Time, Dear Readers,</div><div style="text-align: center;">As the Shrub Construction continues...</div><div style="text-align: center;">And Continues..... !<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><p><br /></p></div>Daydreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170115485686244907noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249478764637750851.post-90573264554585596882024-02-20T19:12:00.001-05:002024-02-20T19:12:44.928-05:00Stitching Updates...<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvPahtBM6Q7fbQZjsK9gj_T_gygGxScdko6w34ukpH9LGqMCOIRTfIW0NaJIbsJtDHNGvkQJD3-nBXCqDQbfrRqHYYQajtY22BhQuUxtjVcaEtg7TprW_1enIjpCAF90vMGpOsxSqnmm7j5-JRDlxZXgbGOPsAMUQQTwYieVfZwkv1T0xv0KePfiauuQsJ/s2576/029.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvPahtBM6Q7fbQZjsK9gj_T_gygGxScdko6w34ukpH9LGqMCOIRTfIW0NaJIbsJtDHNGvkQJD3-nBXCqDQbfrRqHYYQajtY22BhQuUxtjVcaEtg7TprW_1enIjpCAF90vMGpOsxSqnmm7j5-JRDlxZXgbGOPsAMUQQTwYieVfZwkv1T0xv0KePfiauuQsJ/s320/029.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Slow But Steady...</p><p>Because, Dear Readers, I cannot spend All my time making rhododendron blossoms and leaves, only Most of my time, I have managed to make a little progress on the petit-point stitching as well. In the above picture, you can see my first cushion in progress. I had neglected to design it so the shape would end up square, and needed to adjust the outer border in tiny ways so it mostly repeated in a pleasing pattern. But I learned a lot, so the next cushion will perhaps be a better product. I was surprised at how quickly one small section of the carpet could be stitched! It was only the work of a couple days of casual stitching to get this far.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhepefutDYjceLQAikfYBWz8DZaDizBRcDpqKwVlN5eCd-OAI_RzJMpIXcKv-pi-VvmsGx3efgd82NuUQT6xqD5j1s7e_s3ViIeVYByOjjvJdmUpKgWtdit9ZZV9mWHBzCLZMUSD8d2GUdTtX_xdaecun_x55NJOrb4RPRjY6lpbSzGDFo9DPFxoVDdsf1K/s2576/028.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhepefutDYjceLQAikfYBWz8DZaDizBRcDpqKwVlN5eCd-OAI_RzJMpIXcKv-pi-VvmsGx3efgd82NuUQT6xqD5j1s7e_s3ViIeVYByOjjvJdmUpKgWtdit9ZZV9mWHBzCLZMUSD8d2GUdTtX_xdaecun_x55NJOrb4RPRjY6lpbSzGDFo9DPFxoVDdsf1K/s320/028.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">And here you can see it is nearly done!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitbB2iCEWspRG-jSAQBQmqOkvz3kJonu_MWpFS7WrLroS8RelRNfZv3BkP4Zh5vv-e-MFqJ-_Vq0hoUrcK_K47VbGY8P7PuL3IMtswa3SESXlxxccvMfMfJYLZDPkNXCYl3aQ0WgY-5rXmus6WINI2w0XM9sHEX7RHNIQhO9pWJ04uPUtV8Z3xJNLbtIDY/s2576/011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitbB2iCEWspRG-jSAQBQmqOkvz3kJonu_MWpFS7WrLroS8RelRNfZv3BkP4Zh5vv-e-MFqJ-_Vq0hoUrcK_K47VbGY8P7PuL3IMtswa3SESXlxxccvMfMfJYLZDPkNXCYl3aQ0WgY-5rXmus6WINI2w0XM9sHEX7RHNIQhO9pWJ04uPUtV8Z3xJNLbtIDY/s320/011.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And because that went so quickly, I started another one right away.</div><div style="text-align: center;">This time I am making the pattern a couple stitches wider on both sides.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">And because, I know I have mentioned that</div><div style="text-align: center;"> it is hard to stitch the tiny stitches (40 to the inch!)</div><div style="text-align: center;"> of the Baktiari cushions at night, </div><div style="text-align: center;">I have also been making progress on the William Morris carpet </div><div style="text-align: center;">which is a much larger stitch size (only 18 to the inch.) <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6bmsLUq01awDeiHlSiw_DYN0rLER_ml_zMvji5IEKvMSDlOyIZsCOa_wE7QsxvpcDLUSJW14Yl9Y8o-OzLxCZItHPxtqpTwMbvdRwq3A4WVbrfO_YrnMhYvoFzHJ4xAiztiPP403S5rBqZFaytEivQGQT9nEccdETaEcXjr_-zlSEIDwxy1uCNqTkMPc4/s2576/031.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6bmsLUq01awDeiHlSiw_DYN0rLER_ml_zMvji5IEKvMSDlOyIZsCOa_wE7QsxvpcDLUSJW14Yl9Y8o-OzLxCZItHPxtqpTwMbvdRwq3A4WVbrfO_YrnMhYvoFzHJ4xAiztiPP403S5rBqZFaytEivQGQT9nEccdETaEcXjr_-zlSEIDwxy1uCNqTkMPc4/s320/031.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">No, I have not found a bigger frame yet,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> but am making do with stitching the area that is available.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The blue background is very easy to stitch</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and really makes the pattern start to stand out.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCqep4kuOqhA1LEjO_Xbldwxpg-JZ1zfMbKA5_sBrTzMyP0cMaHnF-qlutswTwJRpizCNWCGMPR87M4otphyphenhyphenWardvJdizcL1NnckgDOjuLklqWKShUBj94qbDdQDVEbZjzlA_5ug9OZrWnSLvSw1y0Et-th17gUk6OG-FvGBi0AjS5dP2lKQi0yMNVsgFw/s2576/036.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCqep4kuOqhA1LEjO_Xbldwxpg-JZ1zfMbKA5_sBrTzMyP0cMaHnF-qlutswTwJRpizCNWCGMPR87M4otphyphenhyphenWardvJdizcL1NnckgDOjuLklqWKShUBj94qbDdQDVEbZjzlA_5ug9OZrWnSLvSw1y0Et-th17gUk6OG-FvGBi0AjS5dP2lKQi0yMNVsgFw/s320/036.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And as for the Dragon Carpet, Dear Readers, </div><div style="text-align: center;">it requires that I have both good light for the</div><div style="text-align: center;"> tiny stitches (40 to the inch again)</div><div style="text-align: center;">and a clear mind for the careful design-as-I-go process</div><div style="text-align: center;">so I can judge how it is looking before I get too far off track!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6a5Zml4txGMP-ZNZJRDy3EFNhqa9ZAp54BYEdraf8RCAQfTzW3wqKt8SdS3EdFD5LsC42SjcgFTmrMBP-sEayfOy80ZGkg_UgMlOiVNo-FQBipjaxuPJTxHQLzX0OBxnzs8NJTm9ZzgoD3lzfTvQ5OeMG3Akc_hYkpaHQv96NY4fksf14tEzS6xEMwAgD/s2576/017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6a5Zml4txGMP-ZNZJRDy3EFNhqa9ZAp54BYEdraf8RCAQfTzW3wqKt8SdS3EdFD5LsC42SjcgFTmrMBP-sEayfOy80ZGkg_UgMlOiVNo-FQBipjaxuPJTxHQLzX0OBxnzs8NJTm9ZzgoD3lzfTvQ5OeMG3Akc_hYkpaHQv96NY4fksf14tEzS6xEMwAgD/s320/017.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">So it has seen even less of my attention,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> but even so, some good progress has been made!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am keeping the blue scale pattern design</div><div style="text-align: center;"> only a small way ahead of the gold filling part</div><div style="text-align: center;"> so I can be sure it is making the scales look enough like scales!</div><div style="text-align: center;"> This means keeping both needles threaded</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and in play at the same time. </div><div style="text-align: center;">You just have to be sure to not tangle</div><div style="text-align: center;"> the threads on the underside.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am feeling quite encouraged by the way they are looking..... </div><div style="text-align: center;">and only wonder if I am going to need</div><div style="text-align: center;"> to make some "design adjustments" </div><div style="text-align: center;">to the rest of the body of the carpet as well.... </div><div style="text-align: center;">hmmm...</div><div style="text-align: center;">we will have to see when we get there!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So that's the stitching update Dear Readers,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Lots of tiny stitches from time to time</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Slowly but steadily adds up to quite a bit of progress!<br /></div><div><p><br /></p></div>Daydreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170115485686244907noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249478764637750851.post-22917829704701531892024-02-13T20:49:00.000-05:002024-02-13T20:49:12.373-05:00Rhododendron Shrub Structure....<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2SlMfmKCMJxR0Hgql0UwNR5h_V_SYfwPKyz23TooLsD4PhGnTc-8RTZrMuMJ4yTbjadXhwZqi5y2SXo46xmhoQ1rJF4XcyvmMDhm1jTynusv-Qrg4z4Jy49XLV6GqVtjxVLeLfhIcJl1ex6-SxEOjoZgiqt1SkyLDCWdBICU-x3JtOV_FjinyjOBoVrUi/s2576/018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2SlMfmKCMJxR0Hgql0UwNR5h_V_SYfwPKyz23TooLsD4PhGnTc-8RTZrMuMJ4yTbjadXhwZqi5y2SXo46xmhoQ1rJF4XcyvmMDhm1jTynusv-Qrg4z4Jy49XLV6GqVtjxVLeLfhIcJl1ex6-SxEOjoZgiqt1SkyLDCWdBICU-x3JtOV_FjinyjOBoVrUi/s320/018.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>The Skeleton...</p><p>I am working away, Dear Readers, on the Rhododendron Blossom making process and can report that I am making good progress. I have challenged myself to see if I can make two batches of florets per day, totaling ten batches per week (with the weekends for other project pieces). The truth of the matter is, it gets easier when you apply yourself consistently to a task! But I still need to be making progress on the leaves.... and the shrub structures themselves. In the above photo you can see the "skeleton" of the Rhododendron on the right side of The Folly porch, looking the same as it has since last summer. The main stem is a gnarled ancient "trunk" (made from the same heavy gauge paper covered florist wire that I used for the Lilacs) with one long "side branch" that stretches along the ground to the right and then makes a secondary trunk nearer to The Tree House. Why did I make it this way? Well, partly because the landscape "asks" for it.... and partly because that is what the huge old RL Rhododendron by my house has done! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVnSZxUq-F-DYi-fcqHKO63NNjg_b9ILSXBOuJBeRG0gltCDXmUx9iHiA8xhyphenhyphenz55FUFfuZVcddFCyK7VygS6Ed0vUr2Jc1Rq4R8ZJyAJ_jdzq3DNJGwU2LRGMmIufG04AjTOX_qkdNZ2FQhz3PoJzU56zOH3fLYQ35kwUag_QuYwa0JD8RLlRKrE5qDnW1/s2576/014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVnSZxUq-F-DYi-fcqHKO63NNjg_b9ILSXBOuJBeRG0gltCDXmUx9iHiA8xhyphenhyphenz55FUFfuZVcddFCyK7VygS6Ed0vUr2Jc1Rq4R8ZJyAJ_jdzq3DNJGwU2LRGMmIufG04AjTOX_qkdNZ2FQhz3PoJzU56zOH3fLYQ35kwUag_QuYwa0JD8RLlRKrE5qDnW1/s320/014.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I don't know if you have ever climbed "into" a big old bush, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but I will show you what it looks like from the inside!</div><div style="text-align: center;">The ground is quite bare.... and here</div><div style="text-align: center;"> the root can be seen snaking across the ground to the left.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sorry about the dark picture... it was dark in under those leaves.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5qQ9uNa5hxPJPN4iACGKZlh3Me65mtefVr4tpBOHAvY-FrUzehkkmbhfJF8G8FStBL0HFSvnjSAKzozsefmOIcC2KONeSFI9UqdVvjF_yf7-dk1E6VBT8jQ5ybU-ImAhsdaEv-qFev7g9jNyV59ZHmSaNwKn98mbdMtVXe1eUcXbAewPOX6SWyDWtIo99/s2576/008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5qQ9uNa5hxPJPN4iACGKZlh3Me65mtefVr4tpBOHAvY-FrUzehkkmbhfJF8G8FStBL0HFSvnjSAKzozsefmOIcC2KONeSFI9UqdVvjF_yf7-dk1E6VBT8jQ5ybU-ImAhsdaEv-qFev7g9jNyV59ZHmSaNwKn98mbdMtVXe1eUcXbAewPOX6SWyDWtIo99/s320/008.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Here is a side view of the main trunk...</div><div style="text-align: center;"> the branching started fairly low,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> but as the shrub aged, the taller branches </div><div style="text-align: center;">began to bend downward....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGuPvtQkD6bQi0pkRzzW3eDcRelslwHduE74uyWAdgkIpcRcPtUkauAhCvixC4TcFEt3Cg8wNZpltdY6UcCu3wCwiehi4OgiXNzcfWPjgkYxEW_itScWPft5rWEsOggqZ7vEeZ2ntD7V89Jxht6mour9uNnd2YxGpfEMCfDJhW7dFqtRT-dLBa4Vm-RGr3/s2576/009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGuPvtQkD6bQi0pkRzzW3eDcRelslwHduE74uyWAdgkIpcRcPtUkauAhCvixC4TcFEt3Cg8wNZpltdY6UcCu3wCwiehi4OgiXNzcfWPjgkYxEW_itScWPft5rWEsOggqZ7vEeZ2ntD7V89Jxht6mour9uNnd2YxGpfEMCfDJhW7dFqtRT-dLBa4Vm-RGr3/s320/009.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">So the area under the shrub is like a huge umbrella...</div><div style="text-align: center;">and the tops of the branches sweep down to the ground.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpjOrBswcynGVrhC1VxaoTztaASwUlm8oUnVBUoVwxDR4ViClF2Xrv9BD8hxbhyphenhyphenGSlVUlakW6X56EvFmmrfHUmGW5N1cs4gpNBwu7dSTfPhGiziD1NKScxFs8U7YY_u6_EOhzGyiKIXFnlCnHK1HRxtoKIlcG87PkA7tEoJ22dd9nhaZeOvx8EhMJHaGzM/s2576/010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpjOrBswcynGVrhC1VxaoTztaASwUlm8oUnVBUoVwxDR4ViClF2Xrv9BD8hxbhyphenhyphenGSlVUlakW6X56EvFmmrfHUmGW5N1cs4gpNBwu7dSTfPhGiziD1NKScxFs8U7YY_u6_EOhzGyiKIXFnlCnHK1HRxtoKIlcG87PkA7tEoJ22dd9nhaZeOvx8EhMJHaGzM/s320/010.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I surmise that over time, the weight of the winter snows</div><div style="text-align: center;"> must have caused some of this sag....</div><div style="text-align: center;"> but the branches became quite twisted and contorted!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSX6sxSN5Hafq4Tv6lEFE2MFx_P2cWUKab7hOm4MgQzCds3jT6S6xCp5W3sWBgyLHpwWFnFGLKnsMj0NRfnau1AiglmqMY77QCcq9mz153FSNvjjz2lWhoiUPz7DiaVjPHNA4JpDKxXFA4PBGa56hvoLGm3pB2i4ymtNr_lpGrJ4oHsIkdarHc0U7Jnsha/s2576/011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSX6sxSN5Hafq4Tv6lEFE2MFx_P2cWUKab7hOm4MgQzCds3jT6S6xCp5W3sWBgyLHpwWFnFGLKnsMj0NRfnau1AiglmqMY77QCcq9mz153FSNvjjz2lWhoiUPz7DiaVjPHNA4JpDKxXFA4PBGa56hvoLGm3pB2i4ymtNr_lpGrJ4oHsIkdarHc0U7Jnsha/s320/011.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">You can see how knobby and twisted the structure actually is!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE1VlgVNHTphvpvG36NBUxhp373sEyBkRmaEsos-VP2NCFU8rXGyxfQ8YBWRPChu_4h_HRODSWl1Pa9oZ4Ez_vLYyNQfFAfuKszyw5a1pR5M9uichyAb4r6JcDQooJ20wlWzAKtEQgoJ8cbR0xmanbgVIElg4EFW5H0fJo3Wur8jV_37SbBId9tGJmf96j/s2576/012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE1VlgVNHTphvpvG36NBUxhp373sEyBkRmaEsos-VP2NCFU8rXGyxfQ8YBWRPChu_4h_HRODSWl1Pa9oZ4Ez_vLYyNQfFAfuKszyw5a1pR5M9uichyAb4r6JcDQooJ20wlWzAKtEQgoJ8cbR0xmanbgVIElg4EFW5H0fJo3Wur8jV_37SbBId9tGJmf96j/s320/012.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And those branches keep growing outward and downward.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I was rather surprised when I first realized this!</div><div style="text-align: center;">And that is what I am trying to duplicate</div><div style="text-align: center;"> in my shrub skeleton for The Folly Rhododendron.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">But before we go there, Dear Readers,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> I wanted to remind you</div><div style="text-align: center;"> of the essential feature of these shrubs....</div><div style="text-align: center;">The Seasonal Landscape Pods...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhefGhP5LyTrXCtCUYhg_dagrWtdRWJJJr_jh0k-fEhPfP1m_W4mZbi7eZzmY1tfZVe0bc9cX2NKnUvca9-CDomZ855tZCV8gFOs5TG0XxZQPgWvp3CjNXK06teCm2ptoh3HGDIR0zTwd35D_GMU_nURNfk2es0rvDaUhyphenhyphent4PCeIvvUsoBIWgIJri_cR_Af/s2576/010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhefGhP5LyTrXCtCUYhg_dagrWtdRWJJJr_jh0k-fEhPfP1m_W4mZbi7eZzmY1tfZVe0bc9cX2NKnUvca9-CDomZ855tZCV8gFOs5TG0XxZQPgWvp3CjNXK06teCm2ptoh3HGDIR0zTwd35D_GMU_nURNfk2es0rvDaUhyphenhyphent4PCeIvvUsoBIWgIJri_cR_Af/s320/010.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Here you can see (sorry it is so dark!) </div><div style="text-align: center;">The Folly Garden on the right side of the porch.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLqWKtgrsqHeCMFej_eAbYaByut0ON4_UJ3BjVWkK5qEpGERfOzbtKwRaV-zBWWSw41Vv5CQcT9Lpq87Z4rmUgedH5sQ68huhSl0EpYBC2dik9vMAv6Ev4wm9l_27qmsSE6ziOUnT7t5D-KNdZLbq3d4vnsiJjKa9tJrOs88XiJ0xmbEHNHFWkT7iwDOBI/s2576/011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLqWKtgrsqHeCMFej_eAbYaByut0ON4_UJ3BjVWkK5qEpGERfOzbtKwRaV-zBWWSw41Vv5CQcT9Lpq87Z4rmUgedH5sQ68huhSl0EpYBC2dik9vMAv6Ev4wm9l_27qmsSE6ziOUnT7t5D-KNdZLbq3d4vnsiJjKa9tJrOs88XiJ0xmbEHNHFWkT7iwDOBI/s320/011.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And here you can see that nail is so that</div><div style="text-align: center;"> I can lift the "Pod" out of the garden...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYJlkVTM1-pt_FRHjand5uXt8lOAox3Qo3_AccMNvmyJHYr75id2FjQd_T3Zz6aEEo1UDDBe98C90sIKjxUfm7I1wMF0z_d-8JkqXvCciO4Z50INReTQATJ_KearliuSv7qSmqtkYbw2ZLCNpYBAWuUyEB1gY9rc6GK2QKPm1QwwsZVul4bEdoJmdx_3SO/s2576/012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYJlkVTM1-pt_FRHjand5uXt8lOAox3Qo3_AccMNvmyJHYr75id2FjQd_T3Zz6aEEo1UDDBe98C90sIKjxUfm7I1wMF0z_d-8JkqXvCciO4Z50INReTQATJ_KearliuSv7qSmqtkYbw2ZLCNpYBAWuUyEB1gY9rc6GK2QKPm1QwwsZVul4bEdoJmdx_3SO/s320/012.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Leaving a "hole" that will accept interchangeable "pods".</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCXF8COHE6CauNBvnqX3uCqz2DliFkD4JjmLI-t59Z97jibQlBRMBKALw0SXxA6gczVnPK52NxSSoxFmKLhOMNIbUJXtE4QhspmAMb6B9uu15DDO97iqhcSlCDD1GVJbXqtmTktG5jzSn-H0thD373BOy8WVC7f81zgnozVD45j_rOxcXyRlm2lq209wFr/s2576/013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCXF8COHE6CauNBvnqX3uCqz2DliFkD4JjmLI-t59Z97jibQlBRMBKALw0SXxA6gczVnPK52NxSSoxFmKLhOMNIbUJXtE4QhspmAMb6B9uu15DDO97iqhcSlCDD1GVJbXqtmTktG5jzSn-H0thD373BOy8WVC7f81zgnozVD45j_rOxcXyRlm2lq209wFr/s320/013.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And here are the three (nearly) identical pods</div><div style="text-align: center;"> which will hold the Rhododendron Shrubs in their seasonal variations.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I plan to make a blossoming shrub, </div><div style="text-align: center;">a plain leafy shrub (for all the rest of the year)</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and a snowy winter shrub... for those special snowy occasions!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And for that I need three identical shrub "skeletons"!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCpYV_mvrwoqXLGW9RSoLiVH24hYShXflUaEDpHYPjCDHOExtY-BZ1AF-GMTFEPNQfbY5kg_luJVClnCV-Zrjzri-a35S19vAh75Nds3hS9AbKqTB29W_aJ6LwzplUUWl3tNA3r6ziUknwzx6liyRbE7KDCPkFn5RvxXPryh4RHp3RqepE0jLAKM6NLsdP/s2576/014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCpYV_mvrwoqXLGW9RSoLiVH24hYShXflUaEDpHYPjCDHOExtY-BZ1AF-GMTFEPNQfbY5kg_luJVClnCV-Zrjzri-a35S19vAh75Nds3hS9AbKqTB29W_aJ6LwzplUUWl3tNA3r6ziUknwzx6liyRbE7KDCPkFn5RvxXPryh4RHp3RqepE0jLAKM6NLsdP/s320/014.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Here are two of the three.... with the basic</div><div style="text-align: center;"> root structure and trunk structure begun.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXFKBFJm8EapDRQwMXa4qZNYpQAL8Jwla5ieAhU9KbYeK3MiBrJ6WWAwHCVDElpDDknYK0D2c1APEQ18aEu01r-BSC0BAI_lgyqKcC5KUqyyi1hmsBfUZV_PNp5tT1S-Ebk8CgmhUcTCVgJ-ZYPNS0nb4uEcEtp-YAdrpMmXNDlSeEc7Ed5fguvaxQprxd/s2576/015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXFKBFJm8EapDRQwMXa4qZNYpQAL8Jwla5ieAhU9KbYeK3MiBrJ6WWAwHCVDElpDDknYK0D2c1APEQ18aEu01r-BSC0BAI_lgyqKcC5KUqyyi1hmsBfUZV_PNp5tT1S-Ebk8CgmhUcTCVgJ-ZYPNS0nb4uEcEtp-YAdrpMmXNDlSeEc7Ed5fguvaxQprxd/s320/015.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Here is the basic "prototype" skeleton</div><div style="text-align: center;"> beginning to have the branches "shaped".</div><div style="text-align: center;">Because the shape gets complicated fast....</div><div style="text-align: center;"> I have to make the same step on each shrub in sequence, <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">so I can be sure they will look essentially the same.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifL9D_dGJC8skBkuQkVduAFJa6XzgArlXr3LqOoLHl3uFKnNmvX4LKGQVsA9bgWSa0XpfF3zQ2ujdKyDCO8h4p-L9Z7U4DdcPJQhxK-x5Js9s76-C21KnZQp5m-QwUZXb1XopCrQNAMehJ_m0tsgKCgS9gLkfzaTUoXnI8FTmtHyPHh5_CQrOTVYsYz8KZ/s2576/017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifL9D_dGJC8skBkuQkVduAFJa6XzgArlXr3LqOoLHl3uFKnNmvX4LKGQVsA9bgWSa0XpfF3zQ2ujdKyDCO8h4p-L9Z7U4DdcPJQhxK-x5Js9s76-C21KnZQp5m-QwUZXb1XopCrQNAMehJ_m0tsgKCgS9gLkfzaTUoXnI8FTmtHyPHh5_CQrOTVYsYz8KZ/s320/017.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And I have to constantly fit it to The Folly garden spot</div><div style="text-align: center;"> to be sure it doesn't bump the roof or not stand straight.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioORGSV3177hehqp-qw1Bu0PGMA_9KMd6hu_-TdxHYqee9UbcdGhVspgCeG7Aj-S1CWIBFVi1mq5o2NqOMHeb-PyT2Xg6sSL9Wgazq0s9TErPDpd6S1yfy_mslvnBeuyJsrCv3RZNF7594cZ6ej-7z3gBygIECUptuwt63AVael-fgvN3290ZgVGRvAYYw/s2576/021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioORGSV3177hehqp-qw1Bu0PGMA_9KMd6hu_-TdxHYqee9UbcdGhVspgCeG7Aj-S1CWIBFVi1mq5o2NqOMHeb-PyT2Xg6sSL9Wgazq0s9TErPDpd6S1yfy_mslvnBeuyJsrCv3RZNF7594cZ6ej-7z3gBygIECUptuwt63AVael-fgvN3290ZgVGRvAYYw/s320/021.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Here you can see it better with the flash on... </div><div style="text-align: center;">I have begun to trim the tops of the long branches, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and twist them into branches lower on the stem...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisZMkZurt4loHjObYlWtIDt281FaOUAvp5GHaVgq0n_zNr41IH4AmVGffbl5wYymodPE_NXfHrqUVCV2HEJZS4Jf2qya2_6HLBoMXKiDoKytAbHoxIqiowm9fLggjCpWyB8haE9emtC17Q748A0kNmuVYkcMnEyQ9LrFbnquQW0VSb4QMfLTbnILVa3NmT/s2576/027.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisZMkZurt4loHjObYlWtIDt281FaOUAvp5GHaVgq0n_zNr41IH4AmVGffbl5wYymodPE_NXfHrqUVCV2HEJZS4Jf2qya2_6HLBoMXKiDoKytAbHoxIqiowm9fLggjCpWyB8haE9emtC17Q748A0kNmuVYkcMnEyQ9LrFbnquQW0VSb4QMfLTbnILVa3NmT/s320/027.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And then I add glue to the joined wires.....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiluytZ94-A4cgPaeM8lUlOchwzIrB4U3xwYrtVF85E8dmBnN_Yhv3usFSkJ7JCThJplzvfMaOMd1dVXBGWXdvxRrj50bCIz5Dzr-OXf1n2OsDMW3LEowAdcYZAQ8XHzwYd6GCqWJGEUf69ug3lwhSSZtP1BhHRaXxtuVbhjhVa3NUWdjBRlLeeyy7Gu8Gj/s2576/017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiluytZ94-A4cgPaeM8lUlOchwzIrB4U3xwYrtVF85E8dmBnN_Yhv3usFSkJ7JCThJplzvfMaOMd1dVXBGWXdvxRrj50bCIz5Dzr-OXf1n2OsDMW3LEowAdcYZAQ8XHzwYd6GCqWJGEUf69ug3lwhSSZtP1BhHRaXxtuVbhjhVa3NUWdjBRlLeeyy7Gu8Gj/s320/017.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Here are two of them with the stems being glued.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The wire is quite stiff and hard to bend.... so I take it slowly.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVT28dLKnu8Xqntmu-8fcKSjbQgCY-o_AvbhBw1RC6_RIemIzahslyTxHuGzEXAtyq3fX5F4Yil_pZtEmFowJiDXJl1D2e7l71Vxsm2ceR-h-R66ODc2yv24OWKMguuQmf-1zBgWB-_BUAQ3q3Dl7EF5mBz2WRZP0eRRXsPAWpBQ4YasfbWSHah1smqChr/s2576/019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVT28dLKnu8Xqntmu-8fcKSjbQgCY-o_AvbhBw1RC6_RIemIzahslyTxHuGzEXAtyq3fX5F4Yil_pZtEmFowJiDXJl1D2e7l71Vxsm2ceR-h-R66ODc2yv24OWKMguuQmf-1zBgWB-_BUAQ3q3Dl7EF5mBz2WRZP0eRRXsPAWpBQ4YasfbWSHah1smqChr/s320/019.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Here I am just starting to add the thinner "branches"... </div><div style="text-align: center;">the green wire.... also really stiff and hard to bend!</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is going to take a while!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj_VQ7mr8V9BysN9vWY44fNdf7UbCoLS8082HgtTvtLzi_THivgbXJU2emEWxRR4bpPn3WE3g4CT0wbp01-x6YCMFfVkknj5TkSa00Wh9-T7IK_k7IqUUkiNvym6hzgJUADQJwgR0JNGqkAcniNzXeYqY4HYWEMH8yVk1JJYTCe61RHyCvuUGeQCt9qyGv/s2576/021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj_VQ7mr8V9BysN9vWY44fNdf7UbCoLS8082HgtTvtLzi_THivgbXJU2emEWxRR4bpPn3WE3g4CT0wbp01-x6YCMFfVkknj5TkSa00Wh9-T7IK_k7IqUUkiNvym6hzgJUADQJwgR0JNGqkAcniNzXeYqY4HYWEMH8yVk1JJYTCe61RHyCvuUGeQCt9qyGv/s320/021.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And here it is in The Folly Garden again.... </div><div style="text-align: center;">with the flash...</div><div style="text-align: center;">There is still a long way to go, Dear Readers,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> but I think I am making progress </div><div style="text-align: center;">with the Rhododendron Shrub Skeletons!<br /></div><div><p><br /></p></div>Daydreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170115485686244907noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249478764637750851.post-76306110332195417472024-02-06T19:24:00.000-05:002024-02-06T19:24:38.022-05:00Rhododendrons... <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXg3P_uvcqMcp2BcJhg9gGZLkZzVe2d6Cw2K0KQiQaG9U9iqma9zWAKaL69O2pedaA6taSBGGaX_yO8L-bU5OtkzetnrY-BBwJLHCmM2Vvk6eXykq3DBh6RhsZBuUYML2tRXCJF1fzQU6D_CQ0rLgtFibShH4HsJxcJY3M1ZKFl5TH7ZGMXGc-Rt13rDLM/s2576/041.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXg3P_uvcqMcp2BcJhg9gGZLkZzVe2d6Cw2K0KQiQaG9U9iqma9zWAKaL69O2pedaA6taSBGGaX_yO8L-bU5OtkzetnrY-BBwJLHCmM2Vvk6eXykq3DBh6RhsZBuUYML2tRXCJF1fzQU6D_CQ0rLgtFibShH4HsJxcJY3M1ZKFl5TH7ZGMXGc-Rt13rDLM/s320/041.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Take Two...</p><p>I will Understand, Dear Readers, if you can't remember the Rhododendron Shrub project I began with great enthusiasm last May. It has been a very long time since I posted about it, and I can't even remember where I left off showing this project in the blog! But never mind, I have not forgotten the project at all! It has been nagging at my conscience for months now, as I slogged through the Holidays and completed the Christmas Card. If you recall it at all, you might remember that I had stopped trying to make the blossoms last July when the humidity made glue never dry and paper too soggy to punch.... (it was a very very wet July) but I had also not been satisfied with my methods of attaching the blossom florets and the leaves to the stems. The shapes and structures involved with a Rhododendron shrub are quite different than those of the Lilac shrubs. And the blobby mess that was created with the first couple of "completed" blossom clusters was not to my liking. This kept me awake at night! My problem was that I was not trusting that glue alone would be a strong enough attachment if the floret or leaf stem was only 3/16 inch long where it "joined" the main stem. But I had not tested this assumption! Truly, I needed to give it a try!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuOmRR_I3hj5gB3DbC0KQEzIoyGMqdFH2Y2t2Ieufa4PV5g4vYdYqdi8N2Ql8U81yLn80s49ZQz427zNdXQBybmbwb0N4BJKJ2G5jVBF4eZqSN2xg7ZQhJiLVcDO80YzPqZlvVekPOJPYDdJ-JknqTytOvjB5PTKDTMNRxmdNX9p_lKKHloDooyVnobo5k/s2576/007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuOmRR_I3hj5gB3DbC0KQEzIoyGMqdFH2Y2t2Ieufa4PV5g4vYdYqdi8N2Ql8U81yLn80s49ZQz427zNdXQBybmbwb0N4BJKJ2G5jVBF4eZqSN2xg7ZQhJiLVcDO80YzPqZlvVekPOJPYDdJ-JknqTytOvjB5PTKDTMNRxmdNX9p_lKKHloDooyVnobo5k/s320/007.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">While I had been making the florets at a great pace last spring,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> I had not kept up with making leaves </div><div style="text-align: center;">or assembling the florets into the blossom clusters.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> The glue just wouldn't dry fast enough!</div><div style="text-align: center;">So all winter I have been staring at 12 or 15 bunches of florets</div><div style="text-align: center;"> lined up and awaiting the assembly process.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And last week as I waited most of the day</div><div style="text-align: center;"> for an "appointment" to arrive (who never arrived)</div><div style="text-align: center;">I began to test the shorter stem method with the glue!</div><div style="text-align: center;">(I might as well glue a couple things while I was</div><div style="text-align: center;"> checking the door every few minutes!) <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And I actually got several of the floret bunches</div><div style="text-align: center;"> glued together into blossom clusters!</div><div style="text-align: center;">(I was so glad for this that I forgave the person who forgot us!)</div><div style="text-align: center;">And to my surprise and Great satisfaction,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> the glue is plenty strong enough to hold tenaciously</div><div style="text-align: center;"> with even such a short space of contact!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQH8qu9MwojkrGu1b1GqDxA3ebJ3woEBFD8Nd3s3eYZcSWbAjx9UgGoDlwbvUeGOhe61om31CG08MRyH47V-4UGt_XCfwoD9rB6Yd8QdlhMUzG19yCi5LcJQCB75YmuTuwBguOYzJy8RGMgN9nY3GK2Jz_TAV4lTo3f_ML-gpffFEKs4gCE5ykFFbdokqy/s2576/012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQH8qu9MwojkrGu1b1GqDxA3ebJ3woEBFD8Nd3s3eYZcSWbAjx9UgGoDlwbvUeGOhe61om31CG08MRyH47V-4UGt_XCfwoD9rB6Yd8QdlhMUzG19yCi5LcJQCB75YmuTuwBguOYzJy8RGMgN9nY3GK2Jz_TAV4lTo3f_ML-gpffFEKs4gCE5ykFFbdokqy/s320/012.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Here you can see a closeup of how short those stems are!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZiE2OkVkcVD8Re_7IcQRNVnHmPTvMrl9nAkosjFgg4lfAucIFmDp7nOEFqYcgqmhKpninLzn7U_NNlgBLVzsv02VC_-0lx_ST-_nzn51RX8hpEsa4Jt7IQahBe1VjlSk9Lz-4xB1WdnszTsFNu1RWO37bkH8lC1MN6iVxipnTLPVHS2VEXruElk1A-e0E/s2576/008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZiE2OkVkcVD8Re_7IcQRNVnHmPTvMrl9nAkosjFgg4lfAucIFmDp7nOEFqYcgqmhKpninLzn7U_NNlgBLVzsv02VC_-0lx_ST-_nzn51RX8hpEsa4Jt7IQahBe1VjlSk9Lz-4xB1WdnszTsFNu1RWO37bkH8lC1MN6iVxipnTLPVHS2VEXruElk1A-e0E/s320/008.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And here are a few of the floret bunches in waiting....</div><div style="text-align: center;">Since I had so many bunches lined up and waiting,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> I spent the following day gluing them together!</div><div style="text-align: center;">And started on a new batch of leaves....</div><div style="text-align: center;">Which required that I revise my previous method.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikD6dVEb-JmmSOs4_Ru1y5fWtsS7FHZ5XbgtGdER3EIu3ykVH9rgzK7PTwK9RZ-IWitXQsV26_YwGeXKa2V7zS2AvvFqLNniwS0MPZ7lQcMezuTzMpI94E2RNaPGmy1EvM3NU7RAj96Cvhu4_L-7__umiXrSlmyzhzShVP_50LUJdcx6r1hbIJujc1MqZ1/s2576/010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikD6dVEb-JmmSOs4_Ru1y5fWtsS7FHZ5XbgtGdER3EIu3ykVH9rgzK7PTwK9RZ-IWitXQsV26_YwGeXKa2V7zS2AvvFqLNniwS0MPZ7lQcMezuTzMpI94E2RNaPGmy1EvM3NU7RAj96Cvhu4_L-7__umiXrSlmyzhzShVP_50LUJdcx6r1hbIJujc1MqZ1/s320/010.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Initially I had thought the leaves should be made of the stiffer card stock,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> but decided plain copier paper once it was painted</div><div style="text-align: center;"> on both sides was plenty sturdy enough.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And the original attachment method was going to be</div><div style="text-align: center;"> wrapping the leaf stem around the blossom stem as with the lilac shrubs, </div><div style="text-align: center;">which was much too bulky when the leaves needed to be</div><div style="text-align: center;"> so close to the blossom and to each other.</div><div style="text-align: center;">This time, I would assemble the leaves in pairs,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> but cut them apart to apply individually when gluing.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRJoO_BibjpPyBjQl5a5Hw2PyEe9MKqCGKbNEUhoFl2ffkSc3bDx-sSPhUmWJDETBQaqc4M-pCpxbHSZzynaS2iAOoaTauyGIsI7S5ggq9zOYB0UnaW6lnv2jdvTJPP9dr4QotaYxF-3iduh8Ii5gYnJKH-3BXVAB0rIg1OqlnwxPhLNcJloLzbXOAwHpJ/s2576/011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRJoO_BibjpPyBjQl5a5Hw2PyEe9MKqCGKbNEUhoFl2ffkSc3bDx-sSPhUmWJDETBQaqc4M-pCpxbHSZzynaS2iAOoaTauyGIsI7S5ggq9zOYB0UnaW6lnv2jdvTJPP9dr4QotaYxF-3iduh8Ii5gYnJKH-3BXVAB0rIg1OqlnwxPhLNcJloLzbXOAwHpJ/s320/011.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">But first I had to get the paint colors right....</div><div style="text-align: center;">I had misplaced my previous paint samples....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrVk4TwawbQHtPfwM_95P8QmziYGXtMHiCKVZXNk_MkA36duqibDgqNgsCAq0SSmUOSirvvHKCB0rRZqnBF-NHyJmv9tR3YOUdR8sawzOrNdymIzclbH-O1ToPb_fvMC7L0XwWprxCN-_FQgBXhp94TaS_zSOHVInrq1QdPg9gJ2TSPb3HRCNNhSwQCNY7/s2576/013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrVk4TwawbQHtPfwM_95P8QmziYGXtMHiCKVZXNk_MkA36duqibDgqNgsCAq0SSmUOSirvvHKCB0rRZqnBF-NHyJmv9tR3YOUdR8sawzOrNdymIzclbH-O1ToPb_fvMC7L0XwWprxCN-_FQgBXhp94TaS_zSOHVInrq1QdPg9gJ2TSPb3HRCNNhSwQCNY7/s320/013.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I raided my Rhododendron for a small leaf to compare color...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUH2hTJO9K58YZV9PiUsT480qpCTGtsgdYIcpciQPJEhxkjE8FFTnWNKZbRlnzQwHdJW0Xktx87OLaeB59ELEcMhh2wY4XWAqgw6frGQziJ4qhw0tLVXQ4OB9Abe63SCaU8FtdgtPKIldOQIKUCcJ0vvChCmVtttBezAsXbXnfnFVdPFNVgFoof86j2qZ4/s2576/015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUH2hTJO9K58YZV9PiUsT480qpCTGtsgdYIcpciQPJEhxkjE8FFTnWNKZbRlnzQwHdJW0Xktx87OLaeB59ELEcMhh2wY4XWAqgw6frGQziJ4qhw0tLVXQ4OB9Abe63SCaU8FtdgtPKIldOQIKUCcJ0vvChCmVtttBezAsXbXnfnFVdPFNVgFoof86j2qZ4/s320/015.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I had not gotten close with the color for the underside! </div><div style="text-align: center;">I had to repaint the first batch!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj99C99RcYGdLpA7JCAW-sTSvswDyyGT7XPx9Eas_XZF1BaMZ5LUNx435H1IKUzzVny6e2U46rQhqxKmu5MOUVT5dvS1YtlejLZnBxBG0rL_O-ia5Fsg1jGIQKwwa10gV7ClToZfMGz6QBC5mz1wiWOb_tMM4NJnHcGaPtQqorUvVM5I4WoP8M1VhmMlrWy/s2576/016.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj99C99RcYGdLpA7JCAW-sTSvswDyyGT7XPx9Eas_XZF1BaMZ5LUNx435H1IKUzzVny6e2U46rQhqxKmu5MOUVT5dvS1YtlejLZnBxBG0rL_O-ia5Fsg1jGIQKwwa10gV7ClToZfMGz6QBC5mz1wiWOb_tMM4NJnHcGaPtQqorUvVM5I4WoP8M1VhmMlrWy/s320/016.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Here I am painting the top sides of the leaf. </div><div style="text-align: center;">The line down the middle is the result of not over-painting</div><div style="text-align: center;"> the lighter stripe with the darker color,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> but just painting each edge of the leaf,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> carefully leaving the middle the pale green.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6WFLAajYeRgNDGZO4DEw_a-QEYAF-sp9qf-J0NV4F47mnXe5b0ONmZaPHNXVL5fp-_wwmVj8Jrx6l7ZMWECowM2_3qq5b93yMVihADTpRmYsZiMdpppA9shVfw7Wdg_jTddM7PvaX2z5GTTJ1URXcQx-hbEsuMWXn_M6SPN3XXyctwkb_r82kcZ6Bis_9/s2576/027.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6WFLAajYeRgNDGZO4DEw_a-QEYAF-sp9qf-J0NV4F47mnXe5b0ONmZaPHNXVL5fp-_wwmVj8Jrx6l7ZMWECowM2_3qq5b93yMVihADTpRmYsZiMdpppA9shVfw7Wdg_jTddM7PvaX2z5GTTJ1URXcQx-hbEsuMWXn_M6SPN3XXyctwkb_r82kcZ6Bis_9/s320/027.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I neglected to take pictures of the leaf gluing process.... </div><div style="text-align: center;">but it is exactly the same as for the florets.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I bend the stem about 3/16 inch long</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and glue that along the blossom stem</div><div style="text-align: center;"> starting right below the blossom cluster.</div><div style="text-align: center;">In the low humidity winter air, </div><div style="text-align: center;">the glue dries quite quickly!</div><div style="text-align: center;">And since I was on a Roll, Dear Readers, </div><div style="text-align: center;">I decided it was Time to do the Math.....</div><div style="text-align: center;">How many blossoms could I make in how much time... </div><div style="text-align: center;">and was there enough time to make enough blossoms</div><div style="text-align: center;"> to complete the flowering shrub for this spring?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Good questions!</div><div style="text-align: center;">But first, I needed to upgrade may assembly line space... </div><div style="text-align: center;">make it more efficient and accessible, </div><div style="text-align: center;">instead of shoved into the dark corners....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtBjyODflKXyrKr52FZ1XuypvCK299_LcXi23ZdvV6tBJW-CUQSvJrkPlfFy_MpiiS3ckjgfKDT2xWy7_9TzhpLzGwDP9pyWxMO5HbTXLfpaJ7KSv_rWQAwqnlvpsg4D36nyLFmBeyX5ERq_sfYnMOne9ZuwxmJphiqRSZVb1wVMJBSLOlYBRFnRsvJrLe/s2576/030.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtBjyODflKXyrKr52FZ1XuypvCK299_LcXi23ZdvV6tBJW-CUQSvJrkPlfFy_MpiiS3ckjgfKDT2xWy7_9TzhpLzGwDP9pyWxMO5HbTXLfpaJ7KSv_rWQAwqnlvpsg4D36nyLFmBeyX5ERq_sfYnMOne9ZuwxmJphiqRSZVb1wVMJBSLOlYBRFnRsvJrLe/s320/030.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I had to re-learn the process for making the florets!</div><div style="text-align: center;">(I will not bore you with every step here....)</div><div style="text-align: center;"> The above picture shows the process about half way through!</div><div style="text-align: center;">( The first batch of stamens I had forgotten</div><div style="text-align: center;"> to add the pistils to the stamen clusters)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO5BNqai-DhexNA7p3gYABj0n1x_ffzZHQOxA2YYJ-lgz6hPNSkeINNTkw1a1s_3Ux5vzyUMhFax4SV7j4fdG-dO3ivX2CE1DdbGzd1LAo9ePAboT_zbKoOIzok8swc29jpFvpE7W_n36hTkuJh5Zc6u2nJ8O-9VfIpyRbkz3M3gVJ43UIki_jOdIByAug/s2576/033.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO5BNqai-DhexNA7p3gYABj0n1x_ffzZHQOxA2YYJ-lgz6hPNSkeINNTkw1a1s_3Ux5vzyUMhFax4SV7j4fdG-dO3ivX2CE1DdbGzd1LAo9ePAboT_zbKoOIzok8swc29jpFvpE7W_n36hTkuJh5Zc6u2nJ8O-9VfIpyRbkz3M3gVJ43UIki_jOdIByAug/s320/033.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The florets painted and ready for assembly.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> (I kept forgetting to paint the black dots in the throat of the blossoms!)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiib9edYjK0EPRtnqQuMjpk1NAOxLBVtPipZ8Uv39I5NOmEMus_S1yNJMgqaSqRmgb6zVtlH0HwojEroGwBl6c12B3Y1Fq3d6grzCz-Sr8QrrLZztsM18kaq1_ZD5at6oVT3r6YvvtMfaN4P3rqdedMzizdKc4-iGg2rJDJPuMijbsXk9ZmGdDtCALFNA7W/s2576/034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiib9edYjK0EPRtnqQuMjpk1NAOxLBVtPipZ8Uv39I5NOmEMus_S1yNJMgqaSqRmgb6zVtlH0HwojEroGwBl6c12B3Y1Fq3d6grzCz-Sr8QrrLZztsM18kaq1_ZD5at6oVT3r6YvvtMfaN4P3rqdedMzizdKc4-iGg2rJDJPuMijbsXk9ZmGdDtCALFNA7W/s320/034.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Florets for one blossom cluster assembled and drying.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">But the Big Change was rearranging</div><div style="text-align: center;"> the location of The Folly Dollhouse....</div><div style="text-align: center;">from the favorite location at the end of my worktable... </div><div style="text-align: center;">to the less visible side of the table.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Leaving the end of the table available for assembly line work....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL5jLgB4njYI7t4H8axvSngnXoS-oDLi8X1O_-SrZ3FByp6waC7obXo_QK-SA_s0__noAsOHsrsRoA5KrbzlIZVXe3RfjCPt9FDpH38LMmG484UyAURSiLpR7twLbL9mLXqd8lLPFMBslGlUk4sbflnbwaBuZYSUBK6-uPpcN8rY8Cg3WNl5ETIoprnvYD/s2576/017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL5jLgB4njYI7t4H8axvSngnXoS-oDLi8X1O_-SrZ3FByp6waC7obXo_QK-SA_s0__noAsOHsrsRoA5KrbzlIZVXe3RfjCPt9FDpH38LMmG484UyAURSiLpR7twLbL9mLXqd8lLPFMBslGlUk4sbflnbwaBuZYSUBK6-uPpcN8rY8Cg3WNl5ETIoprnvYD/s320/017.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And The Folly much harder to photograph...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg81L1yOgLHctAAh0IeB7WnG5Ltzmqr5KUGboJaAjolFDRP7kfHeEY56l_Ckt9F7pobZ6y9t02DlgsANKDhhDTvXUleBif1NeK2-KCUVYHIJAhlwzTPNOdgI-ENH6s7i6ew4IlI2_qluHtc6HezENbsqDrnt180lzSAhgLK_KpEqAK7nzAmMgT5IDKLJbTf/s2576/018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg81L1yOgLHctAAh0IeB7WnG5Ltzmqr5KUGboJaAjolFDRP7kfHeEY56l_Ckt9F7pobZ6y9t02DlgsANKDhhDTvXUleBif1NeK2-KCUVYHIJAhlwzTPNOdgI-ENH6s7i6ew4IlI2_qluHtc6HezENbsqDrnt180lzSAhgLK_KpEqAK7nzAmMgT5IDKLJbTf/s320/018.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I was able to catch the morning sun slanting in and lighting the front porch....</div><div style="text-align: center;">On the right you can see the beginnings of the Rhododendron Shrub structure...</div><div style="text-align: center;">not very far along in the development process!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmBckLT1XxMsy_RwJBNA7N0VY6A5GoiKK3jfLjUk_0E4HDH6IzUwQsKKimy_02xjg8OkTI7GioSyfF0EBgY3llyRdr_r9Fjo97V6Lrlkwr0Er6Km2ZcGt_sg8x8rAkyL_OZqPKZ16VakTwfTqLYqH2mQhqI_8LCEOcaR6Zm1ZDBdrZbkVCzLNbXSDc7Djr/s2576/034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmBckLT1XxMsy_RwJBNA7N0VY6A5GoiKK3jfLjUk_0E4HDH6IzUwQsKKimy_02xjg8OkTI7GioSyfF0EBgY3llyRdr_r9Fjo97V6Lrlkwr0Er6Km2ZcGt_sg8x8rAkyL_OZqPKZ16VakTwfTqLYqH2mQhqI_8LCEOcaR6Zm1ZDBdrZbkVCzLNbXSDc7Djr/s320/034.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Floret bunches waiting for gluing in the "safe holding" box!</div><div style="text-align: center;">(Yes, the same one used for the Lilacs... </div><div style="text-align: center;">but the length of stay is way shorter!)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUyZBwqeRkEKWcJgVrsmQ9wRVkCRgo_f8sbcjA77twEnaIOspeu5YenHPBCdF1LiORCqAVyG72MKjTkhkwXrp47dZShGTS_j3kje8muTEsPeM-0FZSc7g4A-_1fuo1jguRE-C33IQlrHbOSfsGwmFgk6gmOFAMXkVKc23HO3V8vZiIWooFRkymaVVQznUY/s2576/044.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUyZBwqeRkEKWcJgVrsmQ9wRVkCRgo_f8sbcjA77twEnaIOspeu5YenHPBCdF1LiORCqAVyG72MKjTkhkwXrp47dZShGTS_j3kje8muTEsPeM-0FZSc7g4A-_1fuo1jguRE-C33IQlrHbOSfsGwmFgk6gmOFAMXkVKc23HO3V8vZiIWooFRkymaVVQznUY/s320/044.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And the blossom clusters waiting for leaves in one jar, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and with the leaves added in another jar. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I had made about 19 floret bunches last summer,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> assembled only about three of them into clusters....</div><div style="text-align: center;">And I made three more floret bunches last week</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and three more this week (so far!)</div><div style="text-align: center;">That totals twenty five blossom clusters to date.</div><div style="text-align: center;">(Take note! I am counting!)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">But the fact remains, Dear Readers, </div><div style="text-align: center;">I have no idea if there is enough Time!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Roughly sixteen weeks until bloom time....</div><div style="text-align: center;">and I can make one, maybe two blossom clusters per day...</div><div style="text-align: center;">But I have no idea how many Blossom Clusters will be needed!</div><div style="text-align: center;">But I'm off and running now with the</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Rhododendron Shrub project... Take two!<br /></div><div><p><br /></p></div>Daydreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170115485686244907noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249478764637750851.post-34736333645606692342024-01-29T20:50:00.000-05:002024-01-29T20:50:28.271-05:00More Stitching....<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX3mNhr-kkex05R_5qIuH9gEJfA_JONYMbjBBX8_mo3VrQQtwnuXhzX8c9ATNFUxZo21CmbOopBVOnOL6Zi6qlU2OdCMvzP9DKPfd9JQseL6J82Z984uxMFDJsupaVPlJtJ0RrljcJzEaKc4tISKR3l9N6tAXgx4m-K02QRMRBFVhFGFQ261yp35KP2-E1/s2576/008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX3mNhr-kkex05R_5qIuH9gEJfA_JONYMbjBBX8_mo3VrQQtwnuXhzX8c9ATNFUxZo21CmbOopBVOnOL6Zi6qlU2OdCMvzP9DKPfd9JQseL6J82Z984uxMFDJsupaVPlJtJ0RrljcJzEaKc4tISKR3l9N6tAXgx4m-K02QRMRBFVhFGFQ261yp35KP2-E1/s320/008.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Small Progress....</p><p>You Might recall, Dear Readers, that I ambitiously started a couple of new petit-point embroidery projects a few weeks ago. Because it is Winter and I am indoors, I have managed to make some progress on them! I apologize in advance for any blurry photos... it is also unrelentingly dreary and dark, making it difficult to get good photos here in my dark old (under-lit) antique house. But you can see in the above picture that I started to add the blue background to the central section of this carpet. It is one of Janet Granger's kits, on 18 count canvas, stitched with wool thread. I do just love the way these wool carpets feel... and they look wonderful in the dollhouses too. The reason I have not made more progress on this one (besides the now completed Christmas Card project) is that the frame is a bit too small for the 9" square pattern of the carpet. I have not made any progress solving that dilemma. So instead, I have focused on the Other large carpet I started, the Chinese blue and white carpet kit from Phyllis Stafford. And you might recall, I had decided I needed to design a better central motif for it, adding dragons of my own design.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilmNb2KtTxsKpmFEVDNGWzW2O_GCPbGAUlTuqmZq5rIhSYCaMAneywopEXXaLAzaLccXgnH6WuNQvikKxig4L0_zlJkct6Euus87lsW8BwZ6LW6Ru7EKpGMK4yGxrixr6lgNiDkxJmw18wvji7Pr6nAkPKHhxTlcI3bVF7dvsBJLdSSE2zSD_2OdfWRLtM/s2576/008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilmNb2KtTxsKpmFEVDNGWzW2O_GCPbGAUlTuqmZq5rIhSYCaMAneywopEXXaLAzaLccXgnH6WuNQvikKxig4L0_zlJkct6Euus87lsW8BwZ6LW6Ru7EKpGMK4yGxrixr6lgNiDkxJmw18wvji7Pr6nAkPKHhxTlcI3bVF7dvsBJLdSSE2zSD_2OdfWRLtM/s320/008.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I am not sure what I last showed you, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but I have been working out the scale pattern for the</div><div style="text-align: center;">body of the dragon.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2vOaLId4LMWwpV_ThDi9IqE_hWq9cV1BfZ90JpCa40S9GCpAL1T1_eiMM5ij90eaE4iMxZwc4bg0jhyz_9ycslyweOLsmZGhrA1t3sO33pmbWsSipmGUG0rB9fyT5I6uKrToFeJPKryBOKBHHcsRTjPv9JSOQS-FwbIYb37dCgGog7nFkf9S8jDS1ge0i/s2576/015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2vOaLId4LMWwpV_ThDi9IqE_hWq9cV1BfZ90JpCa40S9GCpAL1T1_eiMM5ij90eaE4iMxZwc4bg0jhyz_9ycslyweOLsmZGhrA1t3sO33pmbWsSipmGUG0rB9fyT5I6uKrToFeJPKryBOKBHHcsRTjPv9JSOQS-FwbIYb37dCgGog7nFkf9S8jDS1ge0i/s320/015.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Because I am designing it myself,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> I mark up my chart for a small portion,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> then stitch it to see how it looks. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is the chart ... so far! </div><div style="text-align: center;">I am only drawing one half of the central design, </div><div style="text-align: center;">I will flip it and stitch the other half in reverse.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLka8PuAWCvWaimRo1B18eglyWT6sVtK_zAQ-34CiJ5Fm7eXHZY_-PVzTyUr5yVdrUccZVdkqVYmP_6Xbqloeo8kbzbdZgYc1gNp3qOI-0UPcW-qbxG6l_mAQcPQ_B0geCRfa-Tam-JHtAZXqPpaHYiIKkvjNAXvgJzf3F5QiGisC3ZbTDFLfnyFGEiDrp/s2576/012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLka8PuAWCvWaimRo1B18eglyWT6sVtK_zAQ-34CiJ5Fm7eXHZY_-PVzTyUr5yVdrUccZVdkqVYmP_6Xbqloeo8kbzbdZgYc1gNp3qOI-0UPcW-qbxG6l_mAQcPQ_B0geCRfa-Tam-JHtAZXqPpaHYiIKkvjNAXvgJzf3F5QiGisC3ZbTDFLfnyFGEiDrp/s320/012.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Here you can see I have started the outline for the second dragon...</div><div style="text-align: center;"> they are chasing each other around the sun!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I needed to be sure the two are spaced correctly</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and don't infringe too closely on each other's space.... </div><div style="text-align: center;">even one stitch differences can make a problem! </div><div style="text-align: center;">And it is soooo easy to get off by only one stitch...</div><div style="text-align: center;"> (already happened on the dragon's tail...!)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzSE77dBzPNV2h5UfxVDoPl5Wkqq6u2uhyNj9-HiAhhYS0p5ovH3IDjLIX1TaGr1CdAt-QqM-KwgBTBzJaDSXqlwf3ONOqqpebikB0C-ruB5T8lI7j0dTUYi4UVmdHy9-Ap70XxWn_Decx-24cqCPFwcWw6VtMpu2lwg5r5no5Vo8lXH0n3GHwwT8A9Kcq/s2576/017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzSE77dBzPNV2h5UfxVDoPl5Wkqq6u2uhyNj9-HiAhhYS0p5ovH3IDjLIX1TaGr1CdAt-QqM-KwgBTBzJaDSXqlwf3ONOqqpebikB0C-ruB5T8lI7j0dTUYi4UVmdHy9-Ap70XxWn_Decx-24cqCPFwcWw6VtMpu2lwg5r5no5Vo8lXH0n3GHwwT8A9Kcq/s320/017.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Here I have added a little of the sky blue</div><div style="text-align: center;"> background for the central medallion... </div><div style="text-align: center;">just to see how the dragon looks against it...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOeB1O1hUwnjoK-uf18x8UsDiNbO0Js4xIIizB6mYRbqC-yVou76lzotND-laYXshsw3YMjgj_wL44xCBmrkV_LyPTj72ETkZqGpGzUaJwsXOUrvBT9UV1yFZFlxv7g-k_iotjoqEdaByvhqq4y59pDRxHiviRnDx2GtfQ-ktON03eSMZzkoEQTIRHTXDR/s2576/013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOeB1O1hUwnjoK-uf18x8UsDiNbO0Js4xIIizB6mYRbqC-yVou76lzotND-laYXshsw3YMjgj_wL44xCBmrkV_LyPTj72ETkZqGpGzUaJwsXOUrvBT9UV1yFZFlxv7g-k_iotjoqEdaByvhqq4y59pDRxHiviRnDx2GtfQ-ktON03eSMZzkoEQTIRHTXDR/s320/013.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Here I have stitched the scale pattern a little farther.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> It is quite challenging at this thread count (40 stitches per inch),</div><div style="text-align: center;"> so I have to be sure to not try to stitch it at night!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">As for the Baktiari Carpet kit, Dear Readers, </div><div style="text-align: center;">I have nearly completed the main carpet.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2CnqnpXLpngJ24_b4TXSkw1miF_NeWPx0VYEZYHZCnAApfBqswh3Gc5XLrkR8zinT3Rug3iTleV7Gy36uzkBp4_VC_ALdGGisLQzlv0kzRL1nXtum5mqLzJioCaJRUFqOpsQAD0I6RfEKc41P0teGH8Mipfm_yCWRb5yr5a0yRlLwCrIvkrX_jgmBIxh7/s2576/002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2CnqnpXLpngJ24_b4TXSkw1miF_NeWPx0VYEZYHZCnAApfBqswh3Gc5XLrkR8zinT3Rug3iTleV7Gy36uzkBp4_VC_ALdGGisLQzlv0kzRL1nXtum5mqLzJioCaJRUFqOpsQAD0I6RfEKc41P0teGH8Mipfm_yCWRb5yr5a0yRlLwCrIvkrX_jgmBIxh7/s320/002.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The instructions say that if you want to add a fringe (which I do)</div><div style="text-align: center;"> then you must stitch another row of the garnet color</div><div style="text-align: center;"> on the top and bottom, plus a row of the fringe color,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> before you take it off the frame and bind the edges.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And that reminded me that I wanted to try</div><div style="text-align: center;"> to stitch a couple of "cushions"</div><div style="text-align: center;"> using the extra canvas at the right</div><div style="text-align: center;"> before I removed it from the frame.</div><div style="text-align: center;">So I made a start</div><div style="text-align: center;">.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFHq7UuUpltCAbu674L16iad4_LyI_b-lHV2VxWR1Og1Yt4tp_tpWKXKXcKr1oB-G4DcZA20c_-SpxzRsvG4c1ghUXATKHwbasiqq37Tbu7dYfH5Oz-95mTTMJB25CKlRUHPXS67c5sIQZjYRabFcQbkqcdSgZ7IyX5bcCelIPtu-nwPMtqgQvGCQWO6Jh/s2576/011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFHq7UuUpltCAbu674L16iad4_LyI_b-lHV2VxWR1Og1Yt4tp_tpWKXKXcKr1oB-G4DcZA20c_-SpxzRsvG4c1ghUXATKHwbasiqq37Tbu7dYfH5Oz-95mTTMJB25CKlRUHPXS67c5sIQZjYRabFcQbkqcdSgZ7IyX5bcCelIPtu-nwPMtqgQvGCQWO6Jh/s320/011.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I made a start....</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and I made a few mistakes!</div><div style="text-align: center;">(Sewing it at night.... 40 count canvas...)</div><div style="text-align: center;">I didn't plan ahead for the border pattern repeat...</div><div style="text-align: center;">But I figured it was too late to change it....</div><div style="text-align: center;">So I'm winging it!</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjatfTEcrby9WiZZ0aStidB3xo5xWJhNzCkhPQ9ZyyaN7om1tvBeCGur4BPb6NCja4MTJ5Hq6XOh1M65SFz_UAIRt4SmllZEbB_D5eG2SlkuYZwnSe1U_hiLZ1GXVUi3Fu3aF9Uk7kdCjzNaLTvuXNe1bKXnzPa5LyJ_bJuIk_IbD6vmuw4oxH3bAiz9sk-/s2576/014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjatfTEcrby9WiZZ0aStidB3xo5xWJhNzCkhPQ9ZyyaN7om1tvBeCGur4BPb6NCja4MTJ5Hq6XOh1M65SFz_UAIRt4SmllZEbB_D5eG2SlkuYZwnSe1U_hiLZ1GXVUi3Fu3aF9Uk7kdCjzNaLTvuXNe1bKXnzPa5LyJ_bJuIk_IbD6vmuw4oxH3bAiz9sk-/s320/014.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The border doesn't repeat exactly....</div><div style="text-align: center;"> but I think it will work anyway.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And I realized I did not make the shape of the cushion square...</div><div style="text-align: center;">But that can be fixed for the next one.... </div><div style="text-align: center;">'cause there must be more than one cushion!</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">And that's as far as I got, Dear Readers,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Lots of stitching.... </div><div style="text-align: center;">and very Small progress!<br /></div>Daydreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170115485686244907noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249478764637750851.post-34054428211928560042024-01-19T20:12:00.000-05:002024-01-19T20:12:25.631-05:00A Cloude (With an "e") Day....<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYHzzwbt8Y1IdWIo0uCOB-pc9N61f8vNMvnPC1khJzELab3WvvW7qdoIoKWdB9zJJDbAnz6KDq1Q80c7wGBi4S0sFubqcwUUu0PG_-T5VY4plNTwERo-Bg3sc0NN-zy3mt9G9rtR6o5BNgnXpZGZJBCpecdZzKc9etNIb9eK5eZNwfveuGnR42Nboxi7Ak/s2576/014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYHzzwbt8Y1IdWIo0uCOB-pc9N61f8vNMvnPC1khJzELab3WvvW7qdoIoKWdB9zJJDbAnz6KDq1Q80c7wGBi4S0sFubqcwUUu0PG_-T5VY4plNTwERo-Bg3sc0NN-zy3mt9G9rtR6o5BNgnXpZGZJBCpecdZzKc9etNIb9eK5eZNwfveuGnR42Nboxi7Ak/s320/014.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>And The Christmas Card....</p><p>You Might be Surprised to learn, Dear Readers, that "Cloude-With an 'e' " who spends most of his Time hanging out at The Cloud Palace way up on top of the clouds, was tired of being always above the clouds! It was plenty cold enough that he never had to be concerned about melting away, being a Snowbeary of modest proportions, but there was only so much to see from way up there. It was Winter down below, and he was restless.... he wanted to be Under the Clouds... where all the action was! It had been a long time since he had ventured far from the Cloud Palace, and since he had no wings to carry him gently to Earth, he had to make use of a Wishing Star to get there....</p><p style="text-align: center;">Wheeeeee.......!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm0C3CMkO9ujXbGpius5CXXDFkxwl3pofQ3R9v796DEXrGgIA8SpeIB7_u7KfvxbV7Tuf03VIwalni91ou6Yul3Rp41ASeiW0PdSzNOGj9XosUuJAya-Gd0qDhKmOb2BASpHLD_fUMzVhBCYe5qRqpHUyI_c0RFv17Tt27LcZ3Y0gEQZMLgcClZoFt5PmL/s2576/016.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm0C3CMkO9ujXbGpius5CXXDFkxwl3pofQ3R9v796DEXrGgIA8SpeIB7_u7KfvxbV7Tuf03VIwalni91ou6Yul3Rp41ASeiW0PdSzNOGj9XosUuJAya-Gd0qDhKmOb2BASpHLD_fUMzVhBCYe5qRqpHUyI_c0RFv17Tt27LcZ3Y0gEQZMLgcClZoFt5PmL/s320/016.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">It was quite an exciting ride!</div><div style="text-align: center;">He rolled and spun and swirled through the sky</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and landed a bit inelegantly with a "thump"</div><div style="text-align: center;"> in the snowy yard of The Folly dollhouse!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivcC1WtYsCMvLUCFcSQQ_pMjPR-unlb9-dYgafIs2LHR0NkFgiY9Ekr0wTQfXziW5kWfV6jBww3-w6oqqqOi7V_iIEL8Qyi2hxbGZY6RIzBpwpsquwGAxYfMfW3PdqqP7BzEm3Y2yHIzclLzHRX6n0oZ1qjtVXnVC_ylhAnlvwBdea_0T5JlXQpmP2HXw7/s2576/015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivcC1WtYsCMvLUCFcSQQ_pMjPR-unlb9-dYgafIs2LHR0NkFgiY9Ekr0wTQfXziW5kWfV6jBww3-w6oqqqOi7V_iIEL8Qyi2hxbGZY6RIzBpwpsquwGAxYfMfW3PdqqP7BzEm3Y2yHIzclLzHRX6n0oZ1qjtVXnVC_ylhAnlvwBdea_0T5JlXQpmP2HXw7/s320/015.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh, My! he thought... </div><div style="text-align: center;">That was better than a roller coaster!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJwEfDRMAFDHJWTAF0Rs6VAN0Yb94-wDYqdNWUZ7kvhC5KXDnnUZce4OTJ9FHf5FGe_u4V-7q_TtYkXzarakISgArmY1AL0pdwywXyaTBG3Xyv57-avUs-wjDcEvwCdUXGk4w-vB_sRC0jRR_9BTSqwmyGsyjQ1-uj6blhaKPKQib_19w9H7z2TApYPLFi/s2576/018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJwEfDRMAFDHJWTAF0Rs6VAN0Yb94-wDYqdNWUZ7kvhC5KXDnnUZce4OTJ9FHf5FGe_u4V-7q_TtYkXzarakISgArmY1AL0pdwywXyaTBG3Xyv57-avUs-wjDcEvwCdUXGk4w-vB_sRC0jRR_9BTSqwmyGsyjQ1-uj6blhaKPKQib_19w9H7z2TApYPLFi/s320/018.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">He sat up and wondered where he had landed....</div><div style="text-align: center;"> it had been a while since he had "toured beneath the clouds"!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Ti7NIOZpEr9eTELsQ6wmNnDDedstEwcs35qfKg1I3x1yC_NEFUbfM3PEMYLnmtOW0oFVh-BaOLqg6jKQMDnl01Y_cmO17xdFTPSR2iYJ-R7aMbp5EJv3aNBvOXmIP8AN_K3BGjuhgdobHVGW9wve293iexIU9TZL7bGDbxpajrCFH-ic6IwPSJYuM_GV/s2576/019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Ti7NIOZpEr9eTELsQ6wmNnDDedstEwcs35qfKg1I3x1yC_NEFUbfM3PEMYLnmtOW0oFVh-BaOLqg6jKQMDnl01Y_cmO17xdFTPSR2iYJ-R7aMbp5EJv3aNBvOXmIP8AN_K3BGjuhgdobHVGW9wve293iexIU9TZL7bGDbxpajrCFH-ic6IwPSJYuM_GV/s320/019.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"I say" he said to no-one in particular....</div><div style="text-align: center;"> "I think I remember this place!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Last time I was here there were some</div><div style="text-align: center;"> 'Little Snowfellas' .... with hats!".... he thought.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglmngfjhIVcDeiqc2oOE8bo30iZiasN_6GgZJ5hn0HyrBpWjyPFPqEhbGL96g0-mXIevpLnqH1H_aipOxcxfUIekctUUhVE04yU_7Hin7fCTiM97KHmaMUR33_NPGbhCgF_D2euBDkuX9eb1zyornd1JqcURQFyMhpMSpZtfj47PQ4w86GFtHILWdHtbtf/s2576/020.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglmngfjhIVcDeiqc2oOE8bo30iZiasN_6GgZJ5hn0HyrBpWjyPFPqEhbGL96g0-mXIevpLnqH1H_aipOxcxfUIekctUUhVE04yU_7Hin7fCTiM97KHmaMUR33_NPGbhCgF_D2euBDkuX9eb1zyornd1JqcURQFyMhpMSpZtfj47PQ4w86GFtHILWdHtbtf/s320/020.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"Hmmmmm".... he said, "I seem to have lost my hat!"</div><div style="text-align: center;">"I wonder where it got off to....?" he said as he climbed up<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> the snowdrifts toward the Folly.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZE2tplz44lVc1qRCnUoRJ1WLcAReFwjvKc_BhGdQhxwSt2qF_z4lEken9bbaf3tDR-0laIRWWE0rK2wJqAlyOx1dej03YeQqNUL57kq7xfVPBRM9SJvbt76yN4K2cd-CPhiHpDuMfjjc5nh6O_zsEFHVxjlpBb6AGFc7Y-XkaO2KoEc62WaoRjyfn6zha/s2576/023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZE2tplz44lVc1qRCnUoRJ1WLcAReFwjvKc_BhGdQhxwSt2qF_z4lEken9bbaf3tDR-0laIRWWE0rK2wJqAlyOx1dej03YeQqNUL57kq7xfVPBRM9SJvbt76yN4K2cd-CPhiHpDuMfjjc5nh6O_zsEFHVxjlpBb6AGFc7Y-XkaO2KoEc62WaoRjyfn6zha/s320/023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"Are you talking to me?" muttered Mr. Gnome </div><div style="text-align: center;">from under the snowdrift.</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Oh, hello!" said Cloude-With an 'e', </div><div style="text-align: center;">"I didn't see you there under all the snow!"</div><div style="text-align: center;">"And you would be......?" asked Mr Gnome a trifle rudely....</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Oh! Said Cloude. "I'm Cloude. Cloude-With an 'e' " He said cheerfully.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> "I've just dropped in for a visit in the snow!" he added helpfully.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinO_FsVJx0uIEWl1OcVEzzjARaxg-F_TdT0ts6Z7iu0L1U02rGlgqbhVKLRPv0eIQJ-TW06RfGkUmSrn0tFAxX-HyHtCATFP8d0VvZK9lIRpNUVqIxwyLa-UBlReq-0ZPPzalzZX7vYRugsFs-qdrm_Y_aGUmNZyKSMZZKBtYsGaT7WRpIudxa-UnN4B_m/s2576/025.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinO_FsVJx0uIEWl1OcVEzzjARaxg-F_TdT0ts6Z7iu0L1U02rGlgqbhVKLRPv0eIQJ-TW06RfGkUmSrn0tFAxX-HyHtCATFP8d0VvZK9lIRpNUVqIxwyLa-UBlReq-0ZPPzalzZX7vYRugsFs-qdrm_Y_aGUmNZyKSMZZKBtYsGaT7WRpIudxa-UnN4B_m/s320/025.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Meanwhile, the "Little Snowfellas",</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Mr Red, Mr. Green and Ms. Blue</div><div style="text-align: center;"> had ventured out to investigate </div><div style="text-align: center;">what all the thumping noise was about!</div><div style="text-align: center;">"There's something out there!" said Mr. Red, sounding alarmed.</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Perhaps you should have a look...?" suggested Mr. Green helpfully.</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Of course... of course," said Mr. Red bravely.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiXjqkD6fS5x4092l2ZnALmgEFV5zt0QVi7oKD6DCdJl7xP6GOSRKdUmoYn5ct8-9i8wrj5DU8fk4fhMERTL_1irP-BRxLeYvoMphaY06VlT5ghhcWJmFM7RH-D6i6xFGhMpPVHK5MG_SxcONq5l2Viq3XYA4bHM7do8dgUqAKKDhC6KWL9b0UEXzg8AiL/s2576/027.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiXjqkD6fS5x4092l2ZnALmgEFV5zt0QVi7oKD6DCdJl7xP6GOSRKdUmoYn5ct8-9i8wrj5DU8fk4fhMERTL_1irP-BRxLeYvoMphaY06VlT5ghhcWJmFM7RH-D6i6xFGhMpPVHK5MG_SxcONq5l2Viq3XYA4bHM7do8dgUqAKKDhC6KWL9b0UEXzg8AiL/s320/027.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"Well...? What do you see...?" said Mr. Green warily.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7LrfABuKl4j4JZEyxWHIwcgsCJvtQn5PVS2J6SejRcc_bo8umdcR7zLcIyg4fhfauY9wP3p7hOv50Yc8PfXwvicTzwkKm3FDjnwRWS49yQVORfWsuvaNDDGyppd6QDd2EGdAr6i6oVHCN5-TKgNyMdtj_tUVcWxTlnIHxoeyxnPCEqZ9oqN4f50elQ-l3/s2576/030.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7LrfABuKl4j4JZEyxWHIwcgsCJvtQn5PVS2J6SejRcc_bo8umdcR7zLcIyg4fhfauY9wP3p7hOv50Yc8PfXwvicTzwkKm3FDjnwRWS49yQVORfWsuvaNDDGyppd6QDd2EGdAr6i6oVHCN5-TKgNyMdtj_tUVcWxTlnIHxoeyxnPCEqZ9oqN4f50elQ-l3/s320/030.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"There's a Huge Snowlump up there!" said Mr. Red, clearly agitated.</div><div style="text-align: center;">"A Snowlump...?" asked Mr. Green. </div><div style="text-align: center;">"Where did it come from..?" he wondered.</div><div style="text-align: center;">"You should go ask it what it's doing here...!" he declared.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikNI803Ubh13jpgsfr0nkm4PMu5v0mqEfDxVmJ1SqGagOsJEWLDRIFu7DtTTHVt8OuztdsPBcta6stmnjt860PtO_E8T-Ok1SzdODimylZhPkO0rz7DOSukeQoqWx2jFcSgDmtETrR_qknfNIJT5QpwSVVbyZvDzOep6hz-ETEq_xqmw6w6d93Xi23qxWp/s2576/032.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikNI803Ubh13jpgsfr0nkm4PMu5v0mqEfDxVmJ1SqGagOsJEWLDRIFu7DtTTHVt8OuztdsPBcta6stmnjt860PtO_E8T-Ok1SzdODimylZhPkO0rz7DOSukeQoqWx2jFcSgDmtETrR_qknfNIJT5QpwSVVbyZvDzOep6hz-ETEq_xqmw6w6d93Xi23qxWp/s320/032.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Mr Red climbed back up the snowdrift</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and from there he could hear voices ....</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Hey !" he called out....</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Who are you talking to...?" he hollered bravely.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwEibO36a2D108M0hzaS2HzSYKy91LInzm8nSJUu3MUhpTI-RF23hiy_S42MM_v-hxksIj_ISnOdOV0vV6Hs89hQkk8v78O9Krx_ZXwpNzZVaDlFllrZd2QKwDK6Ns4R3zdmkQDiW3r3uYpr8bbZ4156u08aCrU0G6YkHr96t2BDYMbzbs5nuzx2s2DW2v/s2576/034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwEibO36a2D108M0hzaS2HzSYKy91LInzm8nSJUu3MUhpTI-RF23hiy_S42MM_v-hxksIj_ISnOdOV0vV6Hs89hQkk8v78O9Krx_ZXwpNzZVaDlFllrZd2QKwDK6Ns4R3zdmkQDiW3r3uYpr8bbZ4156u08aCrU0G6YkHr96t2BDYMbzbs5nuzx2s2DW2v/s320/034.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"What...?" said Cloude turning to look behind him.</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Oh!" He said..."There you are!</div><div style="text-align: center;"> I was just asking Mr. Gnome If you Little Snowfellas</div><div style="text-align: center;"> were around anywhere!" he added happily!</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Oh, Hi!" said Mr. Red. </div><div style="text-align: center;">"I didn't recognize you without </div><div style="text-align: center;">your hat, Mr. Cloude!" he added politely.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga6fhTVNElrlpm-ytio71Ey7_vkb6wWmktcQwGcLSMSDL6aMJdpQes5vj-i7p2lgWI-kKvCnm-vczMUzt3xpQxgkXHxHgAiiJnwFXY4PjcOqX9IAO2r3t2hpAYdzoY1lftEn-8CD610ZlJznNF-KGHz_2dQLxQjtUHDnZOWXGzOpwJguU0D5EZCRvlvFhp/s2576/036.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga6fhTVNElrlpm-ytio71Ey7_vkb6wWmktcQwGcLSMSDL6aMJdpQes5vj-i7p2lgWI-kKvCnm-vczMUzt3xpQxgkXHxHgAiiJnwFXY4PjcOqX9IAO2r3t2hpAYdzoY1lftEn-8CD610ZlJznNF-KGHz_2dQLxQjtUHDnZOWXGzOpwJguU0D5EZCRvlvFhp/s320/036.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"Ah, yes...." said Cloude... "I seem to have lost my hat in the wind....</div><div style="text-align: center;">"I have no idea where it got off to!"</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Maybe you should talk to Mr. Gnome about a Hat...." said Mr. Red helpfully. </div><div style="text-align: center;">"They are really good at Hats!" he added.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAqoy4gI_LYMWj6_y2O8QO3eJNoGRL4ehwyUEnnimrQv5lRpUcqL4h9wwQA9LWjJe9yY40aX1j7cnSbq3fN3w5EY_Xw9rn95mJUeCAO4Nl2_xb1rRB49oNCRQk9cRHj6hv-WJuAa-5c4a5eoFNFSDWzzddT-guo-TZOTHsb9z7pZ2QPwKSzZ_6oMmOgeAz/s2576/037.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAqoy4gI_LYMWj6_y2O8QO3eJNoGRL4ehwyUEnnimrQv5lRpUcqL4h9wwQA9LWjJe9yY40aX1j7cnSbq3fN3w5EY_Xw9rn95mJUeCAO4Nl2_xb1rRB49oNCRQk9cRHj6hv-WJuAa-5c4a5eoFNFSDWzzddT-guo-TZOTHsb9z7pZ2QPwKSzZ_6oMmOgeAz/s320/037.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"Ah!....... Mr. Gnome...." said Cloude thoughtfully... </div><div style="text-align: center;">"What do you know about Hats?" he added.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1w6TTV51RkSoTaW7mw80AgpxQtffojS4Kxp6yGfRmIwoIOL9kLIU_gIlRDp2jGB6Ytn0yni-nxJbmqi1YbKv6dJsD7sDMDwAi3rpL_5bM-iS9PfdOGS2srVUVtpRce2EDh9w5t7F2VwOVUHb3wN1tGZu_Lad5yjk6dLPFKN688pBMDicNSNL9XhS9zPVA/s2576/038.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1w6TTV51RkSoTaW7mw80AgpxQtffojS4Kxp6yGfRmIwoIOL9kLIU_gIlRDp2jGB6Ytn0yni-nxJbmqi1YbKv6dJsD7sDMDwAi3rpL_5bM-iS9PfdOGS2srVUVtpRce2EDh9w5t7F2VwOVUHb3wN1tGZu_Lad5yjk6dLPFKN688pBMDicNSNL9XhS9zPVA/s320/038.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"Hmmmmph!" declared Mr. Gnome. </div><div style="text-align: center;">"Hats!" he added cryptically.</div><div style="text-align: center;">"What were you thinking of?"</div><div style="text-align: center;">Cloude paused for a moment, a funny look on his face....</div><div style="text-align: center;">Then.... Poof!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh__2I6spQDRiNL17ySlOQV452Ik8_SOID2qPC7Rud8ci-ceXlC1jg-9LPV0wIBy3j_Jq_ZgWbix359DukTA46_HLL4rl0b60Rqe1SEIhHn1ZZ4Vgt9TEqkSX7taDamZ0R7kKGi0-2bvPDs5wheIKhF79vNEBhkw-lALm4_CMSrZSP98d8m-wUIEOj_Ss3M/s2576/039.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh__2I6spQDRiNL17ySlOQV452Ik8_SOID2qPC7Rud8ci-ceXlC1jg-9LPV0wIBy3j_Jq_ZgWbix359DukTA46_HLL4rl0b60Rqe1SEIhHn1ZZ4Vgt9TEqkSX7taDamZ0R7kKGi0-2bvPDs5wheIKhF79vNEBhkw-lALm4_CMSrZSP98d8m-wUIEOj_Ss3M/s320/039.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">A tall red hat appeared on his head!</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Whoa!" said Mr. Red, alarmed....</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ1vVLhs0SmlSiiIhkFuwpjXzXZ31xADYVgjPHssWYOVcCFALBIT-phEuD60ruEGlM7wkdbd8IpLxGOvXtKZ2iJzIDiGicKTmU_XuFwfE7mx_MmDrCIdn5Kdm6MYt8-WES__g4nIrU7xMMtaZmxKnVfOxVyfDshVx-Ll6rt-qNcW6jMe2WUhgu9C0qMbhH/s2576/040.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ1vVLhs0SmlSiiIhkFuwpjXzXZ31xADYVgjPHssWYOVcCFALBIT-phEuD60ruEGlM7wkdbd8IpLxGOvXtKZ2iJzIDiGicKTmU_XuFwfE7mx_MmDrCIdn5Kdm6MYt8-WES__g4nIrU7xMMtaZmxKnVfOxVyfDshVx-Ll6rt-qNcW6jMe2WUhgu9C0qMbhH/s320/040.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> "That is..... red!" he added.</div><div style="text-align: center;">"How does it look....?" asked Cloude.... a little nervously.</div><div style="text-align: center;">(It wasn't as though he tried on new hats every day!) </div><div style="text-align: center;">"Red, is it?" he added. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcmfBKElFAnbrMiDqZjzrfpNn6r29Aa4M_bMzbDIwBF0-g1jdAqPgBp_KTLBnCtz6WhUSBmiCLa0BzIU39Bs72p6DiGkTV1aT5XIH5UYRokAFnY-CnKtppm1ikEDvkFiQZIuCgRemxodEDe7JNMSHfVdKuiO-PA_VMCLiY5aCvyNvWTPg2T3UBDN0Vtx7h/s2576/042.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcmfBKElFAnbrMiDqZjzrfpNn6r29Aa4M_bMzbDIwBF0-g1jdAqPgBp_KTLBnCtz6WhUSBmiCLa0BzIU39Bs72p6DiGkTV1aT5XIH5UYRokAFnY-CnKtppm1ikEDvkFiQZIuCgRemxodEDe7JNMSHfVdKuiO-PA_VMCLiY5aCvyNvWTPg2T3UBDN0Vtx7h/s320/042.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"I'm not sure....." he added.... "Maybe red isn't my color...." he said.</div><div style="text-align: center;">"I was sort of thinking something... 'Cloudy' " he added.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfzm7I2uiLvgQim8fSOs2ExyNydz4O4OyyJEoCfQbXhDUmyfmc8tjeDjIAQUEa0GKuAAkjr1PL_LP9bWFEmpUh7idwI3oeaXI6ZcQIZdgFMkYeIHgH9fiTSv22G9_PQ7LVLXsxr6Xbgz0ONsaRNCcP3Yr18iJ3dcjYvyQrvj2bpDJSaK4XHanBDSTv81Rj/s2576/043.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfzm7I2uiLvgQim8fSOs2ExyNydz4O4OyyJEoCfQbXhDUmyfmc8tjeDjIAQUEa0GKuAAkjr1PL_LP9bWFEmpUh7idwI3oeaXI6ZcQIZdgFMkYeIHgH9fiTSv22G9_PQ7LVLXsxr6Xbgz0ONsaRNCcP3Yr18iJ3dcjYvyQrvj2bpDJSaK4XHanBDSTv81Rj/s320/043.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"Hmmmph....!" declared Mr. Gnome.</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Cloudy...?" you say, he added grumpily.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Then.... POOF!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUFZHTgF4SMiHORyBN3i7ebQYdGcRjIpHukAn5i8rtlC6TMYQXgcxx40A5-LkFdE-nQSSVIWTCFadUeQN_CvJRhbs3DU5bJum1P_gYxyKY1w7gF4jttf_lSPNmT8HRmsBYGE3ZRFNs1pRINSlmtS3r2K1QzcSJJsRdRP-3fKsLi18WwwWiJJH3GaFfn8Nz/s2576/046.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUFZHTgF4SMiHORyBN3i7ebQYdGcRjIpHukAn5i8rtlC6TMYQXgcxx40A5-LkFdE-nQSSVIWTCFadUeQN_CvJRhbs3DU5bJum1P_gYxyKY1w7gF4jttf_lSPNmT8HRmsBYGE3ZRFNs1pRINSlmtS3r2K1QzcSJJsRdRP-3fKsLi18WwwWiJJH3GaFfn8Nz/s320/046.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">"Ah!!!" said Cloude happily....</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIHcRTmAp98bzD54-dEEkRSumVx041v48Zrct_UI5bSWO5z31H9eqOIZEERrNzdHSOKfcmIRMqHB0elAiM4E9SFPyrRN7MWUJAenZ5VnKMlfG6cPDe_oSu-8KXoTigPS1Fn26Xj-7ydjZHNpazlNiAFcFYBws18HzdmBk8Hy8tWHj7l73MJDQEhT97o9nd/s2576/047.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIHcRTmAp98bzD54-dEEkRSumVx041v48Zrct_UI5bSWO5z31H9eqOIZEERrNzdHSOKfcmIRMqHB0elAiM4E9SFPyrRN7MWUJAenZ5VnKMlfG6cPDe_oSu-8KXoTigPS1Fn26Xj-7ydjZHNpazlNiAFcFYBws18HzdmBk8Hy8tWHj7l73MJDQEhT97o9nd/s320/047.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> </div><div style="text-align: center;">"That feels..... more like Me!" he added.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihy1c_qY7XPrjhxFpwp7aw7i1B2RUr-sD5SFn7tQAPK3ZhUgdtNd-HnB1LK-MHcfKnSpNAYmuE384aDP2HovHkSiu-MvODA6XbgxW8-X8GLJcGu3ML5zD4IYyxSrBGaoXYomvk-2b06nSvvnWipWi0VxsaBvyOsb6d_vm8W9o7wY56jcRsq6ivvkwJ7FR0/s2576/048.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihy1c_qY7XPrjhxFpwp7aw7i1B2RUr-sD5SFn7tQAPK3ZhUgdtNd-HnB1LK-MHcfKnSpNAYmuE384aDP2HovHkSiu-MvODA6XbgxW8-X8GLJcGu3ML5zD4IYyxSrBGaoXYomvk-2b06nSvvnWipWi0VxsaBvyOsb6d_vm8W9o7wY56jcRsq6ivvkwJ7FR0/s320/048.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />"Well... what do you think....?" he asked Mr. Red.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> "Definitely an improvement...." said Mr. Red cheerfully.</div><div style="text-align: center;">"A little easier on the eyes!" he added quietly. <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ0Mh_cTW3mMGRr7PGXNIfvF6GZMeekIViNYli-v09M5NqbffywV1IcYb7Rxodk1JdftR3yC78WmlFZeLX4By_Alo-xIGdqFJrILmR9a_mAMsAjlDqFCQCMbwiLFDNuK99H3Q7nWg2Yr13JI2bhUav1J0j_FJ3dx5oy63RopV9bYuSbyuxRSzb7063epnF/s2576/049.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ0Mh_cTW3mMGRr7PGXNIfvF6GZMeekIViNYli-v09M5NqbffywV1IcYb7Rxodk1JdftR3yC78WmlFZeLX4By_Alo-xIGdqFJrILmR9a_mAMsAjlDqFCQCMbwiLFDNuK99H3Q7nWg2Yr13JI2bhUav1J0j_FJ3dx5oy63RopV9bYuSbyuxRSzb7063epnF/s320/049.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /> Mr Green and Ms. Blue had come to look too.</div><div style="text-align: center;">"I think it makes you look like a 'Gnomeman'....!" said Ms. Blue giggling.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKbU66uzjIJmhNcqGfGGWWREi9hKXawlMyHfXigkVBllcQXD60cpz7BXs4BjJhkfVsbaSuFn9AyiKAaH494Db01T4NDjwUkZaZ45tZLeyxdkBClYniv_xBfuVFzKZ8faHzl-_3k-0fXwnHuxaikoP5rqLH1D1YpFy3FmqEe51uRJcRijI6ZlkOrV_TNmpr/s2576/053.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKbU66uzjIJmhNcqGfGGWWREi9hKXawlMyHfXigkVBllcQXD60cpz7BXs4BjJhkfVsbaSuFn9AyiKAaH494Db01T4NDjwUkZaZ45tZLeyxdkBClYniv_xBfuVFzKZ8faHzl-_3k-0fXwnHuxaikoP5rqLH1D1YpFy3FmqEe51uRJcRijI6ZlkOrV_TNmpr/s320/053.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"A 'Gnomeman' ?".... says Cloude thoughtfully....</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Hmmmph!" he added. "I suppose I can go with that!"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEThWAEKMdMKVPnhwAhwtI2UOR62dLhHeEy74bAr1RUKiShbCX_Da2yHSjfFxKhTGEkbvSKyFP7gLx2xJV1G7dug1CuQ2mHwxjNfPJfEw5KGsVC0oEAQPQNFsQxmlqv7XK-yKzUM4EUFyly9cVHzSlWcBpXP2CxTFtOB8auUbO_ELeZ3eOrsoY_5SwkavD/s2576/055.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEThWAEKMdMKVPnhwAhwtI2UOR62dLhHeEy74bAr1RUKiShbCX_Da2yHSjfFxKhTGEkbvSKyFP7gLx2xJV1G7dug1CuQ2mHwxjNfPJfEw5KGsVC0oEAQPQNFsQxmlqv7XK-yKzUM4EUFyly9cVHzSlWcBpXP2CxTFtOB8auUbO_ELeZ3eOrsoY_5SwkavD/s320/055.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"Thanks for the Hat, Mr Gnome!" called Cloude.</div><div style="text-align: center;">"I think it fits me perfectly!" he added cheerfully.</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Hmmph!' declared Mr. Gnome....</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Gnome problem....!" he added </div><div style="text-align: center;">with a twinkle in his eyes.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Well, Dear Readers, I have taken much of your time</div><div style="text-align: center;"> with little to show with this "Cloude-With an 'e' " Tale.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> It has been snowing more in RL </div><div style="text-align: center;">and the Cold came with it so nothing is melting.</div><div style="text-align: center;">But that is as January should be in these parts!</div><div style="text-align: center;">And I finally completed "The Christmas Card"!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I know.... </div><div style="text-align: center;">why do I even bother calling it a "Christmas Card"?</div><div style="text-align: center;">But ready or not.... here it is!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqwogM7Je3IkTr0_xiWmwFyUj7v7GTl076_ToSzU8avJ-2H9CbaO2s9wXdS4J7alvMkXbxpWYhv6HYg2hE4_g8DrYR05rtA-iNnSCLZ46x9NkIiSj3qMqiuL1xZsJSnJ8Z_dM9GAeaTDdH_8oz4V0MXmL6N1NIY0RXfcjnlmfKn8usVkiuhmZq_XuNsE_Y/s2576/025.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqwogM7Je3IkTr0_xiWmwFyUj7v7GTl076_ToSzU8avJ-2H9CbaO2s9wXdS4J7alvMkXbxpWYhv6HYg2hE4_g8DrYR05rtA-iNnSCLZ46x9NkIiSj3qMqiuL1xZsJSnJ8Z_dM9GAeaTDdH_8oz4V0MXmL6N1NIY0RXfcjnlmfKn8usVkiuhmZq_XuNsE_Y/s320/025.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Once again, I apologize for the poor photo...</div><div style="text-align: center;"> it is difficult to get a good photo of the printed card</div><div style="text-align: center;"> which has a slightly glossy surface.</div><div style="text-align: center;">As always it is pen and ink and watercolor on watercolor paper. </div><div style="text-align: center;">It is drawn full size at 8.5x11 inches </div><div style="text-align: center;">and features vignettes of my life from the past year.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I know this year's version is a bit "dark".... </div><div style="text-align: center;">but I wanted to honor the dark time of year....</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is the 41st year in a row that I have drawn a card at Christmas!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And I hope that even your darkest days</div><div style="text-align: center;"> are filled with Illumination!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p></div>Daydreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170115485686244907noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249478764637750851.post-55851472637159362882024-01-09T18:55:00.000-05:002024-01-09T18:55:13.662-05:00Snow....!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx0UjItk26ASsFNOB5VnDZ8NFFtXiK_Kkke-Jb0YpRgvSVOFa44QwYQX9rVH1uBqnrNDVyKjgA_kFJvSMzF2N8SC6f0veiJyVptRCfeK7DLwMGmzpbFBVbQ3WYPa1-2kygym-m2V6g7Up7tjgFWwxtmZdhYzZsApNJZrPySw73aqzd8kYM2JGWUg4yuirg/s2576/024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx0UjItk26ASsFNOB5VnDZ8NFFtXiK_Kkke-Jb0YpRgvSVOFa44QwYQX9rVH1uBqnrNDVyKjgA_kFJvSMzF2N8SC6f0veiJyVptRCfeK7DLwMGmzpbFBVbQ3WYPa1-2kygym-m2V6g7Up7tjgFWwxtmZdhYzZsApNJZrPySw73aqzd8kYM2JGWUg4yuirg/s320/024.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Just A Touch of Winter....</p><p>I Hope you will Understand, Dear Readers, that it has to happen at least once a year, or all the effort would have been wasted! I refer here, to pulling out the "Snowy Lilac Bush" and creating a Winter Wonderland in the yard of The Folly dollhouse! As you can see above, it snowed quite a lot! As some of you remember, this lilac shrub was part of the Epic series of Lilac Shrubs that I created, one for each season of the year (sort of... there is no "Autumn Lilac" because they just drop their leaves overnight at the beginning of Winter), but four Lilac bushes were created and the "Snowy Lilac" was actually the first to be completed, being the easiest one to complete having no leaves or blossoms. I put it ahead of the "Bare Winter Lilac Bush" because I was so eager to see if the snow would look okay on the stems. And if you have ever spent time in the North with Lilac bushes, you will know they spend many months with bare stems, and only a few magical days "dusted" with snow! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdpia7FZP7S3JojU3VXGnFE3Fj9uCbrr-9MBDQcXGZ7n6Q-HHlE6HUKwNSqyj90BWkptIV4U1pbVD9dgeHvQRmXLH1teVAuQp1yn6r3zKtw1SBMTaCTVbYVQPI97KqSUb0WsF0t_MTaUFuBxNC8YGkuA7l-GiIHziy077UkvWeQgwYYMQRtsJCZyuLTd3O/s2576/032.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdpia7FZP7S3JojU3VXGnFE3Fj9uCbrr-9MBDQcXGZ7n6Q-HHlE6HUKwNSqyj90BWkptIV4U1pbVD9dgeHvQRmXLH1teVAuQp1yn6r3zKtw1SBMTaCTVbYVQPI97KqSUb0WsF0t_MTaUFuBxNC8YGkuA7l-GiIHziy077UkvWeQgwYYMQRtsJCZyuLTd3O/s320/032.JPG" width="320" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Of course, it is Winter, and gloomy so you will have to</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> excuse the dark and poorly focused pictures...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyv2xiMBzpbVYhy0Hh5ZeD8_Fwr-GoNbCJhcH05IyVHqMd5B0ETn9unqmdjk-xf8StvlLt_50kWdJYOjC8_EUlBXhcI9k-5bQG5roNcacX2VK812__vHBe60873O6Dql0pXvbIjbaIdD3wHUAUMH0k4EF0W4qOCAK3kvLO8sI_Dy90jr3fw2FC5ubiMpv6/s2576/035.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyv2xiMBzpbVYhy0Hh5ZeD8_Fwr-GoNbCJhcH05IyVHqMd5B0ETn9unqmdjk-xf8StvlLt_50kWdJYOjC8_EUlBXhcI9k-5bQG5roNcacX2VK812__vHBe60873O6Dql0pXvbIjbaIdD3wHUAUMH0k4EF0W4qOCAK3kvLO8sI_Dy90jr3fw2FC5ubiMpv6/s320/035.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>As you can see, nobody has come out.... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nobody is going anywhere in this weather!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZqzLYnTjwQ3SN2xAVE48iEHKPw3aLwZRA0-l8IbLbcL641irdHTzyThkhd10mBSVfE4I3R_8QptZ-Gg8cIOPgZnV-0Qdviu41FKKm9DsLghTpQVlrUuZ2HFEdV0P2lgGDsZ9KtZK_ONRby7wBp25dzC5x36b5PD6Uepxpp13CJNBpdl13MbXqmji7Bm_4/s2576/038.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZqzLYnTjwQ3SN2xAVE48iEHKPw3aLwZRA0-l8IbLbcL641irdHTzyThkhd10mBSVfE4I3R_8QptZ-Gg8cIOPgZnV-0Qdviu41FKKm9DsLghTpQVlrUuZ2HFEdV0P2lgGDsZ9KtZK_ONRby7wBp25dzC5x36b5PD6Uepxpp13CJNBpdl13MbXqmji7Bm_4/s320/038.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh, beg your pardon, Mr. Gnome, </div><div style="text-align: center;">I didn't see you under all that snow!</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Hmmph...!" declared Mr. Gnome, grumpily. </div><div style="text-align: center;">"Don't know where else I'd be. It's not as if </div><div style="text-align: center;">anybody was building me a Home or anything... </div><div style="text-align: center;">Not that I'm complaining mind you," he muttered.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZLwJG3ONdd4zjpavQMwSyBnmXjUDHb2lG7g2co0pldXWWSa2Ryg1ccv28FEvW0ce8ZVAFpzN3LeOvHGePrBDuXFq0xTHkvjs2Xo2jemc2tyCnnhZVcDXCNZFKvwsUnb4_JqWSuzypA8kinmKwsHcmOxcM36E84pjYYvH99SRcrV1FNAb6JVuLluGHvtid/s2576/039.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZLwJG3ONdd4zjpavQMwSyBnmXjUDHb2lG7g2co0pldXWWSa2Ryg1ccv28FEvW0ce8ZVAFpzN3LeOvHGePrBDuXFq0xTHkvjs2Xo2jemc2tyCnnhZVcDXCNZFKvwsUnb4_JqWSuzypA8kinmKwsHcmOxcM36E84pjYYvH99SRcrV1FNAb6JVuLluGHvtid/s320/039.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"Ah, yes," I replied.... "about that home thing... </div><div style="text-align: center;">I still have a few tasks ahead of that in the list...!</div><div style="text-align: center;"> The Tree House isn't quite done and there is a Rhododendron</div><div style="text-align: center;"> or three in the process...you might have to be</div><div style="text-align: center;"> patient a little longer..." I added apologetically.</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Hmmph" replied Mr. Gnome.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSR04uEa8MZobDFrQMYdiztohBrFO2oDvXZ6iPTKFHkpfjilauzJOCKGQBtucC8tnbYwO3RQ5OcwxEIlmaEZw50Nz4yrLqoIcn9cfvIjGTalIFtc5WFifTuI8v3P7Mh0FcUrIov5X4kquKvuA2e9jpUjdf1-OWF_P53ibRlvkwawW9ByldpVxn4V7iFEZ8/s2576/041.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSR04uEa8MZobDFrQMYdiztohBrFO2oDvXZ6iPTKFHkpfjilauzJOCKGQBtucC8tnbYwO3RQ5OcwxEIlmaEZw50Nz4yrLqoIcn9cfvIjGTalIFtc5WFifTuI8v3P7Mh0FcUrIov5X4kquKvuA2e9jpUjdf1-OWF_P53ibRlvkwawW9ByldpVxn4V7iFEZ8/s320/041.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"I'm sure you could hide in "The Glass House".... </div><div style="text-align: center;">I added hastily, "I'm sure nobody would mind!"</div><div style="text-align: center;">But he was no longer talking to me, Dear Readers, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and I have other things to see to.... <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So I hope you don't mind if I rush off now.... </div><div style="text-align: center;">the Christmas Card is not quite finished...</div><div style="text-align: center;">But I thought you would like to see just a touch of Winter...</div><div style="text-align: center;">Snow!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS5clolFzsiAjCbvr49bAvtyVcxnSnyvhH_U8-BdXGhvbH8BvPrkYvekhkqrfLxT3U4BzDTJnnGUdT34b6yzZ-_BJKwPiZcYRbA5XWaaC93VcNefW8vHNis6QenideCDTM5u5s853mMKvcZ68oFY2W3bxGiwB_KTpoPsEgRHR0ynCrMBh97woztUkaxTLs/s2576/056.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS5clolFzsiAjCbvr49bAvtyVcxnSnyvhH_U8-BdXGhvbH8BvPrkYvekhkqrfLxT3U4BzDTJnnGUdT34b6yzZ-_BJKwPiZcYRbA5XWaaC93VcNefW8vHNis6QenideCDTM5u5s853mMKvcZ68oFY2W3bxGiwB_KTpoPsEgRHR0ynCrMBh97woztUkaxTLs/s320/056.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And yes, we had a touch of Winter in RL too!</div><div style="text-align: center;">This fell on Sunday, although it is going to pour rain all night tonight.</div><div style="text-align: center;">A Brief touch of Winter!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><p><br /></p></div>Daydreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170115485686244907noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249478764637750851.post-43398240603530772732023-12-30T20:26:00.000-05:002023-12-30T20:26:11.095-05:00Stitching.....<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLHCGE0A6mVWG_TBRZcD13SghXvfDAI4gLlsG3E8GqT7C72C_f-uUcjyEFClL6vLO8L7cNw-zkKrWHvsg2Ewhq8ScBhBMAtILptdfMlhfSpEZr49IAkUqfDZZRSkkTewqqEjxrmmdAPpNeXbKgTEF4mh5ozicZHBtXElR0vd2q1Whz-5hr0Se8PIWpiYCO/s2576/009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLHCGE0A6mVWG_TBRZcD13SghXvfDAI4gLlsG3E8GqT7C72C_f-uUcjyEFClL6vLO8L7cNw-zkKrWHvsg2Ewhq8ScBhBMAtILptdfMlhfSpEZr49IAkUqfDZZRSkkTewqqEjxrmmdAPpNeXbKgTEF4mh5ozicZHBtXElR0vd2q1Whz-5hr0Se8PIWpiYCO/s320/009.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Updates... </p><p>You May Recall, Dear Readers, that I had ambitiously started not one, but Two new petit-point carpet kits way back in the Fall. The first, another of Janet Granger's kits, a William Morris inspired carpet, is the one you see above. I had zoomed ahead on the embroidery for the central medallion because it was so easy and quick to stitch. This kit is on 18 count cloth with wool yarns. The finished carpet will be 9 inches square, which is a bit unusual for carpets. <br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0PJWOTNF5i-oxSOJ9jBpqSaDvezc6ZL7hkJdjRNNpiEoCXM3fKmTlh78fG33ws1OwduRWJgsIceVJ8R6Q8_Lt1F0mPmZOmV-d5gLEYv3_uDReFYfwnfZHdEGJd0Wd4ssDBEbuGmlTtC6Kvt3-GueqTZgLpUx1arZekSFtaeGG9g8Y2dQh2d2wEEkTPTqw/s2576/015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0PJWOTNF5i-oxSOJ9jBpqSaDvezc6ZL7hkJdjRNNpiEoCXM3fKmTlh78fG33ws1OwduRWJgsIceVJ8R6Q8_Lt1F0mPmZOmV-d5gLEYv3_uDReFYfwnfZHdEGJd0Wd4ssDBEbuGmlTtC6Kvt3-GueqTZgLpUx1arZekSFtaeGG9g8Y2dQh2d2wEEkTPTqw/s320/015.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <p></p><p style="text-align: center;">And here you can see I quickly expanded past the central medallion... </p><p style="text-align: center;">and then I ran into a problem! <br /></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVzKhvUsIlR6T41YUayGfkehA8FXeVhAu0EAU-3EmiGun3DQAfY7d2F2cQ1rg5fC2Vz4P5fqpFuu7WLimid2ibkSp_BJARfelQZtdzqW49OiTaEvOUEHFcVEf_X0IvwNSlEyC1lpHbZm1m-6i-U7pR63XnzfnmkR0jWAjUqGqnpJLZNRNmmmQe7q70wJp2/s2576/010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVzKhvUsIlR6T41YUayGfkehA8FXeVhAu0EAU-3EmiGun3DQAfY7d2F2cQ1rg5fC2Vz4P5fqpFuu7WLimid2ibkSp_BJARfelQZtdzqW49OiTaEvOUEHFcVEf_X0IvwNSlEyC1lpHbZm1m-6i-U7pR63XnzfnmkR0jWAjUqGqnpJLZNRNmmmQe7q70wJp2/s320/010.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"> my frame is not large enough to hold the entire width of the carpet! </p><p style="text-align: center;">I will have to keep rolling up the side that needs to be embroidered.... or find a larger frame. I had bough a "package" of several sizes but the bars don't grip well in the cross pieces... it is obviously not well made! </p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlr7ZToP4OOkee6RWnkP6m4Yv0OUz7Rpbl4LPHF3H6J-vw4iwhxXqc3gLaz4EJ1gULLOKL6cdoGxhcHku8Z_eynWoSGPAfqvKckd1Dz_pW581M5s0nFIjiJynlDxNl1rfnsMLdUPeSslUjMeBLU4z_YoumFodnWFWzhs9fYD6424m8d_0-SZeLFEhmY6fy/s2576/019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlr7ZToP4OOkee6RWnkP6m4Yv0OUz7Rpbl4LPHF3H6J-vw4iwhxXqc3gLaz4EJ1gULLOKL6cdoGxhcHku8Z_eynWoSGPAfqvKckd1Dz_pW581M5s0nFIjiJynlDxNl1rfnsMLdUPeSslUjMeBLU4z_YoumFodnWFWzhs9fYD6424m8d_0-SZeLFEhmY6fy/s320/019.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> The other carpet I had started, Dear Readers, <p></p><p style="text-align: center;">was the much more complicated Chinese patterned carpet kit by Phyllis Stafford.</p><p style="text-align: center;"> It is 40 count silk gauze with cotton floss.</p><p style="text-align: center;">(I don't know why blogger is insisting on double spacing..... it is driving me crazy!)</p><p style="text-align: center;">I had decided to design a better central medallion for this one. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGfmW-skSbDWiOaJx3lnfVx5A-Tzn-THeIoYrMfqfWEqq2VM7-BBC_NpYmoya9MZxEfGWJVgvj9XvByi-VV8rNmq_Ygoci9ejChwrrMrz6hgvBmPbBlFKbXq3W15CsbkwtmAMHY9xY2iZs1QWbIRwW1IeLaRo-42ZLLYOOGkLV0Ze0cGqwOHHmmd-81w-P/s2576/011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGfmW-skSbDWiOaJx3lnfVx5A-Tzn-THeIoYrMfqfWEqq2VM7-BBC_NpYmoya9MZxEfGWJVgvj9XvByi-VV8rNmq_Ygoci9ejChwrrMrz6hgvBmPbBlFKbXq3W15CsbkwtmAMHY9xY2iZs1QWbIRwW1IeLaRo-42ZLLYOOGkLV0Ze0cGqwOHHmmd-81w-P/s320/011.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">I wanted dragons chasing each other around the central sun...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpWBB7Qn2o0cG0Ux28Um8sc8uWGJMXG3sXlZEOIL43HULsc-rnTC-m0WK5VuEsTPEdfW2TG8YqlAlaLGPAJZ6KisjSZdvoWVIjx8-SwtKDz7KXSIDYbbVgbkzeQjvQTE9Wqq38nj7FeIWcetEYH_2UEjoM2azAtilrIzc7DqwrNavJimNutjyj6MZ2NXY_/s2576/010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpWBB7Qn2o0cG0Ux28Um8sc8uWGJMXG3sXlZEOIL43HULsc-rnTC-m0WK5VuEsTPEdfW2TG8YqlAlaLGPAJZ6KisjSZdvoWVIjx8-SwtKDz7KXSIDYbbVgbkzeQjvQTE9Wqq38nj7FeIWcetEYH_2UEjoM2azAtilrIzc7DqwrNavJimNutjyj6MZ2NXY_/s320/010.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">So I sketched a dragon and then charted it onto graph paper, </div><div style="text-align: center;">being sure the stitches counted to forty per inch. </div><div style="text-align: center;">The new central medallion will be about two inches across in an 8x10 inch carpet.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIXgPK4fvXpSyDCVYxevALzJ_ijm0UJfiKBItblDgGxGnG0e8OiAJZGDiZlIfXrCVN0MECq34JSolUIkG7zShRCUd0PbUjYlUSV4eElSmPTqI0dZpq0V0ilC3WD-rBinqzEV73_8IMbLX18Q9lOAyAy3pB44ID9w_s_NnhbDJHfQ9gCMK-O5oTfN3K37Fh/s2576/012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIXgPK4fvXpSyDCVYxevALzJ_ijm0UJfiKBItblDgGxGnG0e8OiAJZGDiZlIfXrCVN0MECq34JSolUIkG7zShRCUd0PbUjYlUSV4eElSmPTqI0dZpq0V0ilC3WD-rBinqzEV73_8IMbLX18Q9lOAyAy3pB44ID9w_s_NnhbDJHfQ9gCMK-O5oTfN3K37Fh/s320/012.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I also expanded the rays of the original circle to make them look like flames.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV6GaEM8Cx9Y4WAaM7uyl2aF93vkQGooTPPVaCT3ZL4CoQJFNlk8lVsdxIi5DijjhJvZ1siwMR4DsIvWTKUsJu5QvHlApuxNxelSPFNYMsKcEy4Py1TYEdgy726DtFUYSMagsY9lKZyNn_S3MkMlrVwA5dqtvMR9GmTk4m00DJnvzokKgFWk_rNiagcBP_/s2576/031.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV6GaEM8Cx9Y4WAaM7uyl2aF93vkQGooTPPVaCT3ZL4CoQJFNlk8lVsdxIi5DijjhJvZ1siwMR4DsIvWTKUsJu5QvHlApuxNxelSPFNYMsKcEy4Py1TYEdgy726DtFUYSMagsY9lKZyNn_S3MkMlrVwA5dqtvMR9GmTk4m00DJnvzokKgFWk_rNiagcBP_/s320/031.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I worked the outline first in the navy blue...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFfUKU-XJNoxtRJ7uX1pb9-pF1E-K1jYbOThcTmCqJNOckBJz180L1CkeJPaoCgsd6JE6WwODWr301jI2AYJq5Wy0uLjV93FT8W911cA_vzM4r4Gz6TaSqWj6vVidcAw37wfwE3qYsOIPuc-VR4VXBhcjktQCkuOqXBuWqLRDPHJn5NrDeKMOxvDtf-jMz/s2576/034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFfUKU-XJNoxtRJ7uX1pb9-pF1E-K1jYbOThcTmCqJNOckBJz180L1CkeJPaoCgsd6JE6WwODWr301jI2AYJq5Wy0uLjV93FT8W911cA_vzM4r4Gz6TaSqWj6vVidcAw37wfwE3qYsOIPuc-VR4VXBhcjktQCkuOqXBuWqLRDPHJn5NrDeKMOxvDtf-jMz/s320/034.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Then started the lighter aqua blue to define scales....</div><div style="text-align: center;">and added gold for the body...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGqIhg1i1r-y7xmWXD2oY-V_vf4DbjDw5h_x0KYBz2sNUVwnP8ivqCcNqpMhRdAQBGIDK2lbu1Qm14Sqpx9nd9PFFLceTbXwE2YGRZz_01kdv1kOt8lEvjWh50L-HkkCPxAoahBVIYnwsIpUekh9Tt_t1krQqlUN-Vj_kEZOf5lo3JvWSU23VJMjxM6K01/s2576/002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGqIhg1i1r-y7xmWXD2oY-V_vf4DbjDw5h_x0KYBz2sNUVwnP8ivqCcNqpMhRdAQBGIDK2lbu1Qm14Sqpx9nd9PFFLceTbXwE2YGRZz_01kdv1kOt8lEvjWh50L-HkkCPxAoahBVIYnwsIpUekh9Tt_t1krQqlUN-Vj_kEZOf5lo3JvWSU23VJMjxM6K01/s320/002.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And more of the outlining....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_nmMeIM4j_YO6glus7bSjb5RUmn-KeG8eOs1dniWA-BqHLq6BCFLlhHqdvb5XQuIIAOT6TP8iBV9K3cJiOOQMq-RQ4gexrgZlpwlnIUB1lrT1fZAuruz1_jmux_tcCJs_vTnHyx8Q9jvNGKy-Xl3DUtn1NE_tHYaGS44fTq2UjX-rAFNS0PCZRDJd3sUL/s2576/003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_nmMeIM4j_YO6glus7bSjb5RUmn-KeG8eOs1dniWA-BqHLq6BCFLlhHqdvb5XQuIIAOT6TP8iBV9K3cJiOOQMq-RQ4gexrgZlpwlnIUB1lrT1fZAuruz1_jmux_tcCJs_vTnHyx8Q9jvNGKy-Xl3DUtn1NE_tHYaGS44fTq2UjX-rAFNS0PCZRDJd3sUL/s320/003.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Sorry for the dark pictures.... </div><div style="text-align: center;"> it is that time of year </div><div style="text-align: center;">and the weather has been glooooomy!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am sort of designing it as I go...!</div><div style="text-align: center;">And I have to admit, </div><div style="text-align: center;">I had to put these carpets on "hold"</div><div style="text-align: center;"> so I could work on The Christmas Card....</div><div style="text-align: center;">Which is coming along, but is a bit behind schedule!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So that is all I have done for the stitching, Dear Readers,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but I have high hopes for both these projects</div><div style="text-align: center;"> in the coming New Year!</div><div style="text-align: center;">(And I don't know why blogger </div><div style="text-align: center;">reformed the minute I complained!?!)</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">I Hope you All have a Happy, </div><div style="text-align: center;">Productive and Prosperous New Year!<br /></div><div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p></p></div>Daydreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170115485686244907noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249478764637750851.post-22292714279314829582023-12-21T18:53:00.000-05:002023-12-21T18:53:19.315-05:00Oh, Yes.....<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXdPuJfqdWnRfaUu40CSUD55vvRkuwgjN7osFRxzl-UUCVsfPMCGINre_oPAHseR7vw4OHSSt4Ig3ZIwXSgcsqbxLE8o83FAUgRmH-Zyr7TeEsUgUopFJL91P-CDIbCTK7hyphenhyphenkzFSIhbK4r8iOwKhm86ObLlgMbjGEfvERETuAuCE4NDV_ndhyeitoAEU_4/s2576/034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXdPuJfqdWnRfaUu40CSUD55vvRkuwgjN7osFRxzl-UUCVsfPMCGINre_oPAHseR7vw4OHSSt4Ig3ZIwXSgcsqbxLE8o83FAUgRmH-Zyr7TeEsUgUopFJL91P-CDIbCTK7hyphenhyphenkzFSIhbK4r8iOwKhm86ObLlgMbjGEfvERETuAuCE4NDV_ndhyeitoAEU_4/s320/034.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p> The Nativity....</p><p>It is That Time of year, Dear Readers, when we are all so busy running around with last minute everything, that we almost forget to set up the Nativity! But Pollyanna remembered at last and has just set out all the Traditional figurines in the usual spot, the sideboard in The Lovely Old Dollhouse living room. She thinks she has got it right this time and is admiring the arrangement. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-fQvgVII0wNXQHDYx0bZcGGWSgpXeWBwnS0SNGHkG4HkpyvlCqVG0zak7kkxy80llwGfkd52yBMGAnjn5_7I8mSjasSZ3RyX3feSCW7SSjZcnRbFeguidqlBW3A2jaEhm4WwRyEPV8HELlWoPbOCQ03NibfvOy0q6Rs16IJrn1OywykpMQyX4lJEh9yPq/s2576/032.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-fQvgVII0wNXQHDYx0bZcGGWSgpXeWBwnS0SNGHkG4HkpyvlCqVG0zak7kkxy80llwGfkd52yBMGAnjn5_7I8mSjasSZ3RyX3feSCW7SSjZcnRbFeguidqlBW3A2jaEhm4WwRyEPV8HELlWoPbOCQ03NibfvOy0q6Rs16IJrn1OywykpMQyX4lJEh9yPq/s320/032.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Arthur has come to see how the arrangement is progressing.</div><div style="text-align: center;">"What do you think?" asks Pollyanna.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqi6u5kyPWIOkjU4c9IM26Xtx5JmiwLCI9DIZPtXHuxCdibkZXq8nBvd2hFJCg8GnR0ya0ao4-56Td3vhKiFWEYha2pSvHX6ytfsJiMv6nOhVqdQJwZpc9vcIc0-T57REnDiDHUfX-fZeVsBWF-6-mn6HhbYSCIOLbHtLSNDNfk96UWvO4K-L3JJjT0Wba/s2576/038.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqi6u5kyPWIOkjU4c9IM26Xtx5JmiwLCI9DIZPtXHuxCdibkZXq8nBvd2hFJCg8GnR0ya0ao4-56Td3vhKiFWEYha2pSvHX6ytfsJiMv6nOhVqdQJwZpc9vcIc0-T57REnDiDHUfX-fZeVsBWF-6-mn6HhbYSCIOLbHtLSNDNfk96UWvO4K-L3JJjT0Wba/s320/038.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"It looks great, Hon" says Arthur, </div><div style="text-align: center;">"but I don't see the camel!" he added.</div><div style="text-align: center;">(The camel is always a subject of confusion!)</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUafxNoigNf_-8g_YeVE2G70kqOzCU-CciwtkgCKxhw3URCKxCeNw4RSjjFySLnn3sRwIl77tPRA1sJvQxvzs4PBGd22WNua7TAhwJASHXShMlHgT_3Bzg1HCcAhj5OV1_hsbaQFtLTxv2gpr0srEqrkLGINGawjdbPrrdPui7JuakTTBg-MH5vr01x3NV/s2576/041.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUafxNoigNf_-8g_YeVE2G70kqOzCU-CciwtkgCKxhw3URCKxCeNw4RSjjFySLnn3sRwIl77tPRA1sJvQxvzs4PBGd22WNua7TAhwJASHXShMlHgT_3Bzg1HCcAhj5OV1_hsbaQFtLTxv2gpr0srEqrkLGINGawjdbPrrdPui7JuakTTBg-MH5vr01x3NV/s320/041.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> </div><div style="text-align: center;">"I put him over there," said Pollyanna, "behind the Kings."</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Ah!" said Arthur. "Good choice!"</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnRqNrgrFYRx71IuaCzJv7dlI9GrMDlsYHzgbPvPQkYXzzeUUOV7c_i5XPKU9foI4ibvl6hpj4yqCUGmwg47S8H2-EvZxV-uAHPiufAdZbpPc_uOfX4tjcBWKbQJot-7YjwIZrJuEiL07P3TkqkpysEYkQtbenyqCpUrIDHb0JG_-SD_dWCp7JxMNwFmj4/s2576/043.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnRqNrgrFYRx71IuaCzJv7dlI9GrMDlsYHzgbPvPQkYXzzeUUOV7c_i5XPKU9foI4ibvl6hpj4yqCUGmwg47S8H2-EvZxV-uAHPiufAdZbpPc_uOfX4tjcBWKbQJot-7YjwIZrJuEiL07P3TkqkpysEYkQtbenyqCpUrIDHb0JG_-SD_dWCp7JxMNwFmj4/s320/043.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>"As long as he's with the Kings, I'm happy!" exclaimed Charles.</div><div style="text-align: center;">"The Kings don't actually arrive until later anyway," said Helen...</div><div style="text-align: center;"> "I don't know why they should be included so soon..."</div><div style="text-align: center;"> she added thoughtfully.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkehU01QZdl6D_nCssqQUdzzh_meVKi3NnN3MbPDikeaAiohEg6Mlr8pyMSDdX1btNnkSoD4H0CPTDzWQNeXOBoTcCcKqtiodLvjDwgRWTG1uQHlIH1ZsUaAUEU5RiuI6sE4cV1nb5T428xWFZDj3CeAN6aI_xSSViiAX-mTv4A3alVbFhTF_-ALScerV2/s2576/009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkehU01QZdl6D_nCssqQUdzzh_meVKi3NnN3MbPDikeaAiohEg6Mlr8pyMSDdX1btNnkSoD4H0CPTDzWQNeXOBoTcCcKqtiodLvjDwgRWTG1uQHlIH1ZsUaAUEU5RiuI6sE4cV1nb5T428xWFZDj3CeAN6aI_xSSViiAX-mTv4A3alVbFhTF_-ALScerV2/s320/009.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Same Old, Same Old....</p><p>What Can I say, Dear Readers, but admit I revel in the Same Old Christmas Trees every year! Yes, The Silver Tinsel Tree has been lit in The Cloud Palace. This was accomplished in spite of my illness, (thank you for all your kind wishes, I am slowly feeling better...) because the tree is small and I knew where it was and wanted it by my elbow as the long cold nights drew in. The Fairy Bears all gathered around to admire it's shiny presence.... even though not a single new thing was added, they are just as happy to see it as I am. Sometimes it is comforting to know that there are Some Things that do not need to change to be Wonderful! </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7-9FbGvF4uiFfyPKFkcvfzhkjrcqoyLRoqG4ToRfqC8cYIGRO8XxBTpnqnbyPleq0kI2yGbpYsKpi_Yyrpbmq9DincCSnM0ue87XLGeDPUs-Qt9FABhYHNQWTQsaA_Wldj-FTTHMom8m5t18UEj_tgn8hUI8b4_PvTeFbacy4vRCOROCfqmMDo1k-nVfr/s2576/010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7-9FbGvF4uiFfyPKFkcvfzhkjrcqoyLRoqG4ToRfqC8cYIGRO8XxBTpnqnbyPleq0kI2yGbpYsKpi_Yyrpbmq9DincCSnM0ue87XLGeDPUs-Qt9FABhYHNQWTQsaA_Wldj-FTTHMom8m5t18UEj_tgn8hUI8b4_PvTeFbacy4vRCOROCfqmMDo1k-nVfr/s320/010.JPG" width="320" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And over in Sally May's and Chip's living room,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> their own version of a Silver Tinsel Tree shines and glitters,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> and at least for the moment,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> caused Ernie and Blanche to forget to turn on the TV!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Sally May Wishes there were a few new ornaments on it... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but she is more involved in her cooking...)<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimhtBXflxNW6QIMv6VNyrWwRyZIuvDU5ehAm_nITtva2lGsnP8fTsyw-MlpivB0IONeuRDOua2nCzJBL4aSGq5sYyZny3Hcq_JYBYE1BM6pn0L4ROfYx5WMGZW_87clDGrBNQk5sP1wGbqURK2hw_0blznzQ0Xq5Bkx8m0NEzVBgDAJqfKY3x-9sW7AsI6/s2576/012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimhtBXflxNW6QIMv6VNyrWwRyZIuvDU5ehAm_nITtva2lGsnP8fTsyw-MlpivB0IONeuRDOua2nCzJBL4aSGq5sYyZny3Hcq_JYBYE1BM6pn0L4ROfYx5WMGZW_87clDGrBNQk5sP1wGbqURK2hw_0blznzQ0Xq5Bkx8m0NEzVBgDAJqfKY3x-9sW7AsI6/s320/012.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And in the Lovely Old Dollhouse,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Charles has brought in the Same Old Christmas Tree</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> and placed it in the Same Old corner it always goes in.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He really wanted to make sure Helen had</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> the comforting presence of the Tree Lights as soon as possible!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She is feeling much better and</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> spends her days hardly napping at all!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It, too, has had not a single change made in the decorations... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">in spite of there being quite a few new options available!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"It is Beautiful, darling..." says Helen.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"Well, it always is...." agrees Charles... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"I just wanted to make sure it was up in time</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> for you to enjoy it to the fullest!"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRo2l4YMLd6VUzZVWsYvS8IAFwDdui9_I71Ev0qcKlFsGEObBWakpKatNilgWPYg0WfGSqI3i5DtoSZQFrsFTCB3MsfdqOxSmAhRumOEWo4M9pZd2PqxamD7hn8GRsUn1ZFNCBp4c24csseGYxTXMaWaHcvZOS1r6ZP9XDimjlTkJzRomPZBBQbwKq67C7/s2576/013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRo2l4YMLd6VUzZVWsYvS8IAFwDdui9_I71Ev0qcKlFsGEObBWakpKatNilgWPYg0WfGSqI3i5DtoSZQFrsFTCB3MsfdqOxSmAhRumOEWo4M9pZd2PqxamD7hn8GRsUn1ZFNCBp4c24csseGYxTXMaWaHcvZOS1r6ZP9XDimjlTkJzRomPZBBQbwKq67C7/s320/013.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And as I was passing the Castle Great Hall, Dear Readers, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I could see the candles through the window...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yes, The Castle Tree has been lit as well...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4TRhhEbSoypgyRn7289KJBa16mL_pitRg9xx52jbFRhZTDaSMrHRRo-R5cVcWCNuOD_wNmoOpSn62hT8YZpoApPBEtTB5yA199vfdNYJsCkpq8vbQ9Lo3UKoRMrkW9-GgDQj94kLCOZwD-jkb7hHYu6yHsT5Y1mxhlZdKXxKL1R0Yzu1zALSO4WE95vR_/s2576/017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4TRhhEbSoypgyRn7289KJBa16mL_pitRg9xx52jbFRhZTDaSMrHRRo-R5cVcWCNuOD_wNmoOpSn62hT8YZpoApPBEtTB5yA199vfdNYJsCkpq8vbQ9Lo3UKoRMrkW9-GgDQj94kLCOZwD-jkb7hHYu6yHsT5Y1mxhlZdKXxKL1R0Yzu1zALSO4WE95vR_/s320/017.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Even though there doesn't appear to be anyone there to see it....!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcU3s0bbj16iZXl4cCR3gj4VhKcdGapB0owIJL6fHIXiwMT-kDVtBiJD2bEV1g_HOXz4wg4XDm0XHanaQU9INj4wtgwz-NHhV8Chy-Ch-PbCRpj69YlRCYyYiVlZl6ny2LnMZf7Luv056h-E0I2sGBx5zw8iXPRvc_yfX0IwwCW5PIMIKs1ewv-3NYPmyS/s2576/032.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcU3s0bbj16iZXl4cCR3gj4VhKcdGapB0owIJL6fHIXiwMT-kDVtBiJD2bEV1g_HOXz4wg4XDm0XHanaQU9INj4wtgwz-NHhV8Chy-Ch-PbCRpj69YlRCYyYiVlZl6ny2LnMZf7Luv056h-E0I2sGBx5zw8iXPRvc_yfX0IwwCW5PIMIKs1ewv-3NYPmyS/s320/032.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /> And I almost didn't notice that Pollyanna</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> had found a tiny tinsel tree to decorate..!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She looked as though she was dreaming up a new project....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyfwqyMFh7QE0xCrll0exLVABI2ks8TqvDA8ogTbnzs1IxV1LHBTl2MyNRmEdP9XLFfss3VWNZ5gG6AvqlkvcNycoRAs8Hbb29uy5vjHEEmnLiFS1ganPlmLn8NewCCdRfSUzycRPshFzcR_et1Pp2P28dmswKcEmJLdq2H1JgDZp76JqLaO3ngXjwYa83/s2576/033.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyfwqyMFh7QE0xCrll0exLVABI2ks8TqvDA8ogTbnzs1IxV1LHBTl2MyNRmEdP9XLFfss3VWNZ5gG6AvqlkvcNycoRAs8Hbb29uy5vjHEEmnLiFS1ganPlmLn8NewCCdRfSUzycRPshFzcR_et1Pp2P28dmswKcEmJLdq2H1JgDZp76JqLaO3ngXjwYa83/s320/033.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"That's looking promising, Hon" said Arthur.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> "Where will you put it...? he added.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"That's the problem...." said Pollyanna, reluctantly....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"I really don't know which House it should go in....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> maybe I just need to make a 'Christmas House'..." she added dreamily....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"You know, with everything in it about Christmas....?"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"Sounds lovely...." said Arthur agreeably.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, Dear Readers, that's all</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I got done in the past few weeks...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But I am getting better and</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> there's nothing I like better than</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> The Same Old Trees in the Same Old places!<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p><br /></p>Daydreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170115485686244907noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249478764637750851.post-79975029968918625332023-12-05T10:44:00.000-05:002023-12-05T10:44:24.271-05:00A Sister Visit...<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzWBW9dxW_UaB8C6J6_BhKLugk1PpKK5wypaXqIZ6lAtOGwl3RkkROzYmNo-xfKZaFML5wV91aiXJbhJTXH-vYYcxpm7X5nD3P-D5WV-SrlRWOcWuGVwGR_r8mbmykYavb1V0FOmE4zileGHn3ESHoVlvz6XZS7dlpeJrxr6W-B1V0DNHEd8zBsiKkN7BT/s2576/026.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzWBW9dxW_UaB8C6J6_BhKLugk1PpKK5wypaXqIZ6lAtOGwl3RkkROzYmNo-xfKZaFML5wV91aiXJbhJTXH-vYYcxpm7X5nD3P-D5WV-SrlRWOcWuGVwGR_r8mbmykYavb1V0FOmE4zileGHn3ESHoVlvz6XZS7dlpeJrxr6W-B1V0DNHEd8zBsiKkN7BT/s320/026.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>More Thanksgiving Leftovers...</p><p>I Was able to snag my Sister for a Quick visit just before Thanksgiving, Dear Readers, which I try to do every time she comes North to see her Grandchildren. They live an hour and a half from my home, so it is doable to go get her, bring her to my house for an overnight and take her back the next day. I never know when she will be coming until the last minute... plans change, so I jump at the opportunity to spend time with her whenever possible! We did a little shopping on the way to my house, buying gifts for the grandchildren. We wrap them together... it makes it so much more fun! On the following morning we have a little time to play with the dollies.... but not until after breakfast. I indulged in a "Bonne Maman's" Advent Calendar this year... a tiny jar of jelly or jam for each day....! We opened the first one even though it was early... we had "White Nectarine Linden Flower Jelly" on English muffins for breakfast! Oh my! With tea, of course! And then it was time to bring out the little dolls we had started costuming back in the Spring on her last visit...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3u3yIbaq-y3_sgSD5WK6lxAJ07mbKI4LiobAPm6pC2H6O_krzu_hXoXpV6mPjM7dsFb35sQnsFIHsZ0xl3QNdYSHbymt0_iKqijjthngoZXS-5dSPydwcM4oTjpRQeEugaWAxuhvknmMZm7IAJhY0H7f3YilUAh4D1-SBbf-pi6ovCOO8pHrFUXzt0h0i/s2576/034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3u3yIbaq-y3_sgSD5WK6lxAJ07mbKI4LiobAPm6pC2H6O_krzu_hXoXpV6mPjM7dsFb35sQnsFIHsZ0xl3QNdYSHbymt0_iKqijjthngoZXS-5dSPydwcM4oTjpRQeEugaWAxuhvknmMZm7IAJhY0H7f3YilUAh4D1-SBbf-pi6ovCOO8pHrFUXzt0h0i/s320/034.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here you can see the one I was working on...</div><div style="text-align: center;">These are some of Sandra Morris' little porcelain dolls. </div><div style="text-align: center;">She has retired and is no longer making them (*sob*!)</div><div style="text-align: center;">but I still have a few that have not been costumed.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDLBoDDPysEaBpxkLfgtcvhHU3HkzHMu3JVhCbSbaVuFESDHE0Q_diSCHEoJQSdhTIj1-5r7LfEysw8eF_CM54rQn0F7Xdu8G34zYpkDCOLZJrAQ7rXZBvCjU5Kaz1cPiX58bbyIS4qdAl9WqaStK2ITLJZlXv3mAxNsVtIgSTjXqKHBUiE9kOj2SBrppQ/s2576/035.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDLBoDDPysEaBpxkLfgtcvhHU3HkzHMu3JVhCbSbaVuFESDHE0Q_diSCHEoJQSdhTIj1-5r7LfEysw8eF_CM54rQn0F7Xdu8G34zYpkDCOLZJrAQ7rXZBvCjU5Kaz1cPiX58bbyIS4qdAl9WqaStK2ITLJZlXv3mAxNsVtIgSTjXqKHBUiE9kOj2SBrppQ/s320/035.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Here they both are... </div><div style="text-align: center;">We had gotten as far as constructing the jackets</div><div style="text-align: center;"> but not the Sleeves. The dreaded sleeves...</div><div style="text-align: center;">They are tiny and have to be hemmed..... </div><div style="text-align: center;">stitched and turned inside-out. <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And then you have to hope that you can get them on.... </div><div style="text-align: center;">and that they are the right length!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am sorry to say I didn't take any pictures of the process.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUtQBjt4KagPCE44JhoRKAkqtEqGNo9AoEP6EemjM-xtADCcOBS4fL7QXpAGJAob6HAJLibzi3Jw-FUEgMI4wrvCGcRYmXvhuLawKphBc8vi6qL1tFWqfpxHU6P3wOcbIcIB2ad2sbypwGzxRYJLFFBhpAB8Zot3feR7WzTIphlJ-D8cLQPhxOAcuMEy2A/s2576/037.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUtQBjt4KagPCE44JhoRKAkqtEqGNo9AoEP6EemjM-xtADCcOBS4fL7QXpAGJAob6HAJLibzi3Jw-FUEgMI4wrvCGcRYmXvhuLawKphBc8vi6qL1tFWqfpxHU6P3wOcbIcIB2ad2sbypwGzxRYJLFFBhpAB8Zot3feR7WzTIphlJ-D8cLQPhxOAcuMEy2A/s320/037.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">But... Ta-da! </div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is my dolly with her sleeves on!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihMaeSuFSeHt-WZguAG5cX5N8BipQqC3HxZrzq3MgqNODolsvC9ZXJAhE5edBI9tDuUo_VQwl1UAapQLIOks_Uq7XdQnlkMDzzOJ3flA6F3gazetoDktdK9WwOiValA7uomm7VQJYWMtauskIeVH0LD_KGnwmv_kc6BTmSzyg64UZ01VoZk9bK4I2V0VvK/s2576/038.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihMaeSuFSeHt-WZguAG5cX5N8BipQqC3HxZrzq3MgqNODolsvC9ZXJAhE5edBI9tDuUo_VQwl1UAapQLIOks_Uq7XdQnlkMDzzOJ3flA6F3gazetoDktdK9WwOiValA7uomm7VQJYWMtauskIeVH0LD_KGnwmv_kc6BTmSzyg64UZ01VoZk9bK4I2V0VvK/s320/038.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">For encouragement and Atmosphere,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> we brought Chere Elise in to play for us while we worked.</div><div style="text-align: center;">She was ever so happy to oblige.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdNe7hj4RmTnJPJgy6Jn5h0uEBxV6q3dNAxQqtHheZF5ApdX9k2dG-wzdC0pxGBrvGu2X33Ndwp88xRbe2dBBiGkpQvaNRTcN-78bd6elhyphenhyphendBg6n3AlLgPjjZmnSY-KTIf4Nvb9hz-C-CGxBfDWc5tKp24-p0fSBraUkD8VeAB1RdFMw9oKHOxg-2YiYL7/s2576/041.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdNe7hj4RmTnJPJgy6Jn5h0uEBxV6q3dNAxQqtHheZF5ApdX9k2dG-wzdC0pxGBrvGu2X33Ndwp88xRbe2dBBiGkpQvaNRTcN-78bd6elhyphenhyphendBg6n3AlLgPjjZmnSY-KTIf4Nvb9hz-C-CGxBfDWc5tKp24-p0fSBraUkD8VeAB1RdFMw9oKHOxg-2YiYL7/s320/041.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And my sister's sleeves are attached!</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Then we needed to design the lace collars.... </div><div style="text-align: center;">we are using whatever materials I have in my stash for this project,</div><div style="text-align: center;">as these little dollies were not kits with all the pieces provided!</div><div style="text-align: center;">It took quite a hunt through all my lace boxes</div><div style="text-align: center;"> to find some that had a small enough, </div><div style="text-align: center;">delicate enough pattern to be usable.</div><div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuVHV1VMvrnl2f4I9DFHtUvIqQDYBUUJ8pvgORSJ7kjar_HrMwhiR1Vkzehik-D0rI-5EZQTBsZeThgDMwrBR0zxrTpes7PxcT6NqyidUYsXEY3fXY1oDN5vd-lqcoKNZFroU8fJzYz20yofBomGtBbhlOw7WlOyHx94IzsdA0ZN8ZJC9bu65eY2OkKTzE/s2576/042.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuVHV1VMvrnl2f4I9DFHtUvIqQDYBUUJ8pvgORSJ7kjar_HrMwhiR1Vkzehik-D0rI-5EZQTBsZeThgDMwrBR0zxrTpes7PxcT6NqyidUYsXEY3fXY1oDN5vd-lqcoKNZFroU8fJzYz20yofBomGtBbhlOw7WlOyHx94IzsdA0ZN8ZJC9bu65eY2OkKTzE/s320/042.JPG" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We settled on one we could just use the edge of...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> cutting off the upper part of the lace. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is "Aria" with her collar added.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2zeA6L4dgZAqtynuE1eiPBrbUjQc8aECOoEpBmkZwqi9FRjls8e9dZbl_iKSCiT55yGMB4M9k9aqKuoScJTQoKsEzxGjWYknKmwneP-HRDC4PYWfFV27_KESflfVFQK7F3xaV8-QzILDWZ65_7A382_9cCiBw0Zmn340gsxTGEu_Gs4f8LknGcMts0kwp/s2576/044.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2zeA6L4dgZAqtynuE1eiPBrbUjQc8aECOoEpBmkZwqi9FRjls8e9dZbl_iKSCiT55yGMB4M9k9aqKuoScJTQoKsEzxGjWYknKmwneP-HRDC4PYWfFV27_KESflfVFQK7F3xaV8-QzILDWZ65_7A382_9cCiBw0Zmn340gsxTGEu_Gs4f8LknGcMts0kwp/s320/044.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And here she is with her hair too!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I managed to scavenge leftover "curls" from previous doll kits...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> we gave them simple all over curls hairstyles.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUZ685MFfTA1ruJ97uZPK7D1j3tGBDTI6Q0PhBIUe56jG7BcN0N5VtdaJ3OdYG6xGfpCmQdq25Um3blF6D-3FJRn9eenrIX4dvB6HconrDgZGJYG5BILM5o0OeOIGuMsYlTlrMn-W1LA5z2kfwnHaVT-WyNRtZ1vOoQY-yuVPu3M54MJnpZxFd64l2LEtX/s2576/045.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUZ685MFfTA1ruJ97uZPK7D1j3tGBDTI6Q0PhBIUe56jG7BcN0N5VtdaJ3OdYG6xGfpCmQdq25Um3blF6D-3FJRn9eenrIX4dvB6HconrDgZGJYG5BILM5o0OeOIGuMsYlTlrMn-W1LA5z2kfwnHaVT-WyNRtZ1vOoQY-yuVPu3M54MJnpZxFd64l2LEtX/s320/045.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And here is my sister's with collar and curls.... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">she is named "Savannah".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPTfOBhEWwYNuLT9txBDNALO0LmU4aoJ6cEAppw77ZHh-H5YA80hsGZgE5JtiwbPPo0z4ZbwfPD5GNA4y1BaILChEL1F8zS9nQdOKQqW3gUzxbIU3dye6X9Ygptp2-qhyphenhyphen2qvTmdSvw0b_GyxDhVAvTUMJ8tnfg2cgDweK3gA9EjqNlDQ1zXgPQ9sbsiJ-X/s2576/047.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPTfOBhEWwYNuLT9txBDNALO0LmU4aoJ6cEAppw77ZHh-H5YA80hsGZgE5JtiwbPPo0z4ZbwfPD5GNA4y1BaILChEL1F8zS9nQdOKQqW3gUzxbIU3dye6X9Ygptp2-qhyphenhyphen2qvTmdSvw0b_GyxDhVAvTUMJ8tnfg2cgDweK3gA9EjqNlDQ1zXgPQ9sbsiJ-X/s320/047.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /> Here they are together!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Aren't they adorable?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Alas, we had run out of time, Dear Readers,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> so we were unable to complete them this visit.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They will wait in the Dollmaker's Studio</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> until such a time as we can make their bonnets.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For you can be sure that Every Victorian doll must have a bonnet! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There was snow in the forecast so I didn't want to be driving late.... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And rest assured I made it home again before the snow started.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(We did get several very slushy inches....)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So that was my Sister visit, Dear Readers... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">except for the leftovers....<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Unfortunately, it was I who really caught covid.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Probably the Grandchildren had it but just thought it was a "cold".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They are young and no long do the testing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And I will recover......<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p></div>Daydreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170115485686244907noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249478764637750851.post-49505228237190057112023-11-29T17:46:00.000-05:002023-11-29T17:46:15.368-05:00Thanksgiving Leftovers....<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjewh1lg1E6fru9r2u2zq1o68CeolJJyUeEp4wUvjlMwq8UVq3jeqSIM9j27Tn_eIDT_N8XL6PfhjO6p2owk_wETgC2ak_PpM4MjFBPurG2SpoZ2RdBw29cmVmTUf7jG2HW2Rme3lpMT-8yu7uI9o8P8wbVJvxzzxCnsNc9nSHi4y1l4c_UfTAyExI5pcg5/s2576/017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjewh1lg1E6fru9r2u2zq1o68CeolJJyUeEp4wUvjlMwq8UVq3jeqSIM9j27Tn_eIDT_N8XL6PfhjO6p2owk_wETgC2ak_PpM4MjFBPurG2SpoZ2RdBw29cmVmTUf7jG2HW2Rme3lpMT-8yu7uI9o8P8wbVJvxzzxCnsNc9nSHi4y1l4c_UfTAyExI5pcg5/s320/017.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>And Then...</p><p>I Hate to be the Bearer of bad Tidings, Dear Readers, but two days after Thanksgiving, Helen came down with a cold. She never gets sick, but took herself to bed with a runny nose and a cough. Charles was worried, but she told him not to worry, she would get over it soon enough if she could get some rest. That meant she didn't want him to hover. So he left her to rest.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAr6pNx3AXusJZctdbbV5qRQ-OC2e1tNVM2AefgG5Xg_wJ5VcXYNLY3l7qRLAiFgX1n7H2gCFInfzVKQA0eSR3rcP-KOQF7fg9qkHv7KpPFZSmgH98xlXq5yHjiarpLc85V3QnehFfqIKeHqrwXWReTT9IHiC7ppFUIIr9h7GPT_KaK8FF8RswPA2RU1uo/s2576/027.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAr6pNx3AXusJZctdbbV5qRQ-OC2e1tNVM2AefgG5Xg_wJ5VcXYNLY3l7qRLAiFgX1n7H2gCFInfzVKQA0eSR3rcP-KOQF7fg9qkHv7KpPFZSmgH98xlXq5yHjiarpLc85V3QnehFfqIKeHqrwXWReTT9IHiC7ppFUIIr9h7GPT_KaK8FF8RswPA2RU1uo/s320/027.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Frankly, he didn't know what to do with himself!</div><div style="text-align: center;">They did everything together.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGFJRq0SA20XNeuk4B_lzfVOkcbP2EFF4q3-jHn6I4tpIbDfDwjh5XduWVVdS042WJBDCf3Ge6ggviwx-PTa9FnShb-7eM388nxlHvmBmEl2Eics2h0we5OTlXxflgpGvBr27gjJu1BkYxEPPjhuvASs_V4u-GMRZamgZYEpO3DXkGSb8qLcnUYD_01MoU/s2576/018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGFJRq0SA20XNeuk4B_lzfVOkcbP2EFF4q3-jHn6I4tpIbDfDwjh5XduWVVdS042WJBDCf3Ge6ggviwx-PTa9FnShb-7eM388nxlHvmBmEl2Eics2h0we5OTlXxflgpGvBr27gjJu1BkYxEPPjhuvASs_V4u-GMRZamgZYEpO3DXkGSb8qLcnUYD_01MoU/s320/018.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">So he checked on her often.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And when she developed a fever,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> he insisted they see a doctor right away!</div><div style="text-align: center;">The doctor told them as kindly as he could</div><div style="text-align: center;"> that it appeared she had caught Covid.</div><div style="text-align: center;">"What?" said Charles, aghast.</div><div style="text-align: center;">"But we have been so careful!" he declared.</div><div style="text-align: center;">"We have seen nobody but close Family for the Holiday!"</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Well," said the doctor, "That is how it happens usually.... </div><div style="text-align: center;">somebody else has not been quite so careful!"</div><div style="text-align: center;">So they returned home with the instructions to take the decongestants</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and keep an eye on her temperature and call him if it got worse. <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Since she was vaccinated,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> he assured them she was not in danger.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikEtZ9mJMUg1DnUx8-pryvjf4z17Usx1KCov0EWxonoF8DthEBOhvNGUdN5T_zLAku_5qtaJJPlNlmG2ljoQL7cNUIhhRTQ-CuK_Z8xHwk8ybwiBwumnrhJ2c02ogtUccWolfaxKVGciIAaopyyX410u28Yl-3AUM38aJ3F5ZhnEMJUupY_707vPaDNopG/s2576/030.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikEtZ9mJMUg1DnUx8-pryvjf4z17Usx1KCov0EWxonoF8DthEBOhvNGUdN5T_zLAku_5qtaJJPlNlmG2ljoQL7cNUIhhRTQ-CuK_Z8xHwk8ybwiBwumnrhJ2c02ogtUccWolfaxKVGciIAaopyyX410u28Yl-3AUM38aJ3F5ZhnEMJUupY_707vPaDNopG/s320/030.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">When Charles told Joanna and Victor</div><div style="text-align: center;"> the results of the visit to the doctor,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> they were just as shocked.</div><div style="text-align: center;">"How could that be?" said Joanna. </div><div style="text-align: center;">"We have all been so careful for so long!"</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Maybe we should check with Sallly May," said Victor. </div><div style="text-align: center;">"Just to let her know what is up."</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIDX7Inh4QDiyKvJlQ2k4xPxQYsVn96rGm-ohSWoAcNF2ceXOFFZaw2fJXtLA3VddKgykfE9IhQOnmxkBaUQx5un_zQVpoKRxLKa7Lb8RXdfQLiiG-ruSxrEnxxDTk1fwV_H20-vVZqdh9Y0LH1EX8yV7E9JD2W6o3MFCkZELfGId25C4Dd1EEmP3mBLOC/s2576/032.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIDX7Inh4QDiyKvJlQ2k4xPxQYsVn96rGm-ohSWoAcNF2ceXOFFZaw2fJXtLA3VddKgykfE9IhQOnmxkBaUQx5un_zQVpoKRxLKa7Lb8RXdfQLiiG-ruSxrEnxxDTk1fwV_H20-vVZqdh9Y0LH1EX8yV7E9JD2W6o3MFCkZELfGId25C4Dd1EEmP3mBLOC/s320/032.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">When Sally May heard that Grandma Helen was sick, </div><div style="text-align: center;">she was alarmed. </div><div style="text-align: center;">And she hated to think she might have</div><div style="text-align: center;"> caught Covid at Thanksgiving Dinner!</div><div style="text-align: center;">"I just talked to Mama," she said to Chip. </div><div style="text-align: center;">"She says Grandma Helen has caught Covid!"</div><div style="text-align: center;">"You don't think...." she started to say but trailed off.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp40tqlYZdflxC7BwbpDbv2VGnYfUf5D9rtfDDKfTes1WrTRAQtqQJBIccRNWll_nC20pfd9wcgUz-K3z-O6_vohtXixyqJKK2YYo1sRQZVbLbtmwZ6OSlUYVoIYLVKWEnA83W5XasGNUXCX1o06OGeIqwPwumPY83Etg2O8Ci8Os-9WtV_jhuZBOzI9_A/s2576/033.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp40tqlYZdflxC7BwbpDbv2VGnYfUf5D9rtfDDKfTes1WrTRAQtqQJBIccRNWll_nC20pfd9wcgUz-K3z-O6_vohtXixyqJKK2YYo1sRQZVbLbtmwZ6OSlUYVoIYLVKWEnA83W5XasGNUXCX1o06OGeIqwPwumPY83Etg2O8Ci8Os-9WtV_jhuZBOzI9_A/s320/033.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> "Well," said Chip, "Dad has been coughing all week,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> although he pretends he isn't."</div><div style="text-align: center;">"And I suspect he never wears his mask</div><div style="text-align: center;"> when he goes out to the corner market...." he added.</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Darn...." he continued, "should we all take tests? </div><div style="text-align: center;">Is Grandma Helen okay?"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaJdy4FsDLOQdOXJg5mmRjlwR-7srREJ6pH3YVLKtUtmtPHhBNL4Lv0ezZ_wGVAVRPRJf2zd28O3xQ9J8Eg3Gv07sOMls08U9tSY0UMxIEqOICiNN1gQdNmSqpjPUepCGgv-5deGkb9NoTvLGEI78MNQbko7N1Dqg1aPKInd5gJlb2LHG3OAdtSBLTbkRg/s2576/019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaJdy4FsDLOQdOXJg5mmRjlwR-7srREJ6pH3YVLKtUtmtPHhBNL4Lv0ezZ_wGVAVRPRJf2zd28O3xQ9J8Eg3Gv07sOMls08U9tSY0UMxIEqOICiNN1gQdNmSqpjPUepCGgv-5deGkb9NoTvLGEI78MNQbko7N1Dqg1aPKInd5gJlb2LHG3OAdtSBLTbkRg/s320/019.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Well, Dear Readers, Joanna spent all week nursing Grandma Helen.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And slowly but surely, she is feeling a lot better.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo3Vj62ABRqBnznnRNnFV7UjYPMdHJ8ccriLlkmSW7RQ1SIsaF-m01579U4VwwiAoTV4rOGv-Xpvrem9nisYku1j-xzgmBdrqmAUsAYyrO5aaC9Rq6PJ2TwyVcM5gEw4GeuwtKtYQgAplRpV2FirwfQNycx6s-iiKpCDS3iWF8NCT78PPD8bKGlJWu0W9j/s2576/020.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo3Vj62ABRqBnznnRNnFV7UjYPMdHJ8ccriLlkmSW7RQ1SIsaF-m01579U4VwwiAoTV4rOGv-Xpvrem9nisYku1j-xzgmBdrqmAUsAYyrO5aaC9Rq6PJ2TwyVcM5gEw4GeuwtKtYQgAplRpV2FirwfQNycx6s-iiKpCDS3iWF8NCT78PPD8bKGlJWu0W9j/s320/020.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Helen insisted she didn't need so much attention... </div><div style="text-align: center;">and she didn't want anyone else to get sick!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Joanna insisted that she was just making sure everything was okay</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and nobody else seemed to be having symptoms.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimqsTzLYVQb1oT5t7p21C5kdt4kU4caZjL-Es4Ght99DV_SRF9PbKr6SKKrGWi6ZgWTiuiD5pHf_QCH3fc9oNUdLms0OFUSEnWHu9pIpLVgqLA-B77X4i7dPQIhSIKvZP-L4PV7gkFKOsp27BlXKHcRZkSKqOUVithymDLlW_f2RMMWDW2f3KJa6mCyWX3/s2576/023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimqsTzLYVQb1oT5t7p21C5kdt4kU4caZjL-Es4Ght99DV_SRF9PbKr6SKKrGWi6ZgWTiuiD5pHf_QCH3fc9oNUdLms0OFUSEnWHu9pIpLVgqLA-B77X4i7dPQIhSIKvZP-L4PV7gkFKOsp27BlXKHcRZkSKqOUVithymDLlW_f2RMMWDW2f3KJa6mCyWX3/s320/023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"I just don't want to make any trouble for anyone..." said Helen.</div><div style="text-align: center;">"I'm really feeling a lot better."</div><div style="text-align: center;">She said this every day.</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Well, tomorrow we'll bring you downstairs</div><div style="text-align: center;"> to sit if you feel like it" said Joanna cheerfully. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6fPDcFZxrB1NTi3caPDGw0LbUm5VYULMWs1b1RqkLZ7Eukw5yD9HdFj5eaCnGg2OTGF0SlntPBVUOhUVVOEz3wjIHZotCyiyWUsWlF38lJ0q-Uk7jghZ3VmPQD-1bhl9_RYNS0XVz9fqlE7_ZeM8L7JZ01jZQzKVam1SLk6Wz-pmac8Yx_iI1to5TrlQs/s2576/025.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6fPDcFZxrB1NTi3caPDGw0LbUm5VYULMWs1b1RqkLZ7Eukw5yD9HdFj5eaCnGg2OTGF0SlntPBVUOhUVVOEz3wjIHZotCyiyWUsWlF38lJ0q-Uk7jghZ3VmPQD-1bhl9_RYNS0XVz9fqlE7_ZeM8L7JZ01jZQzKVam1SLk6Wz-pmac8Yx_iI1to5TrlQs/s320/025.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"I think that sounds like a good idea..." said Helen.</div><div style="text-align: center;">"We can see in the morning how you feel...." replied Joanna.</div><div style="text-align: center;">She certainly didn't want to rush things... </div><div style="text-align: center;">but she was sure Helen would enjoy getting out of bed for a while.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Well, Dear Readers, I hope you will not worry for Helen.</div><div style="text-align: center;">She is getting better by the day</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and is only embarrassed that after being so careful for so long...</div><div style="text-align: center;"> she caught Covid after all!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanksgiving Leftovers of a very different sort!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><p><br /></p></div>Daydreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170115485686244907noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249478764637750851.post-24133879962743450702023-11-22T17:43:00.000-05:002023-11-22T17:43:31.433-05:00Time To Talk Turkey....<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6gdCJNT148CpgIyYA6jqaRv0rMpMOAS8nYl0cX9QOGa2ymmdHfNIrEJYorFk-MeAi7tZHG2P3HLYRl5hHdYn6W97JtgICoRfr7iTr0mEJ_6t8IVxZPZ9iIxjtKbZThjqGjKo8sxcJD8juV4Ndh67bQOPFsRAa0ebMeoM9l3wlUScrco-I20DUiytQtUtw/s2576/018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6gdCJNT148CpgIyYA6jqaRv0rMpMOAS8nYl0cX9QOGa2ymmdHfNIrEJYorFk-MeAi7tZHG2P3HLYRl5hHdYn6W97JtgICoRfr7iTr0mEJ_6t8IVxZPZ9iIxjtKbZThjqGjKo8sxcJD8juV4Ndh67bQOPFsRAa0ebMeoM9l3wlUScrco-I20DUiytQtUtw/s320/018.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Gobble Gobble Gobble....</p><p>It Was Sally May and Chip's turn to host Thanksgiving Dinner, Dear Readers, and Sally May had been preparing the dinner for days. It had been a while since the Family had all gathered at their House, and Sally May was eager to share the Traditional meal in her own home. Chip's Folks practically lived with them ever since the Covid pandemic, but it would feel so much more wonderful to have her folks there too. She loved Chip's parents, but there was no substitute for her own Family.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE1unwRnKrErTh4JAisTNWSYkzG1eW4DF-748vYKg5ziwLPVjMqmJDCCnvegBQqqiViOTTbcZ1fantLX-7zCI0uSXzd84wiImk1RtzGdaz6rRwrrePIfT10CHzdQte3H4Oo1Rgu05geLMXt33zLnAAoF0aiOfYy5nB7au1qGJiV8gOaBAnBJ0-WjofibJ2/s2576/010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE1unwRnKrErTh4JAisTNWSYkzG1eW4DF-748vYKg5ziwLPVjMqmJDCCnvegBQqqiViOTTbcZ1fantLX-7zCI0uSXzd84wiImk1RtzGdaz6rRwrrePIfT10CHzdQte3H4Oo1Rgu05geLMXt33zLnAAoF0aiOfYy5nB7au1qGJiV8gOaBAnBJ0-WjofibJ2/s320/010.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Chip's folks, Blanche and Ernie were happy to watch TV in the living room.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Chip was happy to sit with them. </div><div style="text-align: center;">He was sure Sally May would not need</div><div style="text-align: center;"> his help in the Kitchen...</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmiurX8LHl2OR6TAxCBBUG3hNiNajfKJaNpU_jMEvOqx6dt1vgXFZZhoWJ-rseULxFniwUpZpprCysMcRE1T8OTF7NWWTWXk5Zmxsgkf0q8UkkGAXjTyjHaxOvZeW4xKxHWcwICQ69R-ijpVUqhGS_NLlwO65bxU1ZsA1a5obGkTMLmmdnUJZ_HE15LTDt/s2576/019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmiurX8LHl2OR6TAxCBBUG3hNiNajfKJaNpU_jMEvOqx6dt1vgXFZZhoWJ-rseULxFniwUpZpprCysMcRE1T8OTF7NWWTWXk5Zmxsgkf0q8UkkGAXjTyjHaxOvZeW4xKxHWcwICQ69R-ijpVUqhGS_NLlwO65bxU1ZsA1a5obGkTMLmmdnUJZ_HE15LTDt/s320/019.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>But as the hours passed and nobody arrived, she began to worry.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Was anybody coming?<br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1CDcCcNrwUBt3tzouoBvfvu3fuwd8NyvXCh33KE4-kBbStOgNdBsTUzGbMnrQFRWCbe6RQ887jzusb0uV6HUQuQk4QWCARUdoW8RVPPqevyVMYTzWxiI_Embr49mQyb0Q_iHL-LUp-YOHCDsq6NHiY8g7DxjCVBGhwnN3OoEfGkGSqxsyiAxq27UTQia-/s2576/022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1CDcCcNrwUBt3tzouoBvfvu3fuwd8NyvXCh33KE4-kBbStOgNdBsTUzGbMnrQFRWCbe6RQ887jzusb0uV6HUQuQk4QWCARUdoW8RVPPqevyVMYTzWxiI_Embr49mQyb0Q_iHL-LUp-YOHCDsq6NHiY8g7DxjCVBGhwnN3OoEfGkGSqxsyiAxq27UTQia-/s320/022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Meanwhile, over at The Lovely Old Dollhouse, </div><div style="text-align: center;">Helen was worried about the Weather.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It had snowed overnight and the roads would be slippery.</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Are you sure their driveway will be plowed?" she asked Charles.</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Well, it didn't snow very much" replied Charles.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> "Only a few inches fell, they might not even need to plow" he added.</div><div style="text-align: center;">That did not reassure Helen!</div><div style="text-align: center;">"But their driveway is a little steep...!" she declared.</div><div style="text-align: center;">"What if we get stuck?" she added, clearly worried!</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Oh, I am sure we will manage just fine," said Charles, soothingly.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> "We will go over with Arthur and Pollyanna" he added. </div><div style="text-align: center;">"They are young and know what to do."</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFUpiLoiofWjLrknG5roWsDcPuEmdGGYKjFLikAzkGwLFkwTwuhxVxbylgw58iI00l5mk6gabjAucrHYlPqi2XazcAVKc2iwADIl8K-DqV5Z0PhviOMBBt7hvD9UEmGuFgS7MNJpExOtNow4R3CP5CggUXWrkjVu_DAiygiVxGs29XIo8YpoTmmYemHbSJ/s2576/034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFUpiLoiofWjLrknG5roWsDcPuEmdGGYKjFLikAzkGwLFkwTwuhxVxbylgw58iI00l5mk6gabjAucrHYlPqi2XazcAVKc2iwADIl8K-DqV5Z0PhviOMBBt7hvD9UEmGuFgS7MNJpExOtNow4R3CP5CggUXWrkjVu_DAiygiVxGs29XIo8YpoTmmYemHbSJ/s320/034.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"I just pulled the Pumpkin Pie out of the oven" called Joanna.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9jdgZ2hw5KP-IrbaZukcJMymPFCKOMVWbHbaLqy7qlAe-2fP92xQesXYCG_MX1MVIjBbx5WomoZUcnIwwbYVdIwnpBsHH2Z6fI1tr9mEIPsWC3uLgAIaxDIMEMSuX80PlTOOK-CfPtqpVF_RBuEcmNmUMgtSFOVNId6czmvWHEd2q9qV3Qz79qaVWaT9H/s2576/033.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdFHnCW8ow1-hs3bbQZu_K09JnhPH0QcBKShf80avl8hpH0gef9pZ6Ghzl9klK13d4PTfol4MhTOlQk7xSaD2StfcTKerZyb3AMICTTjtWGGBiEBvrwgcVEcy6UQr-0l5DmCzhGERpJcXcm1iWfFIv-5xE1I-iaAdvu8Dr5iMCTNesdbxT6iEowW8lcg1B/s320/038.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"We better get going..."said Arthur.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL-ATlFzwPsc9vN51XPrWQWhRi0sdbXRg6FZ9_NnY73uqdFyLR224EqrzomlzClHvGmu3sexy1UVKYklI56UW6kCZaX746WYzL8MIIC7O33Z4az2I3Yis8anFBrznUCngnK9Qna1_7PlaBFx8yGX5SjmVp0vhI4JTCp-lxzKwU4SEA-1kD14wkO45arLA_/s2576/032.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL-ATlFzwPsc9vN51XPrWQWhRi0sdbXRg6FZ9_NnY73uqdFyLR224EqrzomlzClHvGmu3sexy1UVKYklI56UW6kCZaX746WYzL8MIIC7O33Z4az2I3Yis8anFBrznUCngnK9Qna1_7PlaBFx8yGX5SjmVp0vhI4JTCp-lxzKwU4SEA-1kD14wkO45arLA_/s320/032.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Sally May went to tell everybody that the guests would arrive shortly...</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Maybe we should turn the volume down on the TV..." she hinted.</div><div style="text-align: center;">"You know your folks turn it up pretty loud" she added. <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUDMszpFIS6rgqu2jDk5fc2urpD2-6Evtp1RP9WxmYvLqj8mVc0fxfpPd6qLzbj55TYrs6OaHWqil_cWC-xoyjkdEIgPZxoyvfDVi6IbJ7iCf75J0Ce7S4zvA7TwlhyphenhyphenA0B116gSqL9KhLRbODYOS0aINkH_d_fPItZE2NdarQrlSxe-yAOt-6AsvMehlN-/s2576/039.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUDMszpFIS6rgqu2jDk5fc2urpD2-6Evtp1RP9WxmYvLqj8mVc0fxfpPd6qLzbj55TYrs6OaHWqil_cWC-xoyjkdEIgPZxoyvfDVi6IbJ7iCf75J0Ce7S4zvA7TwlhyphenhyphenA0B116gSqL9KhLRbODYOS0aINkH_d_fPItZE2NdarQrlSxe-yAOt-6AsvMehlN-/s320/039.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"I'm not sure the others will want to hear it..."</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Don't worry, Hon," said Chip. </div><div style="text-align: center;">"I'll take care of it when they get here."</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjftY6VfP-ir21dZcGcjk0bjliglYf0eH-JrPT1VxYMS5UQWfqQiPLoyrs_DPZ0O_FJbF_i5o2ASq60Bg9DfCRlZJqff-8g3m1eAxIgl1rJ7mCMNsMqzBB3kfbsd_RWu5bq-coswnc79gWMMau4CNpkQpV8HTALAc1TIBQb_Cz6Ie8J3XnmTCazXd_veCGr/s2576/041.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjftY6VfP-ir21dZcGcjk0bjliglYf0eH-JrPT1VxYMS5UQWfqQiPLoyrs_DPZ0O_FJbF_i5o2ASq60Bg9DfCRlZJqff-8g3m1eAxIgl1rJ7mCMNsMqzBB3kfbsd_RWu5bq-coswnc79gWMMau4CNpkQpV8HTALAc1TIBQb_Cz6Ie8J3XnmTCazXd_veCGr/s320/041.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">"What are you watching...?" asked Helen loudly</div><div style="text-align: center;"> when they arrived a few minutes later.</div><div style="text-align: center;">"It's just old reruns of "I Love Lucy..." said Chip,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> turning the volume down a bit.</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Goodness...!" declared Helen. </div><div style="text-align: center;">"I never watched those shows" she added.</div><div style="text-align: center;">(The Lovely Old Dollhouse did not have a TV...!)</div><div style="text-align: center;">"We can find something else if you like..."said Ernie kindly.</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Don't bother on my account" said Helen. </div><div style="text-align: center;">"I believe it is almost time to eat anyway" she added.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7xxwPOSCrsRjv6ipcvCsQ8reqbLZpuPS-_740E1TVzQgJY0AjFwvejqU0QBVhqNdmFKVJ6boIseEpgCCg5DEagoqXyLeeRMDvBPq298qYmwIK7Xx7uXNfyhgsMNDiKxRqp7mIf7eczTAPPnMEoBTiydQnwB8or9BpBk1nB1cSLnK3tmCxiSiNduNqEbMw/s2576/045.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7xxwPOSCrsRjv6ipcvCsQ8reqbLZpuPS-_740E1TVzQgJY0AjFwvejqU0QBVhqNdmFKVJ6boIseEpgCCg5DEagoqXyLeeRMDvBPq298qYmwIK7Xx7uXNfyhgsMNDiKxRqp7mIf7eczTAPPnMEoBTiydQnwB8or9BpBk1nB1cSLnK3tmCxiSiNduNqEbMw/s320/045.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"I'm sorry we are so late!" she said. </div><div style="text-align: center;">"Tell me what you need me to do!"</div><div style="text-align: center;">"If you could carry the vegetables out to the table...." said Sally May.</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Are the Pies coming...?" she added anxiously.</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Mom and Dad are bringing them" said Pollyanna.</div><div style="text-align: center;">"They'll be here in a minute!" <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4LA_AVZiwiHYINCv-vRt_OOz7rUG9_Tv_pdJ6MR22hwTuI-dopGg4zsISFI3GbbPj7PCtdaASoEOaEKVUgeh4_PFwvBZkASI0v-h5bUDljEXresBEM9Eulho-C6KQzQDuZYBh70o2gwfaveBDVoOjUv75feDUWlIBEQjv_GvaqPKxRfjuvh-UMBtQ2UDG/s2576/052.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4LA_AVZiwiHYINCv-vRt_OOz7rUG9_Tv_pdJ6MR22hwTuI-dopGg4zsISFI3GbbPj7PCtdaASoEOaEKVUgeh4_PFwvBZkASI0v-h5bUDljEXresBEM9Eulho-C6KQzQDuZYBh70o2gwfaveBDVoOjUv75feDUWlIBEQjv_GvaqPKxRfjuvh-UMBtQ2UDG/s320/052.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> </div><div style="text-align: center;">"I think our Host, Chip, has the honors..." </div><div style="text-align: center;">said Charles, nodding to his Grandson-in-law.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Chip cleared his throat... </div><div style="text-align: center;">(he was not used to being the center of attention)</div><div style="text-align: center;">"For the Bounty set before us, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and the Family with which to share it, </div><div style="text-align: center;">we humbly give our thanks" he said.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwGL7SEi9dndQdqtx60lH4GgrstqWfrn013G0MrqpEN05PK-R1VTKolZ2q1CUfJ1Ayg-GQQllpbkXOi48wMdijB4S3OCjl0XOC_9kjT7acUgMm0jyul5M-BlvuMOd83KBMxamQokdiAsgK0vVsyPqAOSUVfOVad-4_A8-oDZ80l7WuYfi1u6Weguq_TBO_/s2576/056.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwGL7SEi9dndQdqtx60lH4GgrstqWfrn013G0MrqpEN05PK-R1VTKolZ2q1CUfJ1Ayg-GQQllpbkXOi48wMdijB4S3OCjl0XOC_9kjT7acUgMm0jyul5M-BlvuMOd83KBMxamQokdiAsgK0vVsyPqAOSUVfOVad-4_A8-oDZ80l7WuYfi1u6Weguq_TBO_/s320/056.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">"Amen!" added Charles.</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Here here!" said Victor.</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Gobble Gobble.... !" said Annabelle.</div><div style="text-align: center;">At that, Everybody burst out laughing!</div><div style="text-align: center;">"I will carve the Turkey declared Ernie"</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sally May had nothing to say....</div><div style="text-align: center;"> she felt a lump in her throat </div><div style="text-align: center;">at the Love surrounding her.</div><div style="text-align: center;">She spared not a thought for the dogs in the kitchen...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbMHTlUK4mmx5_rsMVPglcDUK3W4oD-PNvC0rjr7LhCUj9Ys-TXXsczoeIMynzAGnf6Ty__WhJ6dluJS_yUUOkmLOfGcC60S1_j943mRkzdg708k7oVU9Oj6iXisEcwZU7Kq6czyRszRr349xeESnXNxEwxA7bOeiEg3B7_hSD1aI6XrkFuXb3I43bYDG5/s2576/053.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbMHTlUK4mmx5_rsMVPglcDUK3W4oD-PNvC0rjr7LhCUj9Ys-TXXsczoeIMynzAGnf6Ty__WhJ6dluJS_yUUOkmLOfGcC60S1_j943mRkzdg708k7oVU9Oj6iXisEcwZU7Kq6czyRszRr349xeESnXNxEwxA7bOeiEg3B7_hSD1aI6XrkFuXb3I43bYDG5/s320/053.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">....Guarding the Pies!</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Don't even think it..." said Honey to Oreo...</div><div style="text-align: center;">"You heard them.... they are too hot!"</div><div style="text-align: center;">"I guess we have to wait for crumbs.... ?" asked Oreo.</div><div style="text-align: center;">"You have so much to learn...." sighed Honey.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Well, Dear Readers, Once again... </div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanksgiving Dinner is almost Late!</div><div style="text-align: center;">But I hope you all have a Wonderful Thanksgiving.... </div><div style="text-align: center;">and if you don't celebrate the Holiday, </div><div style="text-align: center;">I hope you will find Plenty to be Thankful for anyway.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And perhaps you can even "Gobble gobble" a little bit too!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">(And for those unfamiliar with Turkeys, </div><div style="text-align: center;">a large bird native to North America, </div><div style="text-align: center;">the "voice" of the bird sounds like</div><div style="text-align: center;"> "gobble gobble... gobble gobble.."! </div><div style="text-align: center;">I kid you not!)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Daydreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170115485686244907noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249478764637750851.post-71486391653330798392023-11-08T18:49:00.000-05:002023-11-08T18:49:45.099-05:00Stitching.....<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUHzunE2C1KXCcq1v0qRwkOWIsWHdtxMxKC-wyaQln-LLRidd4uw7vAQz4jyz_IFhWE0S9gbicqc9Cxk-a2IhXurZqfOhwffvAkNSzqndh2Xms6s-SeRKW8tFhUq_LeY_kP3zBRqBknG4GsU6LDzlAmmFJbD6wc0B6qin2UWyLBWZNPucAeXE3rF86jRvf/s2576/006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUHzunE2C1KXCcq1v0qRwkOWIsWHdtxMxKC-wyaQln-LLRidd4uw7vAQz4jyz_IFhWE0S9gbicqc9Cxk-a2IhXurZqfOhwffvAkNSzqndh2Xms6s-SeRKW8tFhUq_LeY_kP3zBRqBknG4GsU6LDzlAmmFJbD6wc0B6qin2UWyLBWZNPucAeXE3rF86jRvf/s320/006.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Updates....</p><p>The Seasons changed rather abruptly in this part of the World, Dear Readers, bringing a shocking taste of Winter the day after Halloween. This following after weeks of warmer than usual temperatures and virtually no hint of frost. Fortunately, the offending white stuff melted rapidly, but it left that keen awareness of Impending Winter!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc5MeCbKJbtrLwhWfCtX_ABToVS_EB8oRlQDf1T4U9ON7dxKIWMnCxQ_vXhDcNiDv98He2yfBibevn9j2bMMqhK5qu_EgQbBdkUs9gPcEi373RSSBcre_RD6GL9kbVuHQAc2QpEtraFfBt7EeW_GBuZy2kOHMlO6B6uwpx-2OvOW4Vqg3yFVw1ZzA6JFNQ/s2576/056.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc5MeCbKJbtrLwhWfCtX_ABToVS_EB8oRlQDf1T4U9ON7dxKIWMnCxQ_vXhDcNiDv98He2yfBibevn9j2bMMqhK5qu_EgQbBdkUs9gPcEi373RSSBcre_RD6GL9kbVuHQAc2QpEtraFfBt7EeW_GBuZy2kOHMlO6B6uwpx-2OvOW4Vqg3yFVw1ZzA6JFNQ/s320/056.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">It definitely hastened the falling of the remaining leaves....</div><div style="text-align: center;">and turned my focus to cozy indoor pursuits!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Like stitching mini carpets...</div><div style="text-align: center;">You can see from the first photo that I have</div><div style="text-align: center;"> nearly completed the Baktiari carpet!</div><div style="text-align: center;">All it requires is the last couple of rows </div><div style="text-align: center;">of edge stitching and binding and then the fringe.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I have been working on it all year,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> but had to "stitch less" while my</div><div style="text-align: center;"> sore arm was mending last spring.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And since it is so nearly finished, </div><div style="text-align: center;">I have launched a couple of new projects to take it's place!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEYDCYK3U1dZKKKMya4X15Xh3HOYyQ8PUWsVi4cygcZntu5eGIhwbz5sN_hIzBt-VH4r0Zx0JqkOHsr-udJwtnFxwGNMAc93K5coPlVRgMdUU0VwwrlcKmV23-7roNdho_6SOMelONXEyfOCtwn08L8Pm42_rJz545EEWa1dmpIJ7-CgkFrdq09zv2xIPO/s2576/019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEYDCYK3U1dZKKKMya4X15Xh3HOYyQ8PUWsVi4cygcZntu5eGIhwbz5sN_hIzBt-VH4r0Zx0JqkOHsr-udJwtnFxwGNMAc93K5coPlVRgMdUU0VwwrlcKmV23-7roNdho_6SOMelONXEyfOCtwn08L8Pm42_rJz545EEWa1dmpIJ7-CgkFrdq09zv2xIPO/s320/019.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">This is the very beginning of a quite Ambitious project...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSdmBY5_Ax4mbu65iBhOstLqS1I9RyIHxmFRxsZI78lKt9vowW5M4XbbQx3ptZogxqhFkBIQa-mQSXsMZ5s76iG6kY8hHcaRmI2Y3inf3x_x8d3sP0CF5zJYHJ5TQFszO0mg4D4H7fK5h8LTrZNO8GSWL2xgoDFVkFw-bQBwyTBiAq7Dz4QXRHrYCFndT0/s2576/019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSdmBY5_Ax4mbu65iBhOstLqS1I9RyIHxmFRxsZI78lKt9vowW5M4XbbQx3ptZogxqhFkBIQa-mQSXsMZ5s76iG6kY8hHcaRmI2Y3inf3x_x8d3sP0CF5zJYHJ5TQFszO0mg4D4H7fK5h8LTrZNO8GSWL2xgoDFVkFw-bQBwyTBiAq7Dz4QXRHrYCFndT0/s320/019.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">This is another kit by Phyllis Stafford,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> who also designed the Baktiari carpet kit.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It is also stitched on 40 count silk gauze</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and the finished size will be 8x10 inches.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I expect this to take me a long time to complete, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and I will warn you now that I am </div><div style="text-align: center;">re-designing the central portion of the kit.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I just feel that the "central medallion" </div><div style="text-align: center;">needs to be much more prominent.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And because this is one of those "tiny stitches" kits,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I also started a larger, easier on the eyes carpet kit.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2oe5QK_PzLmgaTS5yknulDyQmmJ73lPZ1z8TI7Ej7sDq_ax2JC5-xv67GTj6LWYcrCMSTstNtpVzuO9DoLMvEXOgzG8HcZfglRpyq5C92LUTZXm9vcWEXVyqTldph9LVlLUwf5OZq_R4UCvL8aeRyxwK4RuGqgC8BMazvMiOH0-Pgg4q8yG4CD8pfR_Ks/s2576/014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2oe5QK_PzLmgaTS5yknulDyQmmJ73lPZ1z8TI7Ej7sDq_ax2JC5-xv67GTj6LWYcrCMSTstNtpVzuO9DoLMvEXOgzG8HcZfglRpyq5C92LUTZXm9vcWEXVyqTldph9LVlLUwf5OZq_R4UCvL8aeRyxwK4RuGqgC8BMazvMiOH0-Pgg4q8yG4CD8pfR_Ks/s320/014.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I thought it interesting how similar the start was for both carpets!</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is another of Janet Granger's kits, a wool carpet...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3kdKCx0UZWVhyphenhyphenp4W-XselubCC5DY1uiVBa16CHNBIZXMMe5Jo6pK1c1JKp_8N4hWFTk8xKue44KZpdJcfIEeoGcn10dHJODCMnZmCYiU-o9STD5qqIBfqN0quDzSONAbj17Ykuhyphenhyphenm_yg7quMjbOm7rsI1eGODIdrXJYfIac9eBDy5EFKFuUGNrttDA3g8/s2576/015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3kdKCx0UZWVhyphenhyphenp4W-XselubCC5DY1uiVBa16CHNBIZXMMe5Jo6pK1c1JKp_8N4hWFTk8xKue44KZpdJcfIEeoGcn10dHJODCMnZmCYiU-o9STD5qqIBfqN0quDzSONAbj17Ykuhyphenhyphenm_yg7quMjbOm7rsI1eGODIdrXJYfIac9eBDy5EFKFuUGNrttDA3g8/s320/015.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">It is unusual in that it is square and will be 9x9 inches when done.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It is described as a William Morris era style and the colors are quite bright.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgscSQZfsOcC4aCNnLitqRBXdCaYMy2UH-NeKqP0zdKFSc354yfreJ6agkJomw_x1N4soX1einCTHlGcJvKsmhASptRwy3ExcGClFVa1SLGbrEganfysS75wVDIMzRCbfVDwSvhxVfldQPqHJ0-u1bOpEGk5Ew1_Anoyl00Eom4Awp3ZIGRhGs5XheGyV2J/s2576/017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgscSQZfsOcC4aCNnLitqRBXdCaYMy2UH-NeKqP0zdKFSc354yfreJ6agkJomw_x1N4soX1einCTHlGcJvKsmhASptRwy3ExcGClFVa1SLGbrEganfysS75wVDIMzRCbfVDwSvhxVfldQPqHJ0-u1bOpEGk5Ew1_Anoyl00Eom4Awp3ZIGRhGs5XheGyV2J/s320/017.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">As you can see, I've made good progress already!</div><div style="text-align: center;">(Sorry the photo is dark.... it's been a cloudy day...)</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">So that is my Stitching Update, Dear Readers...</div><div style="text-align: center;">Two new engrossing petit-point carpets</div><div style="text-align: center;">means Hours of cozy stitching </div><div style="text-align: center;">Are in the Forecast!<br /></div><div><p><br /></p></div>Daydreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170115485686244907noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249478764637750851.post-89995116307417766632023-10-30T10:20:00.513-04:002023-10-30T14:54:43.311-04:00Enchantments....<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjJHGSYLgqPBsvCmoYwz42z52XhnbZrqZpyFHkrjMoEGyk0hCB_3ciOHkWAABWWuryKvHDDDAFe8JqQlijmBQepOcWuzQvawwnym72INmdDxQid_iczZv6h66fDgcL_6Z4D0buabx5DQqv6NfNlFVdBNtVu_kVAboXUNIGyTRTZrZFGSSDO9C7QaLPHC85/s2576/090.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjJHGSYLgqPBsvCmoYwz42z52XhnbZrqZpyFHkrjMoEGyk0hCB_3ciOHkWAABWWuryKvHDDDAFe8JqQlijmBQepOcWuzQvawwnym72INmdDxQid_iczZv6h66fDgcL_6Z4D0buabx5DQqv6NfNlFVdBNtVu_kVAboXUNIGyTRTZrZFGSSDO9C7QaLPHC85/s320/090.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Everlasting...</p><p>When the Children's Father returned home that afternoon, Dear Readers, and found that Tommy's Pony, Prince, had come back without Tommy, he was worried. Tommy was a decent rider and usually had no trouble from Prince. But when he realized that Beatrice was also missing, he went looking for her older sister, Caroline to find out why. You can imagine that when he found no sign of Caroline or their dog Snowy, he became truly alarmed! This was beyond troubling! Caroline was so sensible and rarely went against the rules... where would she have gone? His wife, Charlotte had been with the baby all day, who was excessively colicky, and the Housekeeper had been at the market all afternoon. He was afraid he knew that the children had gone to the Castle Ruins.... they knew that was out of bounds! And on top of it all, the evenings came so early at this time of year and a storm was approaching.... he must hurry to find them before it was dark! He grabbed a lantern and headed off across the meadow.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6XveqJzwY9FzvjHLD3KZWrPpnOkSxKQ2hbTqYH5Wy7QHgafW5PoTW6bao-K0VGvgN3UdwY34nqEZS9-qVInCExKzxuvGAC5Uzrukiu0bM9b5x2CX56BWP_BxDKR2Ins3UpGulZzDL3fJxhxEMQBs_OoyphzfjLb90HBaBya19AL_Us-nl2Z-Eb8esOcnU/s2576/092.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6XveqJzwY9FzvjHLD3KZWrPpnOkSxKQ2hbTqYH5Wy7QHgafW5PoTW6bao-K0VGvgN3UdwY34nqEZS9-qVInCExKzxuvGAC5Uzrukiu0bM9b5x2CX56BWP_BxDKR2Ins3UpGulZzDL3fJxhxEMQBs_OoyphzfjLb90HBaBya19AL_Us-nl2Z-Eb8esOcnU/s320/092.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">He tried to comfort himself with the thought</div><div style="text-align: center;"> that their dog, "Snowy", was with them....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4iFSPd04MmqvvPP8IN7RVCobhyphenhyphenxXsqSgmR_h5CckkYH3SiJAqFIPWB7QkPQrVg1eVTZkDJModN58vvwJF_f_go6qEXzKPEso-5_WGblzMXy5dSsDPAMlSMlFGwrme_cANN913jc0n06VAu2_9XCyEzgphkdxjzpRdK9dGow0A28FTmpRaIEv8lOTjaWow/s2576/093.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4iFSPd04MmqvvPP8IN7RVCobhyphenhyphenxXsqSgmR_h5CckkYH3SiJAqFIPWB7QkPQrVg1eVTZkDJModN58vvwJF_f_go6qEXzKPEso-5_WGblzMXy5dSsDPAMlSMlFGwrme_cANN913jc0n06VAu2_9XCyEzgphkdxjzpRdK9dGow0A28FTmpRaIEv8lOTjaWow/s320/093.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And that they had each other to rely on....</div><div style="text-align: center;">he Hoped they were safe....!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And I hope you will understand that when </div><div style="text-align: center;">Caroline and Snowy had neared the Castle, </div><div style="text-align: center;">Snowy had dashed ahead, following the scent of Beatrice,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> who had gone around to the cliff side hoping to find the caves.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGyYDv4PqLfX43lfFiY7bzi1rZ6SQch0YJk9sSXvXJQ3abwgZdCkmjffZNmKqwNCQMnrsiG-53Jwhl3ZaHpu6P9VeUTWxEj9EvKszf68vjRLin5Gjr8YWrgMYmZM5CJkiedXbmmwCCzv5dfHPSGkDK-Ox7-N4itXAEV-QV8oe5qnIfACdPy6wv4F56Nqhj/s2576/094.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGyYDv4PqLfX43lfFiY7bzi1rZ6SQch0YJk9sSXvXJQ3abwgZdCkmjffZNmKqwNCQMnrsiG-53Jwhl3ZaHpu6P9VeUTWxEj9EvKszf68vjRLin5Gjr8YWrgMYmZM5CJkiedXbmmwCCzv5dfHPSGkDK-Ox7-N4itXAEV-QV8oe5qnIfACdPy6wv4F56Nqhj/s320/094.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Snowy rushed down the path right to the water's edge...</div><div style="text-align: center;">But Beatrice was not there....</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB5aQOtCCU9Lg7yVCSk05gjN19hZE7-uUrAJ6R5FalG9caVbLn-OVO_PI9jyzIdTJF2F9NpBHMz9DLInqZrOdIrOGplPYNOBUPy08fkAAe0VNE3Tj-gGTPDtOCbdOBpullEJG8WOZINlwSLoqaPeQS1YFkcCP4_7UmycCTva0XnWBP8bc5E_yYCsdkaLwM/s2576/096.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB5aQOtCCU9Lg7yVCSk05gjN19hZE7-uUrAJ6R5FalG9caVbLn-OVO_PI9jyzIdTJF2F9NpBHMz9DLInqZrOdIrOGplPYNOBUPy08fkAAe0VNE3Tj-gGTPDtOCbdOBpullEJG8WOZINlwSLoqaPeQS1YFkcCP4_7UmycCTva0XnWBP8bc5E_yYCsdkaLwM/s320/096.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">He could not see her in the water.... or anywhere nearby...!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Q2Lxd0rjwjev2WmSAWMub6NHezO8HZe5s0lF4Vm5ix2ygZ1JuNykUra-T8vD_Joq1SC0I7qxMqAAa5GNz1e2OOSQ-RW4MBq-lNhbjQhg8GFYYe9TUF7w2uN6OGup6aZ2U6k-IoRKGvrWG_LdTG5TGl-u0g4kFf5JEn29VAx6IEF3mnTgbaQlJ_Rp6T-Q/s2576/100.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Q2Lxd0rjwjev2WmSAWMub6NHezO8HZe5s0lF4Vm5ix2ygZ1JuNykUra-T8vD_Joq1SC0I7qxMqAAa5GNz1e2OOSQ-RW4MBq-lNhbjQhg8GFYYe9TUF7w2uN6OGup6aZ2U6k-IoRKGvrWG_LdTG5TGl-u0g4kFf5JEn29VAx6IEF3mnTgbaQlJ_Rp6T-Q/s320/100.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">He would wait right here...! </div><div style="text-align: center;">She would come back... he knew she would....!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">As for Caroline, hearing the enchanting music,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> she had gone inside the Castle and found the little doll...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFEYyb6xf-PEMQ5SrB3_wuxwzDvJ2ky486Bq0Tx93dTDORu_cKWJ3eojcxHix4d4_hNHxXANmktepYpKP5iLMFS63k01R4o_jfzwMjB3w3bdcnE-13XZ6zje0IVGxXFBLamAYtg_3lpTvzB5xqJYgtvYrhM3xj9GOMw0-AH9WtsYzJs8Wt4IFtPUN3I8Xg/s2576/067.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFEYyb6xf-PEMQ5SrB3_wuxwzDvJ2ky486Bq0Tx93dTDORu_cKWJ3eojcxHix4d4_hNHxXANmktepYpKP5iLMFS63k01R4o_jfzwMjB3w3bdcnE-13XZ6zje0IVGxXFBLamAYtg_3lpTvzB5xqJYgtvYrhM3xj9GOMw0-AH9WtsYzJs8Wt4IFtPUN3I8Xg/s320/067.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">It was all alone in this Deserted old Castle Ruins.....</div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh how she wanted to pick her up and take care of her....!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBezhyphenhyphen8ntqYr_pPjyjyqPAyrqWYPcR0DzIJZ8p1RtrSvCkv6zUOoxUh-68xce72OixZLgcpou1i4XPAKChyphenhyphen_mQFFKDxPvZ7v_Q2DbbHmgBHn-XVXS0tdjVd5U92P5ZtFBEMZZMv30wcOcDlrqG1WtAcxOuBGMQgCy84hpul-XTyMzlvKSh9Bx03I3djnUM/s2576/068.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBezhyphenhyphen8ntqYr_pPjyjyqPAyrqWYPcR0DzIJZ8p1RtrSvCkv6zUOoxUh-68xce72OixZLgcpou1i4XPAKChyphenhyphen_mQFFKDxPvZ7v_Q2DbbHmgBHn-XVXS0tdjVd5U92P5ZtFBEMZZMv30wcOcDlrqG1WtAcxOuBGMQgCy84hpul-XTyMzlvKSh9Bx03I3djnUM/s320/068.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">She was heavier than Caroline had thought she would be....</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Just like a real baby...!" thought Caroline,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> who had been allowed to hold her baby brother JoJo.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUOMh8-Z-py5OEmD3ev1jp7bPg7gc2FzXSbpMLPI202CIdg5CIKJ_t9YGTNOZOTFRdW08WqAVUWYSVoQTY_CsQdo_PvArj-0X1a6I3AIgs8jom9I2gTtXWoYbA3LLKubOuziAtwVwD-KxLyuCS0RB-yYZXYFDE9dDET6FBuqW8YFaVlEY4bjo5ocYLH9LI/s2576/072.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUOMh8-Z-py5OEmD3ev1jp7bPg7gc2FzXSbpMLPI202CIdg5CIKJ_t9YGTNOZOTFRdW08WqAVUWYSVoQTY_CsQdo_PvArj-0X1a6I3AIgs8jom9I2gTtXWoYbA3LLKubOuziAtwVwD-KxLyuCS0RB-yYZXYFDE9dDET6FBuqW8YFaVlEY4bjo5ocYLH9LI/s320/072.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">But what should she do with her? Who did she belong to...?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Maybe she could find somebody who could help her....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG23Yau5GH-ozXoyzzGmd0kYffFuft82bMbK1Q3Or4MNbICjQ5wPFwgWX5NFcY1UIOQG1VYJGGsbG7oJGTzARoJ1O6xKu3zDX7L4qRRdnCv2S7HGbqALc14C1YCQapi_2_9ar-EhuhNJ6tQAqIITwt5Ru50jkaIEkGLDfowryWn6tBGheX4VSgywC5gihm/s2576/080.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG23Yau5GH-ozXoyzzGmd0kYffFuft82bMbK1Q3Or4MNbICjQ5wPFwgWX5NFcY1UIOQG1VYJGGsbG7oJGTzARoJ1O6xKu3zDX7L4qRRdnCv2S7HGbqALc14C1YCQapi_2_9ar-EhuhNJ6tQAqIITwt5Ru50jkaIEkGLDfowryWn6tBGheX4VSgywC5gihm/s320/080.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Caroline turned for the door.....</div><div style="text-align: center;">But suddenly she began to feel reluctant to move.... </div><div style="text-align: center;">She didn't know what to do or where to go....<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And she hadn't noticed that the music stopped</div><div style="text-align: center;"> the moment she touched the doll...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Meanwhile, Dear Readers, </div><div style="text-align: center;">you must have wondered where Tommy had gone?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTPf6XnYGvrkdEJhcg0w1Ia1a4Tg1g4hQkj86_KuX146bNgboVS8_fBTCq54EUObqqcRavwqoRgl8UYmq5EGw4ar-v0J4Dh-H-gBAzGAUxOKmwVhl4oo0C1X9W_ymfWUWwomEyJUmnAIv7YvQ23TMM7cY9lo-zWotfUQC0JHPlUDbmyK6dC3SiTTgxOZuM/s2576/055.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTPf6XnYGvrkdEJhcg0w1Ia1a4Tg1g4hQkj86_KuX146bNgboVS8_fBTCq54EUObqqcRavwqoRgl8UYmq5EGw4ar-v0J4Dh-H-gBAzGAUxOKmwVhl4oo0C1X9W_ymfWUWwomEyJUmnAIv7YvQ23TMM7cY9lo-zWotfUQC0JHPlUDbmyK6dC3SiTTgxOZuM/s320/055.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Tommy had been to the Wizard's cave a number of times,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> so he knew the way.</div><div style="text-align: center;">He had been hoping to find the cave empty....</div><div style="text-align: center;"> because he knew it led to another cave...</div><div style="text-align: center;"> where the dragon had taken the sword...</div><div style="text-align: center;">Or at least he thought he remembered going there once....</div><div style="text-align: center;">but this time the Wizard was in the cave....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZTMX693H8r2vgNNoIDhFIBz9fxJUrfbKrRQY-UP-gC8zt4feK4Z6ZXdTxwUpDIP_ThTzODMA8Y5h2jaIO5PsDXEn5yu3wpT6RgX_8-I2jSduvi88e4Gpd0OlbAETkqZEV7qb82YZi4afLYyRsREgyN0pI5i77795zVtbl0-UUoCnen4NoNcQoFksERlaG/s2576/062.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZTMX693H8r2vgNNoIDhFIBz9fxJUrfbKrRQY-UP-gC8zt4feK4Z6ZXdTxwUpDIP_ThTzODMA8Y5h2jaIO5PsDXEn5yu3wpT6RgX_8-I2jSduvi88e4Gpd0OlbAETkqZEV7qb82YZi4afLYyRsREgyN0pI5i77795zVtbl0-UUoCnen4NoNcQoFksERlaG/s320/062.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">As though he expected to see Tommy...</div><div style="text-align: center;">and he was blocking the path to the other cave....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh045H9l_oONgQaJi3c_koPSqyUZj_H_QKJDX9sSQD5hsS8IncTMg-V1gXZw1nmSQ7S6tjFL0tgiynXAHE8vyYKHMcYqrr_Prc3Q5i1Y_5QgGCRJ-NXXAqqJdXTjwd7eK2ZjIsqgIc2JDF6ug_7K9pC1HJM1mgyPEieWmYeU-40ZHu7fnPDPNlCN56cZFmm/s2576/061.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh045H9l_oONgQaJi3c_koPSqyUZj_H_QKJDX9sSQD5hsS8IncTMg-V1gXZw1nmSQ7S6tjFL0tgiynXAHE8vyYKHMcYqrr_Prc3Q5i1Y_5QgGCRJ-NXXAqqJdXTjwd7eK2ZjIsqgIc2JDF6ug_7K9pC1HJM1mgyPEieWmYeU-40ZHu7fnPDPNlCN56cZFmm/s320/061.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And he spoke! </div><div style="text-align: center;">"Young man...." said the Wizard,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> "You will not find what you are looking for on this path..."</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Your task is not to find Treasure that is not yours,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> but to guard the the Treasure that is!"</div><div style="text-align: center;">Tommy had no idea what he meant.... but he nodded all the same.</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Your sisters,..." continued the Wizard,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> "Need your help and protection... </div><div style="text-align: center;">if they are not to come to harm!"</div><div style="text-align: center;">"You will find them on the cliff paths... </div><div style="text-align: center;">they are looking for you...." </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU_XrAi4-DsarOybaSgBoNb5Z9kr5VS4r_2wmKRAv_vkTdOUTBwjOa3JPl7meeG4nzVkYmReJTfUobm-s8co5rwFDYTBN32mRYfnRjeAjqBkJ1rGjPeyMwvH9VQhNKO2Qyn9Y1WTSNwKvVr52NN571zhkUZpm-51z9Xyum2dBygStWwJJDf2ljkdp_q7PO/s2576/022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU_XrAi4-DsarOybaSgBoNb5Z9kr5VS4r_2wmKRAv_vkTdOUTBwjOa3JPl7meeG4nzVkYmReJTfUobm-s8co5rwFDYTBN32mRYfnRjeAjqBkJ1rGjPeyMwvH9VQhNKO2Qyn9Y1WTSNwKvVr52NN571zhkUZpm-51z9Xyum2dBygStWwJJDf2ljkdp_q7PO/s320/022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">She nearly always could be found</div><div style="text-align: center;"> in her corner by the kitchen hearth...</div><div style="text-align: center;"> yet Sometimes.... </div><div style="text-align: center;">she knew she was needed elsewhere...</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPwdWfVVDj4Kr2srFBmBafHVa2UzRq2Q8OZr1XWiWZrtpftKDt3g6OOji9cGN0qJep2C9SEq-ZPfQ_PUJF8dNAz64w4rVAngWxkNo7RRslUV-GqhyVBPBEJ1sri538sRzEoPndWwbVWi0SixOzwVXaCTT_qTUd7SJXTCWMN-kYgfeXX4kQobF43RjphSnH/s2576/028.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPwdWfVVDj4Kr2srFBmBafHVa2UzRq2Q8OZr1XWiWZrtpftKDt3g6OOji9cGN0qJep2C9SEq-ZPfQ_PUJF8dNAz64w4rVAngWxkNo7RRslUV-GqhyVBPBEJ1sri538sRzEoPndWwbVWi0SixOzwVXaCTT_qTUd7SJXTCWMN-kYgfeXX4kQobF43RjphSnH/s320/028.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">She would need to dip her hands into the Spring of Dreams....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdjKnI6MRhZt0NpAJKAyWbTSGJev8o2fL374vdG94jxSjpzqc5Shyr0VnI8gA8aY3D5q92M6ON6ulyuZSusLTf3fdi6Mi57IKckwptMIiuuMSGDI_2qAX6iQzgAOi-t5TfMk0EICjTMkCNeINsIygGL9y14qWW8USR_lu0mfGtsrQQ1ro08v0zpdpVD_Tl/s2576/031.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdjKnI6MRhZt0NpAJKAyWbTSGJev8o2fL374vdG94jxSjpzqc5Shyr0VnI8gA8aY3D5q92M6ON6ulyuZSusLTf3fdi6Mi57IKckwptMIiuuMSGDI_2qAX6iQzgAOi-t5TfMk0EICjTMkCNeINsIygGL9y14qWW8USR_lu0mfGtsrQQ1ro08v0zpdpVD_Tl/s320/031.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And chant a charm of "Forgetting"....</div><div style="text-align: center;">And summon the Little Dreamers </div><div style="text-align: center;">from the Lands whereof they Dreamt.... <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWFqR8qTr-W1LnEhcTMzaPytQmKpWSt28JVSc7iDsQelrEtwL733OtjyfsGOuLixqpCNED017w1TLmW3xPF1m6I-bCFBcD3nSOjwY_BXI1IAKES6NtoCviRA67bCg6vT9_HWlDl3jr1OrZD7hSAEc61SIQ52kAGKEY2Nz9GFcQ8cOT_mPGsKqGmgaq79VU/s2576/040.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWFqR8qTr-W1LnEhcTMzaPytQmKpWSt28JVSc7iDsQelrEtwL733OtjyfsGOuLixqpCNED017w1TLmW3xPF1m6I-bCFBcD3nSOjwY_BXI1IAKES6NtoCviRA67bCg6vT9_HWlDl3jr1OrZD7hSAEc61SIQ52kAGKEY2Nz9GFcQ8cOT_mPGsKqGmgaq79VU/s320/040.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And in that moment the Little Dreamers</div><div style="text-align: center;"> were standing before the Spring of Dreams...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiJj1Cqx5PEGWoij-G78VUSvRTParhJKYNh5_xzQxZEP1MZoaovuBusTIPI9RlKXeR3dUudQdKTc8KZgdDWPsB_whFf0DORg2d_81kGfqwvHKVW7pILbxpiVEhNrF5oXS2y-9Ha7vs4880E1ado-Cl4bakOG1hLdfDnz_M0ayfC96RBSwG_NvdEGAlhqEl/s2576/044.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiJj1Cqx5PEGWoij-G78VUSvRTParhJKYNh5_xzQxZEP1MZoaovuBusTIPI9RlKXeR3dUudQdKTc8KZgdDWPsB_whFf0DORg2d_81kGfqwvHKVW7pILbxpiVEhNrF5oXS2y-9Ha7vs4880E1ado-Cl4bakOG1hLdfDnz_M0ayfC96RBSwG_NvdEGAlhqEl/s320/044.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">She turned to the Little Dreamer Beth...</div><div style="text-align: center;">for even though she was blind... Old Meg could "See"...</div><div style="text-align: center;">"This potion you must carry to the top room of The Castle Tower..." she said...</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDp-hQ0WhXMcFAmvK4KICK1MeMT02Rs40upcme-ZkkClMFat4k58isdvqSsSe_Eo5s-gTyjbCi5YCkh3I9-YWZA_uFYDEkxdnhO5XBuOheECBgUrenemaWX0XP1Q8ktSY8166Z1Q36Fmjj00800ZuIhI9MPHZxsbQ0JDoqRc2NZSbQg6p4bMBFd2Zl3d0R/s2576/051.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDp-hQ0WhXMcFAmvK4KICK1MeMT02Rs40upcme-ZkkClMFat4k58isdvqSsSe_Eo5s-gTyjbCi5YCkh3I9-YWZA_uFYDEkxdnhO5XBuOheECBgUrenemaWX0XP1Q8ktSY8166Z1Q36Fmjj00800ZuIhI9MPHZxsbQ0JDoqRc2NZSbQg6p4bMBFd2Zl3d0R/s320/051.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> </div><div style="text-align: center;">"And tell the child you will find there</div><div style="text-align: center;"> that she cannot leave the Castle if she holds the doll!</div><div style="text-align: center;"> It is not of her Time.... it must not be done!"</div><div style="text-align: center;">"She must return it where she found it...." said Old Meg, clearly...</div><div style="text-align: center;">"And when she does, you must pour the potion over her head!"</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Only then can she leave and return to her Time!"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLXQp0gDpmq7ggb8e8dD9Vjjo8D0iKfh8NwJbiszJc7qlgHk14paNezFXViAlhXprrU2HfOusi3UeO45rWSQuBRNxbRBcaeUP5wcaEay-bLvqmsndM6hXCv0-SqqTfd563qOImDntS7us1Bw0K22F7EpSIf18vymAhfaS3Vzq6dmoUiDfwcy9hA_zfnxKF/s320/066.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">She knew her way upstairs... </div><div style="text-align: center;">she had been here many Times before...</div><div style="text-align: center;"> but there was no child in this room.... </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3uaqZMn80NYgiXvKSI-G7h6ZKjBf49FkNpaRv8PF4usg3EpVn-ejxsD0iw6g0KTaN-sQVaLOOT-XGMDkJ4gDUPTkNqxWinCUTiTDqEYnCzSXVOY60Tc50b_UT2aBLKQx5ncBlJ24Q5R-2p1E52uZw3QNlrvW7Fsgxr7JLOmhyphenhyphenRHxQsVlQ6SYwRr2ljIX-/s2576/069.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3uaqZMn80NYgiXvKSI-G7h6ZKjBf49FkNpaRv8PF4usg3EpVn-ejxsD0iw6g0KTaN-sQVaLOOT-XGMDkJ4gDUPTkNqxWinCUTiTDqEYnCzSXVOY60Tc50b_UT2aBLKQx5ncBlJ24Q5R-2p1E52uZw3QNlrvW7Fsgxr7JLOmhyphenhyphenRHxQsVlQ6SYwRr2ljIX-/s320/069.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> was there another room above... </div><div style="text-align: center;">she was not sure she had been up these stairs before....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8PkLWcz6EIWEPaKuYEFr2KilquFhC10MuLepneTzaSpLgfV7WzMOOXZ7ObX4DewXQTK-dvFV74vNNUfQs-Dw_hV3A-SJzfA8GAW8hMbBFrmMyrFuS8fSL3YwpL8GVCN8vs4AuiAK1sTyPNXSb4I8ESqZQaSc21Cd_EJ7QdJldvQa7eTL71hXNf45wbHw6/s2576/072.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8PkLWcz6EIWEPaKuYEFr2KilquFhC10MuLepneTzaSpLgfV7WzMOOXZ7ObX4DewXQTK-dvFV74vNNUfQs-Dw_hV3A-SJzfA8GAW8hMbBFrmMyrFuS8fSL3YwpL8GVCN8vs4AuiAK1sTyPNXSb4I8ESqZQaSc21Cd_EJ7QdJldvQa7eTL71hXNf45wbHw6/s320/072.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">At the top of the stairs she finds a girl holding a beautiful doll....</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Old Meg said to tell you the doll is not of your Time..." said Beth.</div><div style="text-align: center;">"You will never be able to leave The Castle as long as you hold her!</div><div style="text-align: center;">"You must put her back where you found her..." she added.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwpBAIbyVYagc22sflfJidt8ha-mJPcUdmH5bqCIz0hCZuimhLxDTYbNc8gmKklWJyeIkjx5jG2ezE0bAUgbYjFKMV-56Z0o2c-oniMrhIjuFi0nLzINaNZjn03Yszu9jz9065uQCuubz6-k6GpuMfNKwURlLY2JFzYLgeJtB1Q2eNmIr-FnP1CYaPmEzm/s320/078.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">At that moment, Beth reached out</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and poured the potion over Caroline's head...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeV_XaOJDkZCsvuBR345KpwNPj-aNkg_xDrFbUOFxCqLsnmmqqw7S4-AZoSRcVIBYER035_OOrMgydPDcO1hhL1DT6rj7rOdzL-pQfVBSSJPsUYWGhzH6RiEGj0Eh_RfyeqTLOA3Pv3NVTWRER5Sjv0j8zqadUk5_jYLNPs_vE4z-6Z0czutFW1sAJBskJ/s2576/080.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeV_XaOJDkZCsvuBR345KpwNPj-aNkg_xDrFbUOFxCqLsnmmqqw7S4-AZoSRcVIBYER035_OOrMgydPDcO1hhL1DT6rj7rOdzL-pQfVBSSJPsUYWGhzH6RiEGj0Eh_RfyeqTLOA3Pv3NVTWRER5Sjv0j8zqadUk5_jYLNPs_vE4z-6Z0czutFW1sAJBskJ/s320/080.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">As if in a trance, she walked out of the room....</div><div style="text-align: center;">She had not seemed to even notice... </div><div style="text-align: center;">that the enchanting music had started to play again...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwl9OdgetEVRLeKWaCAzp3od37i0rtlHjU7dBY00Q-bWs6yO7PelywWBZqls4800zbzJfwo05QQR-t7rF5lujHMxK14G8KOaja3Bm9BnBL8viuWTnIRN8n7KJkrTsAKlFCc47zTl7rZAYGqBbZY1zvA6MtCBL-eciR6A-iFR84l3ZdPTT55r9_v6hKgJCf/s2576/093.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwl9OdgetEVRLeKWaCAzp3od37i0rtlHjU7dBY00Q-bWs6yO7PelywWBZqls4800zbzJfwo05QQR-t7rF5lujHMxK14G8KOaja3Bm9BnBL8viuWTnIRN8n7KJkrTsAKlFCc47zTl7rZAYGqBbZY1zvA6MtCBL-eciR6A-iFR84l3ZdPTT55r9_v6hKgJCf/s320/093.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">He didn't see Beatrice anywhere,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> but he was a little surprised to see Snowy</div><div style="text-align: center;"> sitting on the rocks below!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ZlkVGHzAU85PNIM1FGcI6iPCv3hyQcRQyW2ZuL9wdO8oLwA5csKBoliZx2IfnIj6qNN2SNqaNjDaYtIc7Okyr1RUJLxIsrQjfcYKvjr3WzeCl7jS6nf1YXVcq2rmATf4ZreA8Cj-c3HMhfKImHmsHhhaglF9kSqNjJ37MislBZdx9htIXglN2joUZ4ke/s2576/094.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ZlkVGHzAU85PNIM1FGcI6iPCv3hyQcRQyW2ZuL9wdO8oLwA5csKBoliZx2IfnIj6qNN2SNqaNjDaYtIc7Okyr1RUJLxIsrQjfcYKvjr3WzeCl7jS6nf1YXVcq2rmATf4ZreA8Cj-c3HMhfKImHmsHhhaglF9kSqNjJ37MislBZdx9htIXglN2joUZ4ke/s320/094.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"Snowy...!" called Tommy.... </div><div style="text-align: center;">"What are you doing out here...?" he demanded</div><div style="text-align: center;"> as Snowy ran toward him. "Where's Beatrice...?" he added.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">But Snowy could not answer him....</div><div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvkbihNTs5UclEWOcA_NOR5QOFKs25I_JiKGRDn4CNGY_T2k_mELeK9QM7t5wIp4gYDS6xne22mRoZLuxKeRD9PdpPVRa4dW_eWE7FEt49FIkskuWBhtHsc-_UTQ4mncQMZ1t9Og_qHAXXBNjlPeM1ICIPfx-BAxG1qIOeBIA0qTOsRDDN3XHB0juwXKCi/s2576/100.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvkbihNTs5UclEWOcA_NOR5QOFKs25I_JiKGRDn4CNGY_T2k_mELeK9QM7t5wIp4gYDS6xne22mRoZLuxKeRD9PdpPVRa4dW_eWE7FEt49FIkskuWBhtHsc-_UTQ4mncQMZ1t9Og_qHAXXBNjlPeM1ICIPfx-BAxG1qIOeBIA0qTOsRDDN3XHB0juwXKCi/s320/100.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /> And as you might recall, Beatrice had gone to The Cloud Palace</div><div style="text-align: center;"> with Hamish Harry 'Hotcakes' McCloud!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Beatrice had wondered about The Cloud Palace</div><div style="text-align: center;"> ever since she had heard there was such a place....</div><div style="text-align: center;">(she had not been sure it was possible!)....</div><div style="text-align: center;">But now she knew!</div><div style="text-align: center;">It was very beautiful... and airy..... and Cold!</div><div style="text-align: center;">And to tell the Truth... </div><div style="text-align: center;">she was quite afraid she might fall off....</div><div style="text-align: center;">Clouds... after all... were not very solid!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaCqfiQP8iZPAj1GoZ63E8YWc-9MGiQeWWhFXasULvOCvg0Mg6ixPnPakRuLx2H4wScKNnFIH1zBkd0GEHXzba2al1UHU-i-YnaBvH5bbbxF4D61kzPbqdB8jqwZFuD5f7gF64R1YAPstnk7J3uiY72IMyZUl3zN5bXhOFI0mJjMxS9cmZ5zWwbgG5chW1/s2576/106.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaCqfiQP8iZPAj1GoZ63E8YWc-9MGiQeWWhFXasULvOCvg0Mg6ixPnPakRuLx2H4wScKNnFIH1zBkd0GEHXzba2al1UHU-i-YnaBvH5bbbxF4D61kzPbqdB8jqwZFuD5f7gF64R1YAPstnk7J3uiY72IMyZUl3zN5bXhOFI0mJjMxS9cmZ5zWwbgG5chW1/s320/106.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The only thing Beatrice could think of to say was </div><div style="text-align: center;">"I want to find my brother Tommy!"</div><div style="text-align: center;">Suddenly there was a golden wishing star in her hand..... </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGo4_S1qB5f4LbNkLHQ7iIr4q8mL1o42pLN3mFR557ul-yA7xNGNq5WC4cg6kkuaJxqcBIhrrRfan4wXxXCOiUrp7pOfrAT7oPKf7xToNJqcxrUoJqG4Ar4uECEMtor9DWc0ahdkmIO6Q6UnYjCw9LZbDXdvtjW1nux2B1sFc0gsg2ITbk_8hdQTW0xEwy/s2576/110.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGo4_S1qB5f4LbNkLHQ7iIr4q8mL1o42pLN3mFR557ul-yA7xNGNq5WC4cg6kkuaJxqcBIhrrRfan4wXxXCOiUrp7pOfrAT7oPKf7xToNJqcxrUoJqG4Ar4uECEMtor9DWc0ahdkmIO6Q6UnYjCw9LZbDXdvtjW1nux2B1sFc0gsg2ITbk_8hdQTW0xEwy/s320/110.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">and in the very next instant.....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcjeJdOCmYo6pbUzdXlrO9pWMgabjlj8Lryhofwjmm2gXhU8fxnir8hu3CLcQ9YA0YBIRoY6g4miUmMj5ZyZQBA_fj_J5eP5U7gOZ5ycjtWvGZz722VaIZNnoGsXVcwZnLDUZUlF-TAPOoaoMHQNj5MJyRgs4arOhJ55V5n_TxZzRWJydiimBejpo7GW4C/s2576/116.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcjeJdOCmYo6pbUzdXlrO9pWMgabjlj8Lryhofwjmm2gXhU8fxnir8hu3CLcQ9YA0YBIRoY6g4miUmMj5ZyZQBA_fj_J5eP5U7gOZ5ycjtWvGZz722VaIZNnoGsXVcwZnLDUZUlF-TAPOoaoMHQNj5MJyRgs4arOhJ55V5n_TxZzRWJydiimBejpo7GW4C/s320/116.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Snowy was running down the cliff path....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBEX2eH9Uy6KAwCXJTNt2aWRTc73x9eGSvGKoQ-yVhfMi-J9DcsYY5cFvvX9CK5SalmraxTMK0vpXd_UfuPNNk5b3XzZ6Im8TUWByFe0DXA455w385VQXnAsxkiG0GzP21soK9gqzopGNP2-sK23BMoNCPCCSYqxh4mgOIYfW0b4_Qv3PfF5BrNKcGo-M0/s2576/117.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBEX2eH9Uy6KAwCXJTNt2aWRTc73x9eGSvGKoQ-yVhfMi-J9DcsYY5cFvvX9CK5SalmraxTMK0vpXd_UfuPNNk5b3XzZ6Im8TUWByFe0DXA455w385VQXnAsxkiG0GzP21soK9gqzopGNP2-sK23BMoNCPCCSYqxh4mgOIYfW0b4_Qv3PfF5BrNKcGo-M0/s320/117.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And Beatrice was there to meet him!</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Woo-woo..." said Snowy excitedly...!</div><div style="text-align: center;">He had found her!</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtt8SIPrU-dtL8HCNjGB2A7Wim9B5HWNeNoukM09wmAKr0fEkafZnDT71lzbEl8dPuQLDYQmLIvNZPB8uEp_heINsceUJAR4XqAGGFNlQsEr08u0m8nq0aaXhn3uXBg3hu7vCzNDGmX9256BdQNavUxWDCEcgkr-TpEbENPQPYftlqGCg3KjxiS_iXNyX9/s2576/122.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtt8SIPrU-dtL8HCNjGB2A7Wim9B5HWNeNoukM09wmAKr0fEkafZnDT71lzbEl8dPuQLDYQmLIvNZPB8uEp_heINsceUJAR4XqAGGFNlQsEr08u0m8nq0aaXhn3uXBg3hu7vCzNDGmX9256BdQNavUxWDCEcgkr-TpEbENPQPYftlqGCg3KjxiS_iXNyX9/s320/122.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"Woo--wooo-ooo!" he said louder... </div><div style="text-align: center;">he was so glad to find her!</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Where have you been?!" declared Tommy,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> (he was a trifle upset.)</div><div style="text-align: center;">"I wanted to find you ..." cried Beatrice.... </div><div style="text-align: center;">"but you were not here!"</div><div style="text-align: center;">"You are not supposed to follow me to The Castle...!" he said loudly.</div><div style="text-align: center;">"You are not supposed to come to The Castle either....!" she said.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg79zf789lmtuYgOfDk-ey43dYekT7rlJBTu9zjPvkB8Y0DQLqbKwaj27hVDq3sDHZrlS74KfaNDdmvlSWRDgujDzB0z537KdvBu7yVQ1ofzobXoTCEZHY9f8mOyPCsHkL7xqYJS_JVr4kCAuhK8Rz3NtaNk1wMouldQoz6aXOCKRF_lv7d4VSeCQWNycic/s320/134.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">When suddenly there was Papa coming towards them through the gathering dusk...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGsOVZD8n2N6-ML5jPsjmQPjsHSuR7YSKDXoQVrBouOl4yCtPhbIMyh6SZmzDiTg4sXz4h7yHJdwbenLOAQq_ud_kwodbR-u9m8Ig5BSaPL6nH3HnzK3B0Ub2aMXfHakaEgKkRU7eB4iDT0iDBDpfmzDGY_GALOpxcjCThyK9woXuLsZZ1e10oA7cg6hIT/s2576/136.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGsOVZD8n2N6-ML5jPsjmQPjsHSuR7YSKDXoQVrBouOl4yCtPhbIMyh6SZmzDiTg4sXz4h7yHJdwbenLOAQq_ud_kwodbR-u9m8Ig5BSaPL6nH3HnzK3B0Ub2aMXfHakaEgKkRU7eB4iDT0iDBDpfmzDGY_GALOpxcjCThyK9woXuLsZZ1e10oA7cg6hIT/s320/136.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"Papa, Papa....!!!" cried Beatrice...</div><div style="text-align: center;">"We wondered where you were for so long...!"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Papa declared, picking Beatrice up...</div><div style="text-align: center;"> she was much too little to walk all that way herself!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">"And now you must take me home!" he declared. </div><div style="text-align: center;">"We don't want to be late for supper!"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Well, I suppose, Dear Readers, you might think</div><div style="text-align: center;"> that is the End of the Enchantments for this evening...</div><div style="text-align: center;">But I must remind you that </div><div style="text-align: center;">The Castle All Hallows Eve Party</div><div style="text-align: center;"> is just getting under way...!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8JCFLjZbVWrcee2b02ExwcHWp6wtC8YAEcgqOIpn_L2h9y0BDxo7DcJc56j-lmYjC0s0yJs7_lcxIXcFzbRwQVTLeWIq-ZOH7TqzlHi4DrvHqIToqu7_LBKYLAfOld8GEomyr8DW0mDlczVfX3BPsWI9mHRHK7Pcz5frTANmxuwhGcL_MzK-PfqzsLk7-/s2576/143.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Enchantment....</div><div style="text-align: center;">(Be Careful what you eat or drink on All Hallows Eve!)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2LVMOpSKU5SzskXWp0EUAI2c98AH1CtCzgLxwb7qCbFrC1Ka78KCDcXmLcei8MRQmX0C9V9IjQET60ddSfDqd9q3snTILv0PAUFHKIVCulfwWEl_V7Xo2Kl7GyW5Ru3qvigN2UsHMNeYL-mriVIe6uxa8VVMPrueG3GNapGPRUwrIFv9AZCR67R99Nqug/s2576/152.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2LVMOpSKU5SzskXWp0EUAI2c98AH1CtCzgLxwb7qCbFrC1Ka78KCDcXmLcei8MRQmX0C9V9IjQET60ddSfDqd9q3snTILv0PAUFHKIVCulfwWEl_V7Xo2Kl7GyW5Ru3qvigN2UsHMNeYL-mriVIe6uxa8VVMPrueG3GNapGPRUwrIFv9AZCR67R99Nqug/s320/152.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Pollyanna and Arthur are ready for Magic.....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Awoooooo!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz6zduHuG4Gj3Hef_L8rdRXTfNa47i59IugEJAjTbhDeAb1-H_xPVf_mpcFCkpxxwjAZes66Xt4kDbeg_zljvH-LOIwS-5I6CheFvj8BO9nxSswTzFcrDWlwGzPulgi7kl-B_PIRxaciVtbFS_Leti-Emmmn8goXj53zlCKdUIcx0iwiOj2fd7wHHDh_Q-/s2576/176.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz6zduHuG4Gj3Hef_L8rdRXTfNa47i59IugEJAjTbhDeAb1-H_xPVf_mpcFCkpxxwjAZes66Xt4kDbeg_zljvH-LOIwS-5I6CheFvj8BO9nxSswTzFcrDWlwGzPulgi7kl-B_PIRxaciVtbFS_Leti-Emmmn8goXj53zlCKdUIcx0iwiOj2fd7wHHDh_Q-/s320/176.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">It seems as though everybody is having a Ball!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKwXdrenCKSvpWGSkrXcdUg7objKe0bj0QtW2EMmkuI4Ii-fVernzDsw1-3ApN2aD4RH11rmOHoG24NGXdiPrJd_nZPsm5LP72dPJjtJsVPfcB0p0WZ21ZAvhkAu-tBv3qpnXH-yL_1R07q9-RAJqSCh4J8TffjheNKVHhl5rt7095wRXl4qpuxhxAEbIQ/s2576/171.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKwXdrenCKSvpWGSkrXcdUg7objKe0bj0QtW2EMmkuI4Ii-fVernzDsw1-3ApN2aD4RH11rmOHoG24NGXdiPrJd_nZPsm5LP72dPJjtJsVPfcB0p0WZ21ZAvhkAu-tBv3qpnXH-yL_1R07q9-RAJqSCh4J8TffjheNKVHhl5rt7095wRXl4qpuxhxAEbIQ/s320/171.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Except, perhaps, for the Little Dreamer Beth...</div><div style="text-align: center;">who can hear nothing but the Enchanting music played by the little doll!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Well, Dear Readers, they say that</div><div style="text-align: center;"> All Hallows Eve is a Time of Magic....</div><div style="text-align: center;">Spells and Enchantment are in the Air!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I hope you can come to the Party....</div><div style="text-align: center;">and Take a little Magic with you...</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Enchantment Forevermore....!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div>Daydreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170115485686244907noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249478764637750851.post-48706728816171087052023-10-27T00:03:00.000-04:002023-10-27T00:03:47.814-04:00Enchantments.....<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga0FNDLlJleXVGVcdbC5jBta0B9TFKmBViTudVCJI8BMR0xe1OwgwJhdmIfIZ7DkHOFao_P0bPLf_m5NwmCWtAZfkTyvTAh-f0Vy1lIOWoiwiXgegmWnHBg6ws-HUHizRkKI5gx0HnpQeKPAJ17iogGLDFdmvsDl9jSJytBFHKASin7XWCrEWYZbFkkweY/s2576/117.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga0FNDLlJleXVGVcdbC5jBta0B9TFKmBViTudVCJI8BMR0xe1OwgwJhdmIfIZ7DkHOFao_P0bPLf_m5NwmCWtAZfkTyvTAh-f0Vy1lIOWoiwiXgegmWnHBg6ws-HUHizRkKI5gx0HnpQeKPAJ17iogGLDFdmvsDl9jSJytBFHKASin7XWCrEWYZbFkkweY/s320/117.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p> Gone Astray....</p><p>Yes, Dear Readers, the Wizard was concerned! And he knew that there was Much that he didn't know.... and wished he knew. But one thing he did know was that the Castle itself had it's own kind of Magic... the sort of magic that dwelt in the Spirits of the land it was built upon, and was older than Time itself! The foundations were laid on the site of the ancient Sacred Springs and timbers of the Trees of the Sacred Groves were arched across the Great Hall and the rocks themselves were carved from the ragged cliffs. It was meant to Endure the tempests and follies of the Ages to come. And he was sure it would! But he was never sure How that Magic would behave when put to the challenges of Mischief such as the Fairies wrought.... or Misbehavior... such as the Children brought.....!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0kt1sbc4ZUgkUbqwSTPzwi_1hXyv2Hgq69l0ajOkbz-z_kp_mXkbEgFGyPkfraLFXCzZ8KKbxlr2J0XxUVw3iFgQ7ju9-AyfSch1EWnaK2pej9UqLlbuRFfTobiZGI9wOravpUuafELNZtoBtg5vFoGfwL9y1foxB98_TIR6cn0EVSiTaMiCVfJCPHfBX/s2576/119.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0kt1sbc4ZUgkUbqwSTPzwi_1hXyv2Hgq69l0ajOkbz-z_kp_mXkbEgFGyPkfraLFXCzZ8KKbxlr2J0XxUVw3iFgQ7ju9-AyfSch1EWnaK2pej9UqLlbuRFfTobiZGI9wOravpUuafELNZtoBtg5vFoGfwL9y1foxB98_TIR6cn0EVSiTaMiCVfJCPHfBX/s320/119.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Yes, the Wizard was worried! </div><div style="text-align: center;">He knew he could neither predict nor control</div><div style="text-align: center;"> the comings and goings of the Children...</div><div style="text-align: center;">But he was fairly certain there would be mischief...!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJyZmDBExSY4PRzewgxwwQ_6R03LyaqUDF58TObg3ud__AqOnAwj0nZjojVXg0nin0fYpp3nv32OmTpxf2KO1SPAXrZ4QHvQ-lP5Q5DJQ8rET_DW2JAfUKswkgU3pTF3qfJrjYQC9DyGghz2esGOCPigrN1jcncUkp5Fe3b6K38ZViqEHMlf6qSde7m2Xq/s2576/020.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJyZmDBExSY4PRzewgxwwQ_6R03LyaqUDF58TObg3ud__AqOnAwj0nZjojVXg0nin0fYpp3nv32OmTpxf2KO1SPAXrZ4QHvQ-lP5Q5DJQ8rET_DW2JAfUKswkgU3pTF3qfJrjYQC9DyGghz2esGOCPigrN1jcncUkp5Fe3b6K38ZViqEHMlf6qSde7m2Xq/s320/020.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And I imagine you will not be surprised that not far away,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> but in another era altogether,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Beatrice had arrived at the Castle Ruins.</div><div style="text-align: center;">She was following her brother Tommy,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> but didn't see him anywhere when she arrived.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The stables door was shut fast so she climbed to the Main door, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but she was too little to reach the door-pull.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBLytHccH6cKrv_sBpUZ8BnpzIHzNy8qkg4WZpuCoGBd7kXCRxs6iWMZEzExSbvMnNnbw_xaAeBY53v2ohCB8SIpnk0vJMlO3apkKDu_xoWam2iSgFsMTmXqhOn2KIIIy4bIa21XMTmGNqAk5zVw18WJRbQ1_PtpIXqEvx73R3gZjcOCOqI_q5-6QQ-y1K/s2576/021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBLytHccH6cKrv_sBpUZ8BnpzIHzNy8qkg4WZpuCoGBd7kXCRxs6iWMZEzExSbvMnNnbw_xaAeBY53v2ohCB8SIpnk0vJMlO3apkKDu_xoWam2iSgFsMTmXqhOn2KIIIy4bIa21XMTmGNqAk5zVw18WJRbQ1_PtpIXqEvx73R3gZjcOCOqI_q5-6QQ-y1K/s320/021.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Perhaps she should look for the caves, she thought. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Tommy was always talking about those caves. </div><div style="text-align: center;">He was sure there was treasure somewhere!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5NEOzUwR0iHinr6oO9rfOZ6pi6QootcWmepohu7D24pSgmzpole2_20GymC9xMFDrvp3uDDqoUmJYV5LS63AbksH92IQrBTi3Hd2KQdpEB5zcGe4LfoWsHpAar-fTykcRgeTZByPNjjh50E-KluNk4aPbQX5b-4O6DyVhOnz-mme_AHRdiFqTVumUt6oN/s2576/030.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5NEOzUwR0iHinr6oO9rfOZ6pi6QootcWmepohu7D24pSgmzpole2_20GymC9xMFDrvp3uDDqoUmJYV5LS63AbksH92IQrBTi3Hd2KQdpEB5zcGe4LfoWsHpAar-fTykcRgeTZByPNjjh50E-KluNk4aPbQX5b-4O6DyVhOnz-mme_AHRdiFqTVumUt6oN/s320/030.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">It was windier on this side of the Castle, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and she wasn't prepared for the waves!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjge0JQ4E5-Nzd909QaigCeSL-BDNM51GPjZvmduACPwQN2HLMFPdX34clzZccT23Wx4eCfPUBPEHteLzW1W7NdrAldkmM_W3sM833Mmx6Tchaf712TmTWeSDGLwQJk9Yo2Z1hzbjBF5nfH8iz6XAYF76rfTs1-uMQGZrVRpYtlkpH5SyJSqVbHyx-xAvG5/s2576/032.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjge0JQ4E5-Nzd909QaigCeSL-BDNM51GPjZvmduACPwQN2HLMFPdX34clzZccT23Wx4eCfPUBPEHteLzW1W7NdrAldkmM_W3sM833Mmx6Tchaf712TmTWeSDGLwQJk9Yo2Z1hzbjBF5nfH8iz6XAYF76rfTs1-uMQGZrVRpYtlkpH5SyJSqVbHyx-xAvG5/s320/032.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">She wondered where the caves were....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIiroyVrBgMnan6l1ejzzEzc-mCqNl_HsUpTG7hB6I9jXODnmJKlNJvxktb62lzv1dWPdOU4JX8amzbXZ3G91jgTDuoUMB-IQbcMvcq1_uIxloKTYT5xQWfAlmryZ0sJG3MJRAE6v8jrOo5tPJSDQQe6Pvf1a4BMgS5kLuJahI3tFvYc2F9D3IXCGjn8te/s2576/029.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIiroyVrBgMnan6l1ejzzEzc-mCqNl_HsUpTG7hB6I9jXODnmJKlNJvxktb62lzv1dWPdOU4JX8amzbXZ3G91jgTDuoUMB-IQbcMvcq1_uIxloKTYT5xQWfAlmryZ0sJG3MJRAE6v8jrOo5tPJSDQQe6Pvf1a4BMgS5kLuJahI3tFvYc2F9D3IXCGjn8te/s320/029.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">She suddenly felt quite afraid.... </div><div style="text-align: center;">and she didn't know what to do!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgfMFP3TNXhqs5FmzZs9OypUBDX7aoI2plotnz9iqI94ru8sjnCz22kgomrCG95MrNsiBjVeH6rJcRB9hEnladvKi1dozRontg5m8O15vwtkBkJw_8ut9pL_2emeHZEho0m74hNdbk6-6216q7QYHXKuzWvuBbspJWcjY-fKhQT0T9t9npY9VQWGwEqLqh/s2576/033.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgfMFP3TNXhqs5FmzZs9OypUBDX7aoI2plotnz9iqI94ru8sjnCz22kgomrCG95MrNsiBjVeH6rJcRB9hEnladvKi1dozRontg5m8O15vwtkBkJw_8ut9pL_2emeHZEho0m74hNdbk6-6216q7QYHXKuzWvuBbspJWcjY-fKhQT0T9t9npY9VQWGwEqLqh/s320/033.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Meanwhile, not very far away at all, </div><div style="text-align: center;">Hamish Harry 'Hotcakes' McCloud had come</div><div style="text-align: center;"> to his favorite fishing spot to see if he could catch some dinner.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5GfwzN0ezuIBnnbkZMP6_9vRNfrE4CQsvMgC3O4VvfQYhi7c3100Xq8wxgjaQFRGv9uvnABcXwdlAbqe19Cw29g4z-Ma0Ca7xr_xtG2FLKCHAuX2We-qZU-Wx5S842HnXnFiB4VALHRDg9YQOUlaUSlmj-9BYMN5zBvg_sW0its-BV39WOt_RQVOKu0HR/s2576/047.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5GfwzN0ezuIBnnbkZMP6_9vRNfrE4CQsvMgC3O4VvfQYhi7c3100Xq8wxgjaQFRGv9uvnABcXwdlAbqe19Cw29g4z-Ma0Ca7xr_xtG2FLKCHAuX2We-qZU-Wx5S842HnXnFiB4VALHRDg9YQOUlaUSlmj-9BYMN5zBvg_sW0its-BV39WOt_RQVOKu0HR/s320/047.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">As he is about to leave, </div><div style="text-align: center;">he notices a little figure down by the waves...</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVG1wr2M9oAPSEqt9DdUe8TNHzXERwVEvdyB_MfMVi-TOTqBgnfQO1forAU-BvmbLtNJG7RbCwBJCAVsVcmyTqZf7j5Izg-lUZNF_2GlfxU_eZiIGw90ZOLCRIoDB4r6t22Jmp35D0hOu-j9BahWFpQrtSSsKnxAq3NN33DxGlNgXeCaPz4KzAiukwE6Qx/s320/048.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Why, it's just a Wee Little Lass, thinks Hamish Harry.... </div><div style="text-align: center;">"Halloo"... he calls, over the wind...</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Might you be needin' a bit o' help...?" he adds helpfully.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvIbjpB8bjeFl-4EittVecb_WvEAYn4JA7Die6UOdG04zldMQYEiOO5glHSaEiZEEysgEaBQssM_HsaJCG1cujvYj-je3CFsKfX72jbJENuvUrnMw61w8nVo1lo7luSBeafLRHOuBjGt5ojLEsmsSBn66DrZKF7rqMtSIgkIZJslMPgxBDNv9DUeW-fAgW/s2576/050.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvIbjpB8bjeFl-4EittVecb_WvEAYn4JA7Die6UOdG04zldMQYEiOO5glHSaEiZEEysgEaBQssM_HsaJCG1cujvYj-je3CFsKfX72jbJENuvUrnMw61w8nVo1lo7luSBeafLRHOuBjGt5ojLEsmsSBn66DrZKF7rqMtSIgkIZJslMPgxBDNv9DUeW-fAgW/s320/050.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Beatrice was too overwhelmed to answer...</div><div style="text-align: center;"> but she quickly stood and held up her arms for help!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhneFJ780sma159Ck0fdLnzids3FozBJoYlqyTRjBInPR_nSOjSbqWr_NAXXHlJ7Coqgk9x2kF9gWnPDUsZQowKS8-oTGOuOg13e_uvsqOi2hGeVIOWbn0cqzLUKipXmB3sGnHNu7nh-xSl8rRIuxAivG_FLtELCRZLza2S3l9l5IReDSGvO8YhlGClx4EY/s2576/054.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhneFJ780sma159Ck0fdLnzids3FozBJoYlqyTRjBInPR_nSOjSbqWr_NAXXHlJ7Coqgk9x2kF9gWnPDUsZQowKS8-oTGOuOg13e_uvsqOi2hGeVIOWbn0cqzLUKipXmB3sGnHNu7nh-xSl8rRIuxAivG_FLtELCRZLza2S3l9l5IReDSGvO8YhlGClx4EY/s320/054.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">It only took a minute for her to climb onto his back...</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Are ye ready, Lass...?" he called back to her...</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Hold tight...!" he said as she nodded...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPpxNzkiS7shGgdlb8tPc5hRRzEYvIm2JYXz5SMwtOi7JCIahfIhl3JopYjZDq8vW4Njm_FDeHx8804bQLGBkt6KOt-qVFUAie3gykYUrNbNzWUcZaamJwKdNfaIVsTVEekeIximmBaBojp-yU0E1SUVDt8wlSuLpkAErlnPSfoLgo5ZLIy2RIjNXDZ3Mx/s320/057.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And up into the sky....!</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Perhaps you can guess that he was headed for The Cloud Palace! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnP91tfVZZRMP_zhizHvAmuyMtpZ0NDVVcZxbroRP9gKlVsn5hUAFrmGOJt9tBtuA7wI5dyLIZ3H3olKLmKKgKYGJ4ffldC5T2706FiJFDDIt71CSIcziS7IFigvmBaAhyphenhyphenLXDFrGJ_WceHNKyhjuwPDO6DVascJOb3y-7q6ZHufS7S0c_Anar8Io3iCuDH/s2576/068.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnP91tfVZZRMP_zhizHvAmuyMtpZ0NDVVcZxbroRP9gKlVsn5hUAFrmGOJt9tBtuA7wI5dyLIZ3H3olKLmKKgKYGJ4ffldC5T2706FiJFDDIt71CSIcziS7IFigvmBaAhyphenhyphenLXDFrGJ_WceHNKyhjuwPDO6DVascJOb3y-7q6ZHufS7S0c_Anar8Io3iCuDH/s320/068.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">It didn't take long to get there!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY_-HzvqKTmojUAY9k2aj1pvmJThiatkr979KS-1mgIehCifwdmk_QlQmV_5AMhq8kH_MlZ97Jp7hqChw69E6y26bNdWYy4Xll5ETQtxdm2Cmbw8dSxCEVmX3I01lu4_5Rgh586L7OOo66ce88ggi6JDh0q17YlZfoGdxHiplfuKOb75EmarwdZF1DnzPe/s2576/025.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY_-HzvqKTmojUAY9k2aj1pvmJThiatkr979KS-1mgIehCifwdmk_QlQmV_5AMhq8kH_MlZ97Jp7hqChw69E6y26bNdWYy4Xll5ETQtxdm2Cmbw8dSxCEVmX3I01lu4_5Rgh586L7OOo66ce88ggi6JDh0q17YlZfoGdxHiplfuKOb75EmarwdZF1DnzPe/s320/025.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"I found her doun by th' rrocks....." declared Hamish Harry... </div><div style="text-align: center;">"I could na just leave 'er there.... !" he explained.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And in case you wondered what happened to Caroline, Dear Readers,</div><div style="text-align: center;">She arrived at the Castle not long after Beatrice.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Everything was dark and deserted.</div><div style="text-align: center;">But she could hear the music a little better from in here... </div><div style="text-align: center;">perhaps it was upstairs... </div><div style="text-align: center;">She had forgotten all about finding Beatrice and Tommy!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiu-b38a7ftXekS-DP0oaloIfWl-cvDXPSCEmxYvZAtGfJuMdBa6GCuZdqOYaqBaq7Sogs_fMRGGjLGuEGPArUM9nmUDH7xkxa0H8XspmsVu6NlbBGUsqY6PzM9q9sGiaY2iX8A9K5KKB2YPr22CGPfiR6UaJfoMGEzf74EGiCR2LL5cm7AUShwdPKHbJq/s2576/109.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiu-b38a7ftXekS-DP0oaloIfWl-cvDXPSCEmxYvZAtGfJuMdBa6GCuZdqOYaqBaq7Sogs_fMRGGjLGuEGPArUM9nmUDH7xkxa0H8XspmsVu6NlbBGUsqY6PzM9q9sGiaY2iX8A9K5KKB2YPr22CGPfiR6UaJfoMGEzf74EGiCR2LL5cm7AUShwdPKHbJq/s320/109.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">She found the stairs in the Guard Room... </div><div style="text-align: center;">she could hear that enchanting melody better now...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOcgDNwjjiKMtV6Nb6D1r-Vz_dhMJ_naPatjMDpxy0fnGKJmEZ-YG8CaMMLoROZ6qRjWfMpj-nJyI2EWVNmfkwAcmbeLcF3LAggJKYmog4Alg7DhhW-lt_3Kni-QW_Wtj_jCMK_C0baRKlGw_8Uk9FenpGOzT-C694pLXyzP70S_I26LiK1m-Tv04yqPvl/s320/129.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">It was the most Beautiful doll she had ever seen...!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz2mWwtRQJRcMUg42oV-9LrnEMUgE4LJz0eIAktIFQBjOMhg4UHXkWHw4XMG2RWYtiQ6Jznlg1fE5p55PKCFn0Rq7MR2BJBHurwNDIVkqgPnm4M33vv9yjosRK4p_QTL-NLt8fXNtp7D5Psn5mkqS5_kHS0uDdmq5mj-DiBLRqE7T6LMJBQd5mKA-9WOIo/s2576/111.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz2mWwtRQJRcMUg42oV-9LrnEMUgE4LJz0eIAktIFQBjOMhg4UHXkWHw4XMG2RWYtiQ6Jznlg1fE5p55PKCFn0Rq7MR2BJBHurwNDIVkqgPnm4M33vv9yjosRK4p_QTL-NLt8fXNtp7D5Psn5mkqS5_kHS0uDdmq5mj-DiBLRqE7T6LMJBQd5mKA-9WOIo/s320/111.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Suddenly she felt a need to pick her up.... and bring her home!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">But I know you are wondering, Dear Readers,</div><div style="text-align: center;">If the local folks are getting ready for </div><div style="text-align: center;">the Annual Halloween Party</div><div style="text-align: center;"> which is held every year at the Castle?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Well, I can assure you they are....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNSyKEsefu5CqpMb40cCrrtXM5cg9fAAlJozpy3LacCicrm0akRyQJEqYYVfRO1HNzW-50pOpy14p13SegAhPI77W5hD_VSRUQiM73po9zeFj6uPYgAKq2Kw226TaQyfO4GMchbkzdTiezfMixFpQUdPDuibycxFS-_eDGu7Xvef85ZYZzP21GU6uHOLpn/s2576/070.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNSyKEsefu5CqpMb40cCrrtXM5cg9fAAlJozpy3LacCicrm0akRyQJEqYYVfRO1HNzW-50pOpy14p13SegAhPI77W5hD_VSRUQiM73po9zeFj6uPYgAKq2Kw226TaQyfO4GMchbkzdTiezfMixFpQUdPDuibycxFS-_eDGu7Xvef85ZYZzP21GU6uHOLpn/s320/070.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> </div><div style="text-align: center;">"Did you hear that, Belle...?" asks Henry. "That music....?"</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI3-rGCv77LeWybsHZjSakLmbCXzWxwSHbj58LcQeVQLvBNsO91XfN_1PyYUgGKG4Uhug17JP-mh5e_hKnhO7y3HFL21QyxsiyRlbqHyc9Z8wL5UJeBfe1hemiDptbiCzQpc0A4To76rEu2e7m-Ej3phXgkMi1-W0C8Spwvrxrw0ogvY16dlo8YrBxVciR/s2576/073.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI3-rGCv77LeWybsHZjSakLmbCXzWxwSHbj58LcQeVQLvBNsO91XfN_1PyYUgGKG4Uhug17JP-mh5e_hKnhO7y3HFL21QyxsiyRlbqHyc9Z8wL5UJeBfe1hemiDptbiCzQpc0A4To76rEu2e7m-Ej3phXgkMi1-W0C8Spwvrxrw0ogvY16dlo8YrBxVciR/s320/073.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"I don't know how it could be....." he muses.... </div><div style="text-align: center;">"but sometimes I think I am hearing music!"</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMrEEzI91J6_9ffccDSmEV0fSLALavfRIhi8GU18g_Kh3LvpyZ3SE09QKLryQmDDxr70Djk2dh5VDz8ACZ4uMoPiU29DZwJSS7Mz4Fw249ettGaji79HAeVBR3DB6sNKLjFK9hyphenhyphenuGP6BV6alRx_Mo5gujYGItQlWwywGMKJIMuuS9v2o9vfAXEdi3ahSeR/s2576/080.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMrEEzI91J6_9ffccDSmEV0fSLALavfRIhi8GU18g_Kh3LvpyZ3SE09QKLryQmDDxr70Djk2dh5VDz8ACZ4uMoPiU29DZwJSS7Mz4Fw249ettGaji79HAeVBR3DB6sNKLjFK9hyphenhyphenuGP6BV6alRx_Mo5gujYGItQlWwywGMKJIMuuS9v2o9vfAXEdi3ahSeR/s320/080.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"Aye.... those were good times...." said Belle.</div><div style="text-align: center;">"No telling when they'll be back...." she added.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoqmO294tOOK38f3XAD_eeK7EBXmN7TmvBWgsaJFPZ93134uGmI8PzbogmAfNvrtWx9bCYTu5lRR5cmqVADc7IznYgFxAIANvbzfQ45nCcIdHETzSu4EKhutnwVU7MtKJjwQKB6oa30RVazNvSAxFZED9AFTBE2gLQHqyNSDaN8ZASn_AbqzkVaUNb9VbJ/s2576/082.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoqmO294tOOK38f3XAD_eeK7EBXmN7TmvBWgsaJFPZ93134uGmI8PzbogmAfNvrtWx9bCYTu5lRR5cmqVADc7IznYgFxAIANvbzfQ45nCcIdHETzSu4EKhutnwVU7MtKJjwQKB6oa30RVazNvSAxFZED9AFTBE2gLQHqyNSDaN8ZASn_AbqzkVaUNb9VbJ/s320/082.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"I can still hear the music, Belle..." </div><div style="text-align: center;">"it sounds a bit like the Lyre.... but not...."</div><div style="text-align: center;">"I sure wish you could hear it too..." he added wistfully.</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Well, Dear Readers.... I hope you will all</div><div style="text-align: center;"> come back for the Party!</div><div style="text-align: center;">For we all know that on All Hallows Eve... </div><div style="text-align: center;">Enchantments can easily go Astray...</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">(to be continued....)<br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Daydreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170115485686244907noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249478764637750851.post-71610700223115935732023-10-23T21:46:00.003-04:002023-10-23T21:46:27.943-04:00Enchantment....<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggbmUOWCpJ_EG4ybdqRf5gfqWKM1W0Uh9NU3fg_SNDz_KlGQXn2cDuhqcmDZTQhXzDL8o39YVp7q2JQaObQ4De4Y_ZdpfSHCAHQyzzjibVZd0YxCuHpjG_p-19pLqIAVGXRuYDk9cLrGTHyN3CV7dFDxw59K7tDiq-QZaVru8DHPuqV8evkS0C3BAsU7Qf/s2576/024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggbmUOWCpJ_EG4ybdqRf5gfqWKM1W0Uh9NU3fg_SNDz_KlGQXn2cDuhqcmDZTQhXzDL8o39YVp7q2JQaObQ4De4Y_ZdpfSHCAHQyzzjibVZd0YxCuHpjG_p-19pLqIAVGXRuYDk9cLrGTHyN3CV7dFDxw59K7tDiq-QZaVru8DHPuqV8evkS0C3BAsU7Qf/s320/024.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p> In The Air...</p><p>It had Not been a Lovely Autumn, Dear Readers, Not at All! On the Contrary, it had been endlessly gloomy wet and stormy. One storm barely subsided before another took over the heavens, the leaden sky advancing relentlessly and unleashing torrents of rain, day after day! Is it any wonder then, that at the very first moment the sky seemed to lighten, Tommy was off on his pony Prince and riding across the meadows, the freedom of fresh air and the open spaces filling his heart with joy? He could not remember the last time it had been a sunny day!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjocLmtn01t2tquLnid6K2aZEArKvmXmYlvi_vPAZzQy1uCjwtompXdgXOutuh6OOu93fVQOC1j4BuuwXSEpC14IAjDqO7Tg8MJ-p2w5xBrOLcfiKD6odK1M5-E5pVbokv_IesXDjh04FkRIlV3Ds-q9hOuUNELC7ECe0TfvXIQrn5VwIwsRznkxKfgFxLU/s2576/026.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjocLmtn01t2tquLnid6K2aZEArKvmXmYlvi_vPAZzQy1uCjwtompXdgXOutuh6OOu93fVQOC1j4BuuwXSEpC14IAjDqO7Tg8MJ-p2w5xBrOLcfiKD6odK1M5-E5pVbokv_IesXDjh04FkRIlV3Ds-q9hOuUNELC7ECe0TfvXIQrn5VwIwsRznkxKfgFxLU/s320/026.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">And even though it was not exactly sunny now, </div><div style="text-align: center;">he could feel the excitement of being free to go where he wished!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUlVsA-d2F8Ly2TNHZ6DFtbenF8-rthcST039F9PRIACp0kRELWGOLpOxGBcOMbdOl8DqnwGyoScvuC2NOPDk0l-7MrR7leot9P9CUlcp-JWuiPLhuv3tiYTCV4kBKpAQ9O5mfj_uvUe1wDFql5HEMp9xuOaS3PirmyEk3jXDGgkLECcQP0wecO9iIP4hM/s2576/028.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUlVsA-d2F8Ly2TNHZ6DFtbenF8-rthcST039F9PRIACp0kRELWGOLpOxGBcOMbdOl8DqnwGyoScvuC2NOPDk0l-7MrR7leot9P9CUlcp-JWuiPLhuv3tiYTCV4kBKpAQ9O5mfj_uvUe1wDFql5HEMp9xuOaS3PirmyEk3jXDGgkLECcQP0wecO9iIP4hM/s320/028.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And as I am sure you can Imagine,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> there were few places he wished to go more than the Castle ruins,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> the place of Dreams and Adventures dear to the heart of any young boy.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPtyiUInTUyMboVfpOqgGn8Qs8RdS5_WoF2xF_oSUaE5gtLUz6VXy9o0sKnD5zZY1Q9o-0GrWy1UeA0DlDGogwUvq-KnPjDBLXYDJ59IMVWWQdAVNYZQ6_gpTiFsFD4hgjk1ofq8ymrlCxcjwtVZz30npWRW_bZglOPz7bTL9ZVIF6du5my34ZniEa-Hm5/s2576/033.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPtyiUInTUyMboVfpOqgGn8Qs8RdS5_WoF2xF_oSUaE5gtLUz6VXy9o0sKnD5zZY1Q9o-0GrWy1UeA0DlDGogwUvq-KnPjDBLXYDJ59IMVWWQdAVNYZQ6_gpTiFsFD4hgjk1ofq8ymrlCxcjwtVZz30npWRW_bZglOPz7bTL9ZVIF6du5my34ZniEa-Hm5/s320/033.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And today he had managed to elude his pesky younger sister</div><div style="text-align: center;"> who always wanted to follow him!</div><div style="text-align: center;">He would have the whole afternoon to himself!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzCAm_6E9iNimYomKqV5oTH3zgNiOyJSG3uh7O26GkVuzRQC9XNDekvkEtII006AipbnulOkZalTzh8Bj0Eaor4pLWYzj98r5ckPoPF1OSGjDKcXCsY8NJjocQfXI1z1J8-tUHJKJ2FXX3CpQf3kUjSWr94CkR5EtHiZhzEyvM5F1oemp_nQSvPQLOTTBl/s2576/028.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzCAm_6E9iNimYomKqV5oTH3zgNiOyJSG3uh7O26GkVuzRQC9XNDekvkEtII006AipbnulOkZalTzh8Bj0Eaor4pLWYzj98r5ckPoPF1OSGjDKcXCsY8NJjocQfXI1z1J8-tUHJKJ2FXX3CpQf3kUjSWr94CkR5EtHiZhzEyvM5F1oemp_nQSvPQLOTTBl/s320/028.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Or so he thought!</div><div style="text-align: center;">It had not been long after he left that Beatrice noticed he had gone.</div><div style="text-align: center;">She knew he would head for the Castle, </div><div style="text-align: center;">he always headed for the Castle...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFYiIRZR1rVuo4G0TAwcJT85t_wTSjeYIlANDggrEX64fHXtLi_CLJc3XCusm4v9wZJI15aBY9AfL7tT6qoyNOVH_YwWJ-4az_MmrEsw0GQiYePgeqHcB2iZBN3q2xc5-yFX7iiMfM5Gss6hr8y2cnvIy59lUr1ckcwOa7xECL8tTvkwhjPuAmGMAs4ymQ/s320/034.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">It was a long walk.... </div><div style="text-align: center;">but she knew the way!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjtDotS95K-spGqC6pQdPwx4eAmeQBcbXCqMZB42yNxjN6n-QFOZePMdH4hqQJyixAMXKUpTptrIZ8XkH3C5teTPnu_qwcweYHZcPJ1pBfYZrcwypX7LNRx4MJQxYbkSfn7jvAsltCIn3zlpiT5zvhaTrirTFR96Bk2yd6ty6mYsuHs9Hjlret3V3XpxBk/s2576/035.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjtDotS95K-spGqC6pQdPwx4eAmeQBcbXCqMZB42yNxjN6n-QFOZePMdH4hqQJyixAMXKUpTptrIZ8XkH3C5teTPnu_qwcweYHZcPJ1pBfYZrcwypX7LNRx4MJQxYbkSfn7jvAsltCIn3zlpiT5zvhaTrirTFR96Bk2yd6ty6mYsuHs9Hjlret3V3XpxBk/s320/035.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And you Might be surprised that their sister Caroline</div><div style="text-align: center;"> had noticed they were gone and was determined to find them!</div><div style="text-align: center;">She was very annoyed that Tommy had let Beatrice go with him!</div><div style="text-align: center;">He knew they were not supposed to play in the Castle ruins,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and it was very likely going to rain again before long!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Their cook, Mrs. Butterworth, said she could feel it in her Bones.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf6Cc8JCT-AOwvIkkgD4ftIcZHD0D0rmhUIHK1YxjKF_qo02pPnelVh3rSXESr-smhU4kGEzEXc1WqLuSPPsE5s_XhXKZlqIVSquu6hdq17DAeTqEMNu9aXKe8lAOv0lfBELRBJ0kUsHMiDwVY-_YiwzMqJfFZPD0SpCplCvtqCwMrx0rkYjlEJ3g_3wRx/s320/046.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"Well, it is about Time" declared Arthur.... </div><div style="text-align: center;">"It is almost Halloween!" he added.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC_zCt7rPUsQPUs05HZ3o4s7gumCP5SgG3fOxSWntfQO3q0V4dn3zqz1ZiTPOubC0caMUlJHxCChIYfKv-jbT6s6Aec-rI1uIGxmqG5C5nLnd_pHr6so1kBRHCcSoZ9YuQdr53VXsQ21x5MwPwx8COLkiArDncTNd8XDEU68R2G36dxNoWvMjO1RCSSoym/s2576/047.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC_zCt7rPUsQPUs05HZ3o4s7gumCP5SgG3fOxSWntfQO3q0V4dn3zqz1ZiTPOubC0caMUlJHxCChIYfKv-jbT6s6Aec-rI1uIGxmqG5C5nLnd_pHr6so1kBRHCcSoZ9YuQdr53VXsQ21x5MwPwx8COLkiArDncTNd8XDEU68R2G36dxNoWvMjO1RCSSoym/s320/047.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"Gosh, you're right," said Pollyanna, surprised,</div><div style="text-align: center;">"I've been so busy just wanting the rain to go away...</div><div style="text-align: center;"> I think I forgot that Time was passing!"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh5bcBpn6Q8aQAmLqoqRZ3rfdOpzcTZkkp1HBKKt6Z5_uNYxPET5mQfuZO6R6ZnMP_HrT5vQfiOfINA43On0tPN_NhEKMGluGbJsQfM26TjeSTftrhENuF5gHMVthR9Ji13Oee0DxzkpuJGx15FYat-PzmGJEUypH9loT2ZppjO91aKZnYIMSqp5qw_ilI/s320/050.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"Let's not forget to buy the candy...." added Arthur.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5jlIqGtK2WT93zrhuQrOQVXdZD6LRkZ49D_LGNUUPanh21gSU_FTzGVMCX5gvw2cxoQ5ny-AIrA1SuvSdjeyUfZw2CsmiasrqGy0HOY-_KxXo-7ybAaEFNYOM1klXX3M59nyLFBZfmTzNpCjLRk8PvzkGo2Vp9epnxawPop7OKqoOP356abW4WQ91ZWbP/s2576/052.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5jlIqGtK2WT93zrhuQrOQVXdZD6LRkZ49D_LGNUUPanh21gSU_FTzGVMCX5gvw2cxoQ5ny-AIrA1SuvSdjeyUfZw2CsmiasrqGy0HOY-_KxXo-7ybAaEFNYOM1klXX3M59nyLFBZfmTzNpCjLRk8PvzkGo2Vp9epnxawPop7OKqoOP356abW4WQ91ZWbP/s320/052.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"I'm sure there will be a few Trick-or-Treaters out this year!"</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihGiskFfkWEFypAo60vYxaWEK8WTeqJE8d_aAJylZ8zgaF47WC_xVmgwPSuS2NsQXMClPwpumwRhK5MmCGkKHN8JZa4uZkbJ9n5NK3M6xDaEgv25741yyKISiMyXK0Qx11ZonDgvLbFtQvsd_fug0D8CqstDVvORebUpO9xOLBI0Fv-7D1Bc0u-Awg191o/s320/056.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"Who,.... Me?" said Arthur incredulously.</div><div style="text-align: center;">"I only eat the Leftovers!" he declared.</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Well, I know it disappears awfully fast...." Said Pollyanna.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_JkEJXIUZie4epmqeEfNg2YQ_ve4CPSMZ-c3XJlz216Lr0-tbfijeXJt7uEg2QN8J_30AkGOP_sShMV7fvhFm1vOL6ffRH3KNZcgsjnxFfDP27TGpswE9FxZdI_y1F2MsvlUiehsyJ5gs3rXDG6mccowv5lgLrove2n0bYHBAi49-eavExAybqxpzgtZn/s2576/058.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_JkEJXIUZie4epmqeEfNg2YQ_ve4CPSMZ-c3XJlz216Lr0-tbfijeXJt7uEg2QN8J_30AkGOP_sShMV7fvhFm1vOL6ffRH3KNZcgsjnxFfDP27TGpswE9FxZdI_y1F2MsvlUiehsyJ5gs3rXDG6mccowv5lgLrove2n0bYHBAi49-eavExAybqxpzgtZn/s320/058.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"Well,...." said Arthur..."Never until after the Castle Party is over!"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOHV-J_ensHdiie4UGdxGWZZPM-nLz2AOY6uUeXDKYpfAQ-5hwWDpRNv-xTvHXRO7nar-nhoixkvNhDORK_7ZMEiZvBuBxCInx6B_0sD_vLJ0Odx7qjBmKlEsH1oR4_2Hv-rm7dS5Qj9tGkWScQ7H_wwIpj0XmQCJdBvk5d64uqPPjpruVUX7_lR63SWLO/s320/091.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"Well, my Dear..." says Charles thoughtfully...</div><div style="text-align: center;">"I think it will be as safe as anything ever will be...." </div><div style="text-align: center;">"After all, we are all vaccinated... </div><div style="text-align: center;">and if you are worried we can always wear masks..." he added.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6WCqSovB6L6sSwFz0FhNryZzxhfbrzu8IbQ-vnwcBmpCtOGuzEOeHuoTLof6RdYuYn7iI9xb3DHx9yLWk8TriRnCH6gsd5flLoZ3bq0J8y9sEGGWPYEFI6DWmD95dRta8_W0cjAqEJlntUvLld6kmgP9OPiorol3IKG7_wZdwqRbt9Jc8eazon7E2qwWb/s2576/092.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6WCqSovB6L6sSwFz0FhNryZzxhfbrzu8IbQ-vnwcBmpCtOGuzEOeHuoTLof6RdYuYn7iI9xb3DHx9yLWk8TriRnCH6gsd5flLoZ3bq0J8y9sEGGWPYEFI6DWmD95dRta8_W0cjAqEJlntUvLld6kmgP9OPiorol3IKG7_wZdwqRbt9Jc8eazon7E2qwWb/s320/092.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> </div><div style="text-align: center;">"We could even go as bandits!" he added cheerily</div><div style="text-align: center;">"I think it will be fun!" he declared.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuQKkNxBqWJuH1eY7vF9BYg2nhhMjh884c49S6b9BUcrfvG3Os09jLZO08vW53RhNXsNY3SoOAIyPp2-Ok5kI0G90ayk6iFzYQWm6dNtdOPpK3L7lSRYBjYVweHHmFxPvKfjgtxtoZJmGd5get4xVDc16qXQ2tB74JibciKjoNaCCkq_t-YvAp70JkDDaF/s2576/069.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuQKkNxBqWJuH1eY7vF9BYg2nhhMjh884c49S6b9BUcrfvG3Os09jLZO08vW53RhNXsNY3SoOAIyPp2-Ok5kI0G90ayk6iFzYQWm6dNtdOPpK3L7lSRYBjYVweHHmFxPvKfjgtxtoZJmGd5get4xVDc16qXQ2tB74JibciKjoNaCCkq_t-YvAp70JkDDaF/s320/069.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">But back at the Castle, Dear Readers,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> the Wizard had been pondering the approach of All Hallows Eve...</div><div style="text-align: center;">and he was not so sure it would all be fun and games!</div><div style="text-align: center;">He could feel in his Bones the swirling mists</div><div style="text-align: center;"> of Enchantment that surrounded the Castle....</div><div style="text-align: center;">It was the Time of Year that the Dark grew stronger...</div><div style="text-align: center;">and the Spirits were abroad....</div><div style="text-align: center;">There was No telling which way the Winds would blow....</div><div style="text-align: center;">and there was Enchantment in the very Air.....! <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">( To be continued......)<br /></div><div><p><br /></p></div>Daydreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170115485686244907noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249478764637750851.post-64813920284294436982023-10-17T17:51:00.000-04:002023-10-17T17:51:41.072-04:00The Soggy Story....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhPR1CJ7_IrapKE0jTgXNEVsNdx9ZHkSM-a5NHd1W8zI_UW8S-U_sXked857MInt6iSRlydZ6aJRmmjoHBqbHJQFi8jk4-doDX1x8sp8-Rb-mlOcVQkj_8epXcN_cCBxr6ARcoxmOynC_VU6owOfGt6JmOCYxWFNN1DZGSsjTc8R0LMgVJtvjhPxmhw8zS/s2576/024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhPR1CJ7_IrapKE0jTgXNEVsNdx9ZHkSM-a5NHd1W8zI_UW8S-U_sXked857MInt6iSRlydZ6aJRmmjoHBqbHJQFi8jk4-doDX1x8sp8-Rb-mlOcVQkj_8epXcN_cCBxr6ARcoxmOynC_VU6owOfGt6JmOCYxWFNN1DZGSsjTc8R0LMgVJtvjhPxmhw8zS/s320/024.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Rhodies on Hold....</p><p>I Apologize for being so Absent in blogs lately, Dear Readers, but I am not succeeding in being able to comment on any blogs at the moment. This is probably due to the fact that I use Mozilla for my browser. And I admit that I resent being forced to change browsers to suit the algo-rhythms of google's new rules. After all, I have had this blog on Blogger for 13 years and have used Mozilla as my browser for all those years! I admit that I am sulking and hoping that Mozilla will be able to write their browser program to suit the new rules..... Is that likely? I have no idea. Meanwhile, I am unable to "play" with all my favorite bloggers in this otherwise magically Wonderful mini realm! And I also have too much to do to re-learn all my systems quickly.... not being naturally techno-fluent. I hope I will figure out what to do eventually... but meanwhile, life goes on, and at least (as of the last posting here) I was still allowed to post on my blog. But enough of my complaining.... well, maybe not, because my very next subject was going to be a complaint of the Drastically Wet summer we had in this part of the world! It started out a bit too dry in June and then the deluge began. We had 4.5 inches of rain in June (2.3 of it in the last two days of the month), then we had a shocking 18.02 inches of rain in July!!! The average is about 3.5" for July. It rained and rained. Downpour after downpour. One 6.2" rainfall in the middle of the month... but it just didn't stop! Hot, humid, Tropical weather in New England!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbnm8vyOrD4T04GoeJ5WIh7diP_KdHwtmkp2BPo9YhYhVKbTWHN6cyf1yHQ45s2h5TcxguaW8ohrpj56lVbEyU6ocAIrgdMavaDbNJnNAO40H-_gAgw2J7zH1hvJBX_bJOGxsTEcHPObMNwwIjJw7e_bC_tOoD2mKpRSu1e0fpQj2ILr7pChli_WVco7O-/s2576/028.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbnm8vyOrD4T04GoeJ5WIh7diP_KdHwtmkp2BPo9YhYhVKbTWHN6cyf1yHQ45s2h5TcxguaW8ohrpj56lVbEyU6ocAIrgdMavaDbNJnNAO40H-_gAgw2J7zH1hvJBX_bJOGxsTEcHPObMNwwIjJw7e_bC_tOoD2mKpRSu1e0fpQj2ILr7pChli_WVco7O-/s320/028.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">You might recall me showing you all the clusters</div><div style="text-align: center;"> of Rhododendron blossoms I had assembled.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc4my4TsANqFRfoi9YqnPhG6SL4CgtaPuvthRX8El0mU4MyXJ9bNw5FK3vRtKro1FIkIM0vJHUvyY4QcVWRFJ2_nmWekhfQFVz9ck2OBjykI0tTwpfeVOoxIDu0NU3cgN4X1FRYTtYjXT6pT5H8KAAGpC62t2uJZrq-xa9ycDEq2laX3dIlJRsL_qf0gwJ/s2576/029.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc4my4TsANqFRfoi9YqnPhG6SL4CgtaPuvthRX8El0mU4MyXJ9bNw5FK3vRtKro1FIkIM0vJHUvyY4QcVWRFJ2_nmWekhfQFVz9ck2OBjykI0tTwpfeVOoxIDu0NU3cgN4X1FRYTtYjXT6pT5H8KAAGpC62t2uJZrq-xa9ycDEq2laX3dIlJRsL_qf0gwJ/s320/029.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And all the florets I had constructed in batches</div><div style="text-align: center;"> of ten but had not glued into clusters yet.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL3xhOuPdfOY7RraWxQT-1gsAMZRwnq4kOKEU4TlY02q3cBuYvotCfZ9U2RQqyhKYfRy3XVT0MbHlcHJhs-P9BzrU4XiU1x3Fr5gMug6OUlmjejoD16Yx_kdGrjtEvOOizEmf7hIIaOxgitQGGe_ANQfD7d34u3HxV9vEMrty4TAOcB8zeCUhymYpePWAp/s2576/025.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL3xhOuPdfOY7RraWxQT-1gsAMZRwnq4kOKEU4TlY02q3cBuYvotCfZ9U2RQqyhKYfRy3XVT0MbHlcHJhs-P9BzrU4XiU1x3Fr5gMug6OUlmjejoD16Yx_kdGrjtEvOOizEmf7hIIaOxgitQGGe_ANQfD7d34u3HxV9vEMrty4TAOcB8zeCUhymYpePWAp/s320/025.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Well, in all that humidity the glue was taking Forever to dry!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I would start to assemble a cluster, get one blossom glued....</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and go do something else and forget to come back to glue another one.....</div><div style="text-align: center;"> really, the glue just didn't harden!</div><div style="text-align: center;">And I needed to make the leaves to go with the clusters..... </div><div style="text-align: center;">and when I tried to punch the paper... </div><div style="text-align: center;">it ripped rather than cut the edges! </div><div style="text-align: center;">The paper was just soggy from all the humidity!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Soggy paper is No Fun!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix6vmFIEb1neHUpawsuARgbsT1_9bXT_a3EnV4BzOcSu1uub8N2E1-6dZSqXhnReSsIfp98w5gzhPw4V1KkGnzyH2Ms0lJ1_2FdKLF66T7hE87rSr863YypGeLdVxH2_R9A-jsfDAUsmAZMi1eIGLQUKpmFeYc4oJnBmXNpOKP0kFQV3vv9mLpE6BoFFFr/s2576/031.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix6vmFIEb1neHUpawsuARgbsT1_9bXT_a3EnV4BzOcSu1uub8N2E1-6dZSqXhnReSsIfp98w5gzhPw4V1KkGnzyH2Ms0lJ1_2FdKLF66T7hE87rSr863YypGeLdVxH2_R9A-jsfDAUsmAZMi1eIGLQUKpmFeYc4oJnBmXNpOKP0kFQV3vv9mLpE6BoFFFr/s320/031.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">So the Rhododendron bush has been effectively on "hold"</div><div style="text-align: center;"> since the middle of July, Dear Readers,</div><div style="text-align: center;">while the weather continued to Rain...</div><div style="text-align: center;">An "average" 4 inches in August, (slightly above average really)</div><div style="text-align: center;">and a whopping 10.02 inches in September......!</div><div style="text-align: center;">(The remnants of Hurricane's Lee, Ophelia, and Philippe)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Which would have been noteworthy </div><div style="text-align: center;">except that it wasn't anywhere near like July...!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So that's my Soggy Sob story, Dear Readers!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I will eventually be able to punch paper again.... </div><div style="text-align: center;">and get the glue conveyor belt going, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but for Now the Rhodies are on hold</div><div style="text-align: center;">While I hope for a little less rain! </div><div style="text-align: center;">(And keep my fingers crossed that this will post!)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><p><br /></p></div>Daydreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170115485686244907noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249478764637750851.post-49597558323273206992023-10-03T19:19:00.000-04:002023-10-03T19:19:52.396-04:00The Inside Walls....<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwOPtg7Z88eUp7zq7qmb4ECGb9leO8rRt5oNmgy9NofKALC9ut59vaMzePvntGg6sYy4KbmbEW-QBriKSao40LgQBcwqoOkoM2wCCw1JN6uDKWM3w0IAhhsbf9EMRCMTdnWJncKXpf8r6wr6Zidz0P1VndOqF1Vt-7Kwi0V7mQYfB0XqQurhE558HFmDI7/s2576/027.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwOPtg7Z88eUp7zq7qmb4ECGb9leO8rRt5oNmgy9NofKALC9ut59vaMzePvntGg6sYy4KbmbEW-QBriKSao40LgQBcwqoOkoM2wCCw1JN6uDKWM3w0IAhhsbf9EMRCMTdnWJncKXpf8r6wr6Zidz0P1VndOqF1Vt-7Kwi0V7mQYfB0XqQurhE558HFmDI7/s320/027.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Rocking On.... </p><p>I Decided, Dear Readers, that while I was painting Rocks, I might as well take care of painting the side wall of the Tower where it abuts the Great Hall section of the Castle. The upper portion of this wall is visible from the top of the Great Hall so it would need doing eventually. The surest way of getting the courses in the proper alignment is to start from the bottom and work up. Above you can see the Tower turned so the inside wall is now facing out for easy access. It didn't take very long for the rocks to take shape.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOjlQEoVGjdmNZHlXYRmEGqWuxpzDldHk2MCcK79WpeMvU2wzQbMy-pQcYv4mweNVIs1Xj01rb0vbi3IBprwQj8oW3V0N39HPIm1tCxK9eW2tAWRF-JNGPC1Hi7nusosRaN-HfBu7UVWS4_LyncToeT4D-hWsefzCe0ozF0DqZ-zdSL1UlBLHMt-AHSvng/s2576/029.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOjlQEoVGjdmNZHlXYRmEGqWuxpzDldHk2MCcK79WpeMvU2wzQbMy-pQcYv4mweNVIs1Xj01rb0vbi3IBprwQj8oW3V0N39HPIm1tCxK9eW2tAWRF-JNGPC1Hi7nusosRaN-HfBu7UVWS4_LyncToeT4D-hWsefzCe0ozF0DqZ-zdSL1UlBLHMt-AHSvng/s320/029.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The only careful part is making sure the courses </div><div style="text-align: center;">are the same from the back side to the front.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwBDoAPTrlmF0cPVU6uime6vTkEXLh1rRFzSILHKrrzTwdHBxDU2PDNwOPxKD-NrvLwZSpfYvsIc6ZkJtSaQg4bKY75kauDwFrnhFkzg3vfUsV17IlN-Msf9wthNhDtihf4llX3Ojns1tO-76O-4KVReBybf9AcX6KqeUB1YUbWFLmoKWWS08aXwvdlJj7/s2576/031.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwBDoAPTrlmF0cPVU6uime6vTkEXLh1rRFzSILHKrrzTwdHBxDU2PDNwOPxKD-NrvLwZSpfYvsIc6ZkJtSaQg4bKY75kauDwFrnhFkzg3vfUsV17IlN-Msf9wthNhDtihf4llX3Ojns1tO-76O-4KVReBybf9AcX6KqeUB1YUbWFLmoKWWS08aXwvdlJj7/s320/031.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I measure the distance from the "ground" </div><div style="text-align: center;">and align the rocks so they properly meet at the corner.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The short side of the rock on one wall</div><div style="text-align: center;"> must have the long side on the other, around the corner.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihh8uDa7OooXNtTpW6zZHpZ2oLCq3kt-ISblRcTqfcKcNxUJX-tNdQ5_Chi_WT0K9CCKDaEjIsbhqLLuO3ybZSRZtyEo3uFtsESE7M3m9V-sP8gk6GzVUtG1NJts_dNg5-oYFgTU_a3oxSKZngEZiQGSvvbZ6hU-pkYroAMvzASsNO9UubU-yAPFPYq3ap/s2576/032.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihh8uDa7OooXNtTpW6zZHpZ2oLCq3kt-ISblRcTqfcKcNxUJX-tNdQ5_Chi_WT0K9CCKDaEjIsbhqLLuO3ybZSRZtyEo3uFtsESE7M3m9V-sP8gk6GzVUtG1NJts_dNg5-oYFgTU_a3oxSKZngEZiQGSvvbZ6hU-pkYroAMvzASsNO9UubU-yAPFPYq3ap/s320/032.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Adding the "rock" texture....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxSs4QHd2JF5CIHpQd9D6hmayq7ZYXElEYo8f6vqy0iNOFIf7v98HwxwS2Ed_KUIUCE-LU9-NDn0QXXQg4zqnsmm6_vWkABHNAXh8O9HbX8bm7IouqpSen10Xe7axd3aCcghe04US1ZMXi_JRUb54uPrSlXPAZOv-j2IrqoB0CJXXGLSW1S20z41EoFdJO/s2576/036.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxSs4QHd2JF5CIHpQd9D6hmayq7ZYXElEYo8f6vqy0iNOFIf7v98HwxwS2Ed_KUIUCE-LU9-NDn0QXXQg4zqnsmm6_vWkABHNAXh8O9HbX8bm7IouqpSen10Xe7axd3aCcghe04US1ZMXi_JRUb54uPrSlXPAZOv-j2IrqoB0CJXXGLSW1S20z41EoFdJO/s320/036.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And making sure the texture of the rocks continues</div><div style="text-align: center;"> the same as it goes around the corner.</div><div style="text-align: center;">This way the "rock" maintains its visual integrity as one "rock".</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBqvr7FCSogV1t-jzZBGA_bUFVcCrJkP2SDirGEqBjdLihWP2zeyf2CsSYxqBM-Se2zCsqqjlJQ_yRLrsN7OSjc1NgED9_stdzLdJmFRHaoyWLU-IFF3N8XfGjVYBE-AkOiJ_JbN38YmQBFKPEM297LsxTg2_egBPUiLp27fmSWCTV4m5UG0U5SvSH8N10/s2576/038.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBqvr7FCSogV1t-jzZBGA_bUFVcCrJkP2SDirGEqBjdLihWP2zeyf2CsSYxqBM-Se2zCsqqjlJQ_yRLrsN7OSjc1NgED9_stdzLdJmFRHaoyWLU-IFF3N8XfGjVYBE-AkOiJ_JbN38YmQBFKPEM297LsxTg2_egBPUiLp27fmSWCTV4m5UG0U5SvSH8N10/s320/038.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And adding the grout.... half done!</div><div style="text-align: center;">And by now it has gotten so dark that </div><div style="text-align: center;">even I maintain that the flash is needed.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAfjMWHbAXpOTYMD02YOLAHtQLsQfwkLA265raWKV2wt6PidI9sRcstb4IGLF90y7ewltDqBplBO6OQsNqPO7d8dRZn9A3hN_P5HpAGUCg-fClCTBmGfhvFkT5U9DGC16yHiWMqLrKk-jIe7oKLaFezfXKivanEtEvO3UeFzZbQ7SKaEaq8zCQnFL1Cjkz/s2576/032.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAfjMWHbAXpOTYMD02YOLAHtQLsQfwkLA265raWKV2wt6PidI9sRcstb4IGLF90y7ewltDqBplBO6OQsNqPO7d8dRZn9A3hN_P5HpAGUCg-fClCTBmGfhvFkT5U9DGC16yHiWMqLrKk-jIe7oKLaFezfXKivanEtEvO3UeFzZbQ7SKaEaq8zCQnFL1Cjkz/s320/032.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And the next morning I continue</div><div style="text-align: center;"> with the other "inside wall"... </div><div style="text-align: center;">the one on The Great Hall side wall.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Once again, I carefully align the courses</div><div style="text-align: center;"> with the back wall which</div><div style="text-align: center;"> was the first to be painted years ago.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm-UIyMlht3fR6_M82N2SnBdjDKcLnuZVMz2OWLezoyQZe6Y_jrKELWwc_PwFbvoiPaoi7MBthX18GgrO4RPj6cvGwNwN2Oy2MhUSUjM91b271LNqjmZGgJEDO04fFyn_hN9xRUP-HVpF9JY4TNl9klT94WXZMGAN9vPPcBDrwegZnIqEI8rA2rzje5UPr/s2576/033.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm-UIyMlht3fR6_M82N2SnBdjDKcLnuZVMz2OWLezoyQZe6Y_jrKELWwc_PwFbvoiPaoi7MBthX18GgrO4RPj6cvGwNwN2Oy2MhUSUjM91b271LNqjmZGgJEDO04fFyn_hN9xRUP-HVpF9JY4TNl9klT94WXZMGAN9vPPcBDrwegZnIqEI8rA2rzje5UPr/s320/033.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Partly blocked in...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYIl-moVcf5th36isQtaAQQJUy1dU8Jgkg4Tl5nPhsemt6g9C6P3wz5ARilJQULFwVTMcI3iWoo8spoYkASMsWov29kpwzVwFcgqSlsTs7rnkELSngEF8aNlWXYk4Q6CnKhbJRPZ_DSXPUBxxiZ9qVYHPXDudmgi52TKMaVX4E4cQA3sdpmF5M1-3Htzrh/s2576/034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYIl-moVcf5th36isQtaAQQJUy1dU8Jgkg4Tl5nPhsemt6g9C6P3wz5ARilJQULFwVTMcI3iWoo8spoYkASMsWov29kpwzVwFcgqSlsTs7rnkELSngEF8aNlWXYk4Q6CnKhbJRPZ_DSXPUBxxiZ9qVYHPXDudmgi52TKMaVX4E4cQA3sdpmF5M1-3Htzrh/s320/034.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Texture filled in....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0bjiH05bUnA4-6bwwje-9M1XI-kL-ZXvCCUGvIUB4mgppzbV5H3U_46VRfErdqYBrGlgUft4w0ekqdcN6PMoNuD9uwLURNiaLChi-8VduaB831IW0TywRoISRQg4OgovRQrYtrmvN3Xp1lnGfct7rt8215RMExIVosozPRdXoOLhwyCyugfEW2jHfptkr/s2576/038.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0bjiH05bUnA4-6bwwje-9M1XI-kL-ZXvCCUGvIUB4mgppzbV5H3U_46VRfErdqYBrGlgUft4w0ekqdcN6PMoNuD9uwLURNiaLChi-8VduaB831IW0TywRoISRQg4OgovRQrYtrmvN3Xp1lnGfct7rt8215RMExIVosozPRdXoOLhwyCyugfEW2jHfptkr/s320/038.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And the grout lines added.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I only turned the Great Hall far enough</div><div style="text-align: center;"> to reach in there to paint, </div><div style="text-align: center;">so it is harder to see the results.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw53iL3k6I8I3mjFivajAuXX8SdsbmeRPyhVJbh4inTD2k4iSrfhsU8q-izt97nCJHsiQh3-sKkFnrU8NkNTFWSyRqCRcaWLQXQRRYYtLhmdGroe3xjTV3gAg-lXMZZ_QI6wt7wRRG3dtdsKCvLB0N8X450LbpqU3yjIWQiz8iI1Rh3xCE7TPxFuBqfwvn/s2576/039.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw53iL3k6I8I3mjFivajAuXX8SdsbmeRPyhVJbh4inTD2k4iSrfhsU8q-izt97nCJHsiQh3-sKkFnrU8NkNTFWSyRqCRcaWLQXQRRYYtLhmdGroe3xjTV3gAg-lXMZZ_QI6wt7wRRG3dtdsKCvLB0N8X450LbpqU3yjIWQiz8iI1Rh3xCE7TPxFuBqfwvn/s320/039.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">From this angle you can see better....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxv0Yv9RR5XR0gLsbd8dh4pbUYG6nYUjpQ4bU4MwgLO45NCFwsIH3k8jztY_iOY8gXf78YWbt_fj6MrC-QkEc-6FUjP1lu646DVfG5vP8jRUfxA-epLlC8nbdNrgF7i0edELwsW7cqhgmfPvkdpvVKFHQPiMBXRkwpht6fL6sst32S-FahZOn-00zSoufS/s2576/040.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxv0Yv9RR5XR0gLsbd8dh4pbUYG6nYUjpQ4bU4MwgLO45NCFwsIH3k8jztY_iOY8gXf78YWbt_fj6MrC-QkEc-6FUjP1lu646DVfG5vP8jRUfxA-epLlC8nbdNrgF7i0edELwsW7cqhgmfPvkdpvVKFHQPiMBXRkwpht6fL6sst32S-FahZOn-00zSoufS/s320/040.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And from "ground level" looking up!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">But this wall, Dear Readers,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> is the Inside wall between the Castle sections,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> so it will never be seen!</div><div style="text-align: center;">But I'm Rocking it anyway.... </div><div style="text-align: center;">because I will know it is there!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">(And I am hoping I will be able to post this to blogger.... </div><div style="text-align: center;">I have not been able to comment on any blogs this week...</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and I changed nothing in my settings......! </div><div style="text-align: center;">So I don't know what changed!.... Grrrr....)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><p><br /></p></div>Daydreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170115485686244907noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249478764637750851.post-39095097820074056732023-09-26T12:36:00.000-04:002023-09-26T12:36:02.206-04:00The Annual Trek...<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuowOiM0MbrDOG3JpEe5JNzWqezzd4vdl2U3fyzHqBSrFlaAeeSN8eT6M46htqqmblNwf_aYi1tToChJRLYe6WUJsURBOY4c5b5-CtFWrRCdH381eKwWYVce6Ve4KO-ySHFd7yb9DOBicLdjGid0lhCCQCekK6LTklwmROJSP1o1aWIMIog5ksNH1kB8sP/s2576/054.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuowOiM0MbrDOG3JpEe5JNzWqezzd4vdl2U3fyzHqBSrFlaAeeSN8eT6M46htqqmblNwf_aYi1tToChJRLYe6WUJsURBOY4c5b5-CtFWrRCdH381eKwWYVce6Ve4KO-ySHFd7yb9DOBicLdjGid0lhCCQCekK6LTklwmROJSP1o1aWIMIog5ksNH1kB8sP/s320/054.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Gifts, Rugs and Rain....</p><p>I Took a trip, Dear Readers, to visit my folks in the Southwest, a Long Long Long way from home. It takes two days to get there so the first night I stop in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and the next morning I take the little plane (8 passengers) down to the southwest corner of the state. The above picture is coming into Albuquerque over the Manzano Mountains. I dodged rainstorms wherever I went. There was a large "Tropical Storm" headed for my part of New England on the morning I left, but it stayed just far enough off shore that my flight was not cancelled. It was pouring in Atlanta when I changed planes, but the flights were not delayed. The morning flight from Albuquerque to Silver City re-routed around large thunderstorms, but we were on time for landing in the dry desert. They have not had a good Monsoon Season this year in this region. But it rained hard on my second evening at my Mom's!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL-DwcN6-URuW916zft3_FpMzptMHjezH4XRSX115G5HQopt0GpTEp4gg5PZIKtzx7pnnWkHPhwiC0mjv1wu6bH0jJpb0WmYkuDqoDtIM03FiM9IPqOybUEi4MPDiQ3HZuiparo6k24a5B0a3APWyiTaZpwLrVkHQDLy-PRuG1FASHeGXlekCIIEgj6xTY/s2576/006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL-DwcN6-URuW916zft3_FpMzptMHjezH4XRSX115G5HQopt0GpTEp4gg5PZIKtzx7pnnWkHPhwiC0mjv1wu6bH0jJpb0WmYkuDqoDtIM03FiM9IPqOybUEi4MPDiQ3HZuiparo6k24a5B0a3APWyiTaZpwLrVkHQDLy-PRuG1FASHeGXlekCIIEgj6xTY/s320/006.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here you can see the water pouring off her porch roof!</div><div style="text-align: center;">And it rained again at my Dad's way up in the hills. </div><div style="text-align: center;">They have had more rain where he lives, </div><div style="text-align: center;">probably due to the higher elevation and the steep hills.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Silver City is at something over 6000 ft. elevation</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and my Dad's place is probably another thousand over that.</div><div style="text-align: center;">(Sorry I don't have the exact elevations!)</div><div style="text-align: center;">They are in "high mountain desert" conditions and</div><div style="text-align: center;"> last spring there was a wildfire just north of my Dad's home.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2p5eM_aQ_7-wbJCi93pHjr19isquLRCTtRRDbAdAog3ac1W7j09kUPEPxCxGduVoyTgtsZc2HXq05-4ZWCEZ83KbBwKFjBR1jsc4iDa3Tb4kFAEcOw5JeMnWggyfjChiLYC___oYkS0qQXI4chLybeCt34QMATygmlsEP5LjkiCINNsGJ02ezy1UnjDo4/s2576/002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2p5eM_aQ_7-wbJCi93pHjr19isquLRCTtRRDbAdAog3ac1W7j09kUPEPxCxGduVoyTgtsZc2HXq05-4ZWCEZ83KbBwKFjBR1jsc4iDa3Tb4kFAEcOw5JeMnWggyfjChiLYC___oYkS0qQXI4chLybeCt34QMATygmlsEP5LjkiCINNsGJ02ezy1UnjDo4/s320/002.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Here's a picture of my Mom, (aged 92!) and her dog Daisy.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3rysIHZJXwMBIF03jlJ8plnFP5bKDhyI1WaXY5_-728M4tVgSG6WS5FV8DwW1Oi_0GQxTNAY1qGZ7Kzm7yiMFvlaNQprxLbDmH9GeDsQ7mwGTHgRhErvJSkeqCYZ4wxIy1NQBWZiR4j2AKRrnilQlIKvHWDB6GTltoU3-NUSKgYmOCZzceP0lh01_AnVq/s2576/006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3rysIHZJXwMBIF03jlJ8plnFP5bKDhyI1WaXY5_-728M4tVgSG6WS5FV8DwW1Oi_0GQxTNAY1qGZ7Kzm7yiMFvlaNQprxLbDmH9GeDsQ7mwGTHgRhErvJSkeqCYZ4wxIy1NQBWZiR4j2AKRrnilQlIKvHWDB6GTltoU3-NUSKgYmOCZzceP0lh01_AnVq/s320/006.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I bring small petit-point kits with me when I travel out there</div><div style="text-align: center;"> because they fit neatly into my bag.</div><div style="text-align: center;">On last year's trip I had started the stocking you see above,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and this year I completed it!</div><div style="text-align: center;">This year I spent quite a while going through</div><div style="text-align: center;"> old family Photos with my Mom,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> trying to identify and label them.</div><div style="text-align: center;">She had an old suitcase full of them!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I found quite a few Treasures, including some "missing" artwork</div><div style="text-align: center;"> that had been done by my Great Great Aunt and her husband.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> My Grandma had showed it to me when I was a teenager,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and I hadn't seen it since.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Mostly very fine pen and ink drawings!</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">My Dad's partner gave me a bunch of little woven "mug rugs"</div><div style="text-align: center;">she and her weaving group made.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhob0064-RjdyWpmW2Xwn39PVX6xfm6QfLT82zbRLrzg60apv1RcVqFBkyvCEhqedhv1FKQkHfz3JosDh0hB8E-4qXUUNbM2uzEP27gNAOrfUGh35d04ndMYeYJvAkZ2mhvIhP1yLG9KO40i6Y3mBbaGPsnqcPovaOaMTLzCVoKenuPh_NsoznaGiA_UQ1s/s2576/169.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhob0064-RjdyWpmW2Xwn39PVX6xfm6QfLT82zbRLrzg60apv1RcVqFBkyvCEhqedhv1FKQkHfz3JosDh0hB8E-4qXUUNbM2uzEP27gNAOrfUGh35d04ndMYeYJvAkZ2mhvIhP1yLG9KO40i6Y3mBbaGPsnqcPovaOaMTLzCVoKenuPh_NsoznaGiA_UQ1s/s320/169.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">They are the perfect size for dollhouse rugs!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic_bZ_PsRL3pGIghfKAL2QtRTbBUhq1P3t-GJUQn0tnAIn54azYd19Gkyiy8o60nuk107i04hkZWJRHXPRFY3YUfto0NNyQIJaKuZCKBU3KK7H7oL1a5wf31-lo_SbjGCYtAY_jNhWBgZnstG5tkePdZdwdZkxx5AEYWYRD9jGf3Jwh8tAehmai7EvqTug/s2576/021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic_bZ_PsRL3pGIghfKAL2QtRTbBUhq1P3t-GJUQn0tnAIn54azYd19Gkyiy8o60nuk107i04hkZWJRHXPRFY3YUfto0NNyQIJaKuZCKBU3KK7H7oL1a5wf31-lo_SbjGCYtAY_jNhWBgZnstG5tkePdZdwdZkxx5AEYWYRD9jGf3Jwh8tAehmai7EvqTug/s320/021.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I love the texture of this ribbon rug!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNtmUzn45iQ4Na5OgXLu5PFN1k2UhXhJUhVzr1ZmiUTJmZadjeIqazUjcwM84m14N3C3rqnm8_Z1QL5F0lkz1TsobjB7trpF-fMvF5dlBpAirnlYjz_bqF3ZkJvWMDvw9r9QVbG-9NlsNGx5QJ2eNq6Ve2t1RwWF2WNm4EAjrMDYhymj6rgNmcLJWbLwqn/s2576/012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNtmUzn45iQ4Na5OgXLu5PFN1k2UhXhJUhVzr1ZmiUTJmZadjeIqazUjcwM84m14N3C3rqnm8_Z1QL5F0lkz1TsobjB7trpF-fMvF5dlBpAirnlYjz_bqF3ZkJvWMDvw9r9QVbG-9NlsNGx5QJ2eNq6Ve2t1RwWF2WNm4EAjrMDYhymj6rgNmcLJWbLwqn/s320/012.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">This one has lovely colors and is a very fine weave....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcW39_gnDketBzFhBaoKYRu3UJl6dDFOCy6bAY6_cITfuYUF4HEALv-If6lwCu84DGl26fpk2bGEsG5XEfaPECcDraiGYM6mGqEYrWWslHrrnxKpRcIISXOs6r613oiG3V7ACPGIkkN3n0Lf9OkCV353uzuzWXh6BOpH34qoa1C09l_Ar6UORl3xiqS5EF/s2576/013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcW39_gnDketBzFhBaoKYRu3UJl6dDFOCy6bAY6_cITfuYUF4HEALv-If6lwCu84DGl26fpk2bGEsG5XEfaPECcDraiGYM6mGqEYrWWslHrrnxKpRcIISXOs6r613oiG3V7ACPGIkkN3n0Lf9OkCV353uzuzWXh6BOpH34qoa1C09l_Ar6UORl3xiqS5EF/s320/013.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Here's the reverse side.... I am not sure which I like best!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxaJuK97fRfxwBhUe3Bb7XIfh25wEEmyZiW9TMJ2D32LeFJxJ2AaOZGHO_TsLL9Nck8JiNwpZ5yJfHSVHTqTbwpn-BeP7b_4NSAMlUfy3q304I3TYyQ0YCjl_qZoX1ZqrdPupPghNzjr5wvCVpLHvJ7pWMXG-Rnfz5TjVOYOq7UkNDjJDPeyx1CsPd8HZT/s2576/014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxaJuK97fRfxwBhUe3Bb7XIfh25wEEmyZiW9TMJ2D32LeFJxJ2AaOZGHO_TsLL9Nck8JiNwpZ5yJfHSVHTqTbwpn-BeP7b_4NSAMlUfy3q304I3TYyQ0YCjl_qZoX1ZqrdPupPghNzjr5wvCVpLHvJ7pWMXG-Rnfz5TjVOYOq7UkNDjJDPeyx1CsPd8HZT/s320/014.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And these two are a pair. They have subtle differences.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigKvD58zxHfXGDoPcFi1tOBabeLklZ861dNSmj0rEYkcQGICh4SmDUHv2ufx6-2KV5v9n8MssegbnPF5NgRONnL1CuaWmI8f5IAN2M-ZHU-heJLBVgvR6MQYE6s3bta7jHrGUokMKJBlb3biCUx7A6Vm9RTFukwPu_I8nPJKCk_QMNZU2yOt884Ti33Qlw/s2576/015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigKvD58zxHfXGDoPcFi1tOBabeLklZ861dNSmj0rEYkcQGICh4SmDUHv2ufx6-2KV5v9n8MssegbnPF5NgRONnL1CuaWmI8f5IAN2M-ZHU-heJLBVgvR6MQYE6s3bta7jHrGUokMKJBlb3biCUx7A6Vm9RTFukwPu_I8nPJKCk_QMNZU2yOt884Ti33Qlw/s320/015.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And here you can see the reverse side of each.</div><div style="text-align: center;">All of them are approximately 4 x 5 inches excluding the fringes.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Of course, the visit was over far too soon, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and the long trip home, done all in one day </div><div style="text-align: center;">because the flights leave Silver City early, </div><div style="text-align: center;">followed a familiar theme.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVZUWb_9Vn79L8iAw6Agutq4lIDkPBKFLsqgMr-M_PnWJDCi7usF325qUxiXnSA1g50wUmfd-pFedeGu2J7xhbGfm3Wa4EHu4scnX918dJr9OmocPoFTY0RpxBICx0KVVsLrbENwPxByyO3YDw4r3B99KvXFwJv1rdeIu-9z2lyqQ0Hp8EyaeBjLAa_AS_/s2576/076.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVZUWb_9Vn79L8iAw6Agutq4lIDkPBKFLsqgMr-M_PnWJDCi7usF325qUxiXnSA1g50wUmfd-pFedeGu2J7xhbGfm3Wa4EHu4scnX918dJr9OmocPoFTY0RpxBICx0KVVsLrbENwPxByyO3YDw4r3B99KvXFwJv1rdeIu-9z2lyqQ0Hp8EyaeBjLAa_AS_/s320/076.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;">The flight from Albuquerque was re-routed to avoid</div><div style="text-align: center;"> storms in the upper plains on the way to Chicago...</div><div style="text-align: center;">but arrived on time anyway. </div><div style="text-align: center;">And my homeward leg landed late in New England</div><div style="text-align: center;"> in the middle of pouring rain</div><div style="text-align: center;"> from yet another "Tropical Storm" </div><div style="text-align: center;">that had set it's sights on New England!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Two former Hurricanes in two weeks?!?</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> I was very glad to get home to my familiar little worlds.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiPRA94kRugNt6zCcpPiqTr5CURQB4jJvYnXJMFwVjyaszuvjVAvkp68CYmsNE1IRe42H5u8VdyBYsFBy8VaWZkOX_iz-pPpYRjrvKMKAyoGDH4V0OCcj1sqHSLPY66fLOkgFrwmZFGfxtEEqJBd8ukBLfR9GcSZOi88KC8ESnXBq6cJbRZ-mL-ygl_jXL/s2576/004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiPRA94kRugNt6zCcpPiqTr5CURQB4jJvYnXJMFwVjyaszuvjVAvkp68CYmsNE1IRe42H5u8VdyBYsFBy8VaWZkOX_iz-pPpYRjrvKMKAyoGDH4V0OCcj1sqHSLPY66fLOkgFrwmZFGfxtEEqJBd8ukBLfR9GcSZOi88KC8ESnXBq6cJbRZ-mL-ygl_jXL/s320/004.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /> The Baktiari carpet is getting close to finished!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So I took my Annual Trek, Dear Readers, </div><div style="text-align: center;">traveling a Long way from home.</div><div style="text-align: center;">But seeing my Family is such a Gift... </div><div style="text-align: center;">and while the challenges of Travel don't get easier,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I Treasure the Time I had with my folks, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and perhaps I also brought them the Gift of a little rain!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div>Daydreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170115485686244907noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249478764637750851.post-34340094960288255982023-09-13T18:14:00.000-04:002023-09-13T18:14:25.187-04:00Tower Windows....<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGFR3Fh1fRSx0PJU0ih_ZOgpOKrOcT8ioAC7DO5TnPm13Or5EFsrBbJdEdBMRXpc-dyFjOgYNpKgy69PxGYUCjrOLL3POKkEd9QO5gtjxVDji-OYwNN5EBXaZsrL81vsockE_XT35pD_HcHV6UtTdkBPhBI2QgmjB4eqsU5kLlrdDXvJ_z0kt45m-mD7HA/s2576/052.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGFR3Fh1fRSx0PJU0ih_ZOgpOKrOcT8ioAC7DO5TnPm13Or5EFsrBbJdEdBMRXpc-dyFjOgYNpKgy69PxGYUCjrOLL3POKkEd9QO5gtjxVDji-OYwNN5EBXaZsrL81vsockE_XT35pD_HcHV6UtTdkBPhBI2QgmjB4eqsU5kLlrdDXvJ_z0kt45m-mD7HA/s320/052.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Details, Dithering Details...</p><p>It took me most of another day, Dear Readers, to finish painting the grout lines on the Tower wall and the crenelations. By the time I was done there was no daylight to see by, so I had to use flash to record the completed wall. It sure gives a hint of what the Castle will look like when it is done! I can't tell you how much I look forward to that eventual day! And I have to stand back so far to catch the whole Tower that you also can see the surrounding "neighborhood" and the mess of my workroom. But never mind.... that is what workrooms are for! And you might be forgiven for thinking this part of the Tower was now done, but alas, I still had to design and build all the trim for those Windows. The only one on this wall that had been completed was the trim around the Guard Room window beside the Main Door. And it was a very simple replication of the trim inside the room. But for the upper Chambers I wanted fancier details on the exterior of the Castle Windows. This Castle is meant to be in the early Norman style, and those Castles were very plain in their design. The only places where ornate stonework was used were on the window and door surrounds and on the main arches of the Great Hall and Hearths.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBUOkFRtwc3TgpNUA0nCcSy9nGS9_04WoAGB0QREmYYP3abpHMPJA8ugq91DJQIjPSKWpY4MZksdxk-EULe1vKvHFMxiu0QkhJVAVHrFnrsUqIxy-WTO91guM7ReM6k6ui1I4fM1tc5itP1WdwsW3YlWOc3FriMHrklb53MTSFqhRlvKj9iqv7eHaJdCaY/s2576/040.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBUOkFRtwc3TgpNUA0nCcSy9nGS9_04WoAGB0QREmYYP3abpHMPJA8ugq91DJQIjPSKWpY4MZksdxk-EULe1vKvHFMxiu0QkhJVAVHrFnrsUqIxy-WTO91guM7ReM6k6ui1I4fM1tc5itP1WdwsW3YlWOc3FriMHrklb53MTSFqhRlvKj9iqv7eHaJdCaY/s320/040.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here you can see I have begun the decorative frame</div><div style="text-align: center;"> for the window of the Lord's Council Chamber.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> I had already established the basic design for the framing</div><div style="text-align: center;"> on the rear wall window. </div><div style="text-align: center;">It is simple "braided" columns and a "Sawtooth" arch on the top.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjujPE1U8pMBHqSpE7gsDrVf-17WkEIXvL2BNrecjEZ1kSTdlS0CF4qrRjZG-PPAoGiW9p3xE7AdbDtWGEHzXrQ3HO0C1c_Tm0kK9HENVUO4FFE4PWAgNG3zbZN-zSk2LBVDj0MJCkPKBkpWIojMQld3czpE3M3Br_1I1NRhZL_MZS5pyYKVes4MlotDJTT/s2576/041.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjujPE1U8pMBHqSpE7gsDrVf-17WkEIXvL2BNrecjEZ1kSTdlS0CF4qrRjZG-PPAoGiW9p3xE7AdbDtWGEHzXrQ3HO0C1c_Tm0kK9HENVUO4FFE4PWAgNG3zbZN-zSk2LBVDj0MJCkPKBkpWIojMQld3czpE3M3Br_1I1NRhZL_MZS5pyYKVes4MlotDJTT/s320/041.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">But the rear wall window does not have an opening section,</div><div style="text-align: center;">while the side wall does.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It makes the resulting window frame</div><div style="text-align: center;"> need to be wider and a bit less graceful....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy69_H-Fd-5ekkL3D5IbdmLfXLZSi0K2SAwll5c91PNDHt3kNmr5eZF19GzwhwczZ3b7mTDPa3DKYEojZEAhY9rnNVAG1RN63JxlmozEucuYVG91EOpaTXHo1HHxVjTvGt0sSWqucN-iMyLbE9G0bBaU-_PSCusTUilt6ic8bns_j7yS2tvIZD_uC2kmnq/s2576/020.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy69_H-Fd-5ekkL3D5IbdmLfXLZSi0K2SAwll5c91PNDHt3kNmr5eZF19GzwhwczZ3b7mTDPa3DKYEojZEAhY9rnNVAG1RN63JxlmozEucuYVG91EOpaTXHo1HHxVjTvGt0sSWqucN-iMyLbE9G0bBaU-_PSCusTUilt6ic8bns_j7yS2tvIZD_uC2kmnq/s320/020.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The window grout lines have not been painted yet.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It took me ages of Dithering to settle on this design.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Because in the old Castles the windows</div><div style="text-align: center;"> increased in ornateness the higher up they were.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The council Chamber is not the highest floor!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Would I be able to make a fancier window on the top floor</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and not exceed the simplicity of the styles at that time?</div><div style="text-align: center;">(I dithered a Lot!)</div><div style="text-align: center;">But one thing I was pretty certain about was</div><div style="text-align: center;"> the need for the Saw toothed arches over the windows.</div><div style="text-align: center;">If there can be said to be a defining "Norman Style", that was it!</div><div style="text-align: center;">But they are not that easy to make!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZfWQ5wf6KH3JIFwk_hffBhsfcX4G9FjnolE2FsTZZ5PWk6nk-T983slEiNgECVMhu8DW8DYEhhrSReG7S1-9GzyIf5FITlR3f2Eh1WbTpMZHyvalzFXKgxE0OSBSDcPGSx2AN1R8cl_mSG_Hvl6ppP0pCQuoRkA-m9T8tUWDoWskcaFqWZJBTcCzrmTF2/s2576/046.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZfWQ5wf6KH3JIFwk_hffBhsfcX4G9FjnolE2FsTZZ5PWk6nk-T983slEiNgECVMhu8DW8DYEhhrSReG7S1-9GzyIf5FITlR3f2Eh1WbTpMZHyvalzFXKgxE0OSBSDcPGSx2AN1R8cl_mSG_Hvl6ppP0pCQuoRkA-m9T8tUWDoWskcaFqWZJBTcCzrmTF2/s320/046.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">This is one of those annoying places where I have had to compromise</div><div style="text-align: center;"> my sense of "Realism" for this Dollhouse.... the Walls are not thick!</div><div style="text-align: center;">In the Norman Castles the window trim was recessed into the wall thickness.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Alas, on my Dollhouse Castle, it needs to protrude from the wall.</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is 1/4 inch thick plywood, thinner than the Walls,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> but thick enough to allow for the toothed design.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I sort of have to saw and cut and chip the distinctive diamond notches</div><div style="text-align: center;"> along the inside edge of the curved arch.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The saw doesn't always fit inside the tight curve... (at the right angle!)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> and there is no vise clamp to hold it at the right angle to saw.....</div><div style="text-align: center;">(Yes, it is the Middle Ages in my workroom too!)</div><div style="text-align: center;">But I managed to make a suitable approximation of the design.... </div><div style="text-align: center;">one notch at a time.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij_vLkHNwfVW5n1HX9rXOsZIjd8nEdZOLqTNQsaV8XTAPoGCp32eeCr9uazqBwNfONkX4PUk-N6YqWT__xThgQcjEOkbECCKoSCC4XiwZupKwPyOn2pfSwBsj3_Po_8Y5PUPrtjovvj2oqLcny4f1xWMq4y4tA3oMch-8xvSiRZqiknR4ipdCTQSTTL_ds/s2576/026.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij_vLkHNwfVW5n1HX9rXOsZIjd8nEdZOLqTNQsaV8XTAPoGCp32eeCr9uazqBwNfONkX4PUk-N6YqWT__xThgQcjEOkbECCKoSCC4XiwZupKwPyOn2pfSwBsj3_Po_8Y5PUPrtjovvj2oqLcny4f1xWMq4y4tA3oMch-8xvSiRZqiknR4ipdCTQSTTL_ds/s320/026.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Yes, the notches are not all exactly the same.... </div><div style="text-align: center;">but that is also true of the originals.... </div><div style="text-align: center;">(I looked closely at some old door frames.)</div><div style="text-align: center;">And I know some of this is boring,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> but there are no off the shelf windows </div><div style="text-align: center;">for Dollhouse Castles to be bought anywhere!</div><div style="text-align: center;"> I have to make them myself.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And what of the Top floor Windows, Dear Readers?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Well, I dithered even More on those!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMhzlA55LccyBcqWE044mXXQMC3-dsJpmMi3Rl_YRlbBnEgmrJ9iRpIW9nu3xlfQcHZ7uiVsi1BNm0_hii_ht6txuQxslfGAWJrG5icbmXttehZlFgY109Idbi3iodfGhwCEkTnW81rcL8GhxCFvo8jnijAvhJlPZ6nzNIgRsv6J_tKnda634TadR-PTtM/s2576/022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMhzlA55LccyBcqWE044mXXQMC3-dsJpmMi3Rl_YRlbBnEgmrJ9iRpIW9nu3xlfQcHZ7uiVsi1BNm0_hii_ht6txuQxslfGAWJrG5icbmXttehZlFgY109Idbi3iodfGhwCEkTnW81rcL8GhxCFvo8jnijAvhJlPZ6nzNIgRsv6J_tKnda634TadR-PTtM/s320/022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">For starters, the back wall windows were highly irregular!</div><div style="text-align: center;">You might recall when I was building the Bedchamber,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> I wanted to add the spiral stairs in the inside corner</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and this required that I re-work the windows</div><div style="text-align: center;"> that had already been cut in the walls.</div><div style="text-align: center;">In order to fit under the stairs, </div><div style="text-align: center;">the window needed to be much smaller.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> And then I wanted to add another that small size</div><div style="text-align: center;"> on the other back corner where no window had been planned.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I decided to make it look like the castle had been "retrofitted"</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and leave the original arched window frame</div><div style="text-align: center;"> where the first hole had been cut and</div><div style="text-align: center;"> "fill it in" to create the smaller window.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It has the notched Arch, but no decorative columns.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbMvRHS1uSKRQEVsijvo6D5NwXLpCblUIuaLJuTKxUd13carXCE9QSXOvUKaT-Ws3Vib9sLoK6mRGV45YPlpRiUox-vLNcp7yxQZix036X_xB8_3KU25wUZAEKOYgVQxOQ9KmnuKf15lS1tEQCpPV49WZ-4yIpN3UabBc31G8VQs81RYarFWL9t2RQaPgF/s2576/016.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbMvRHS1uSKRQEVsijvo6D5NwXLpCblUIuaLJuTKxUd13carXCE9QSXOvUKaT-Ws3Vib9sLoK6mRGV45YPlpRiUox-vLNcp7yxQZix036X_xB8_3KU25wUZAEKOYgVQxOQ9KmnuKf15lS1tEQCpPV49WZ-4yIpN3UabBc31G8VQs81RYarFWL9t2RQaPgF/s320/016.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And where the window was cut that now had the spiral stairs climb past it, </div><div style="text-align: center;">I decided there needed to be an arrow slit rather than a window with glass.</div><div style="text-align: center;">But should it have the same fancier treatment</div><div style="text-align: center;"> as the rest of the windows on this floor would have?</div><div style="text-align: center;">I dithered for ages on this!</div><div style="text-align: center;">But I reasoned that the arrow slit was probably also a "retrofit"</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and the original frame would have been fancier like it's neighbor.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And here I needed to make columns,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> similar but a tiny bit fancier </div><div style="text-align: center;">than the ones on the lower level.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Since I had used the spiral carving on this room's Hearth details,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> I figured it would be appropriate on the window frames too.</div><div style="text-align: center;">But these more delicate "columns" needed</div><div style="text-align: center;"> a stronger base and "capital" piece.... </div><div style="text-align: center;">it just looked wrong with out them.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And then I was sure it was too much... too ornate.... too unlikely....</div><div style="text-align: center;">But I had already used a similar Column</div><div style="text-align: center;"> on the windows of the Chapel and the Great Hall....</div><div style="text-align: center;">So I decided to just build them and if I hated them later....</div><div style="text-align: center;"> I could always "retrofit" a new design.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzc_PH10DXDL_I2ggkKeO2T4IXKRbPsRpabjIDUaKxAtA4lbOP1FYAkwnUFiYL8YQbtJrZXDOBOann1TYbzHVLop2HjXXZC9W5Pw_gnVcyLVEMO5-C1zawXyFrgN0ftcf0CQ_0ZQrp17pU1MADLxZyuCsd1zPyItTvAH2-yD6D7QLw-51TkEYSsiYvrxbd/s2576/026.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzc_PH10DXDL_I2ggkKeO2T4IXKRbPsRpabjIDUaKxAtA4lbOP1FYAkwnUFiYL8YQbtJrZXDOBOann1TYbzHVLop2HjXXZC9W5Pw_gnVcyLVEMO5-C1zawXyFrgN0ftcf0CQ_0ZQrp17pU1MADLxZyuCsd1zPyItTvAH2-yD6D7QLw-51TkEYSsiYvrxbd/s320/026.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Here is the other Bedchamber window with the fancier trim... </div><div style="text-align: center;">sorry for the dark picture..... it has been really gloomy!</div><div style="text-align: center;">But you can see the fancier capital here.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJfV9q_s5G7XE6gRHrAxrRs6Hd97B4fUltCHcNleC0aI6ZjM8mP2xJEjFlQYw3_zFfhpFyqsxS4FUkHZ9FwomBOz7N8sJ-XgPAFYpRiL9jfzmkanhbzjeMRsc7efXXVfe-4hRUwCJKRY7m4xfNB11eMD1WR0wp9I0zxFIkCU3hHjt11T3GvK5ObOaRtmlV/s2576/034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJfV9q_s5G7XE6gRHrAxrRs6Hd97B4fUltCHcNleC0aI6ZjM8mP2xJEjFlQYw3_zFfhpFyqsxS4FUkHZ9FwomBOz7N8sJ-XgPAFYpRiL9jfzmkanhbzjeMRsc7efXXVfe-4hRUwCJKRY7m4xfNB11eMD1WR0wp9I0zxFIkCU3hHjt11T3GvK5ObOaRtmlV/s320/034.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And with flash.... and the grout lines painted...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAts8BwZrjLdktKQg9Ep0F21QpgoSr28kPTts23qgt8RSniVGSaulPsyuXXQXZyi7pKxrzM5hBmqt4c7Dh7k6ihy3NHPJ18pUEHyDUdca3tuEh8eZaqxkWK6uM1YWBqr4pj4UUiRwMqD_xq7vuePN5QgZpLI7qSGo7uT_DkybHsJNPFsQyhlJQhHNb-9uW/s2576/035.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAts8BwZrjLdktKQg9Ep0F21QpgoSr28kPTts23qgt8RSniVGSaulPsyuXXQXZyi7pKxrzM5hBmqt4c7Dh7k6ihy3NHPJ18pUEHyDUdca3tuEh8eZaqxkWK6uM1YWBqr4pj4UUiRwMqD_xq7vuePN5QgZpLI7qSGo7uT_DkybHsJNPFsQyhlJQhHNb-9uW/s320/035.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And the Tower Stairs window...</div><div style="text-align: center;">(flash is so brutal!)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkPJcRR7vMqIrJ0quOaacSqEGtFoAJBQsCdy0HP9klPgiDM6wgCTJvwxWA9pRtuFHk9FeOylHHV4nOmiDk-sYAgR4WqrcFShyFXfCiFBWsEzSVphQfkfTVdLNxtjUFT5P-oVjheKuqggOzDVVJTovPYkoyUryyqeWdr_P22ofzvN5_Zbjsmv08sTz5VO7F/s2576/033.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkPJcRR7vMqIrJ0quOaacSqEGtFoAJBQsCdy0HP9klPgiDM6wgCTJvwxWA9pRtuFHk9FeOylHHV4nOmiDk-sYAgR4WqrcFShyFXfCiFBWsEzSVphQfkfTVdLNxtjUFT5P-oVjheKuqggOzDVVJTovPYkoyUryyqeWdr_P22ofzvN5_Zbjsmv08sTz5VO7F/s320/033.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The Council Chamber and the Bedchamber...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfGEQwNC7vkAYNT2FZxPdna_RRrHdY0mqrL_D-QtK_2hG5z0Ws2bFnB3Ct_d1epwGyAQMhHA5aCsZClkkfDSEo3sS7pis8x8pgb0fG90JkTEHh0cL6jz0eWI1R_Akg0Yb0N83R8exyd3NxRxfjL0VfIy5Cbxds8W8wGLFoDaSsU0R4vh-oR46IThx34mUz/s2576/031.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfGEQwNC7vkAYNT2FZxPdna_RRrHdY0mqrL_D-QtK_2hG5z0Ws2bFnB3Ct_d1epwGyAQMhHA5aCsZClkkfDSEo3sS7pis8x8pgb0fG90JkTEHh0cL6jz0eWI1R_Akg0Yb0N83R8exyd3NxRxfjL0VfIy5Cbxds8W8wGLFoDaSsU0R4vh-oR46IThx34mUz/s320/031.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And the full Tower with flash.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am sure, Dear Readers,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> I will have to "live" with the window frames</div><div style="text-align: center;"> for a while in order to know for sure</div><div style="text-align: center;"> whether I think they are the right frames.</div><div style="text-align: center;">But for now, I've Dithered enough on these Details!<br /></div>Daydreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170115485686244907noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249478764637750851.post-12117948156033252072023-09-06T20:41:00.000-04:002023-09-06T20:41:39.125-04:00Painting The Rocks...<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVMnnSNgcpBZIHXrONZwXZ9UhCSWxIkc6UitrSvEGQSrzthVsCyHBivfwym3JqxacR5Hfg2kVWL8XiLfk8nDSOvxYeckhV5HQDAGw2pF91O12Oj98zOsO2HswQcA1JSLT5K3BhNVqE6mV0v9wimwRzCrbKA3rsYwDJCY62zxN7jrwdwNijESnad4wmJunA/s2576/035.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVMnnSNgcpBZIHXrONZwXZ9UhCSWxIkc6UitrSvEGQSrzthVsCyHBivfwym3JqxacR5Hfg2kVWL8XiLfk8nDSOvxYeckhV5HQDAGw2pF91O12Oj98zOsO2HswQcA1JSLT5K3BhNVqE6mV0v9wimwRzCrbKA3rsYwDJCY62zxN7jrwdwNijESnad4wmJunA/s320/035.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />Becoming A Castle....<p></p><p>Some of you may Recall, Dear Readers, that Two years ago I had decided it was necessary to just get the back walls of the Castle painted because the wood was becoming brittle and warped in its unprotected condition. It was a major effort, but Oh My, it gave me a true taste of the future view of the Castle when it would be complete! Those Rocks! That forbidding fortress feeling! It was so exciting to finally see my imaginings coming to reality.... but it was only the Back walls of the Castle that were completed. And they were turned back to wall where they are never seen. And life moved on and it surely took me longer than I expected to complete the Side wall of the Tower so it could finally be painted too! The buttress has been glued and screwed to the side of the Tower and the wires are all buried inside and the electrical box is built and the Stairs are attached... all that remained was gluing the stairs wall in place and painting the rocks! So you can see above, I began by carefully aligning the "rocks" for the buttress addition with the already painted rocks of the back wall of the Tower. It is essential that I continue the "courses" all the way around the Castle at the same spacing so they will eventually all meet at the front wall of the castle in the proper alignment! So I measure and carefully space the same way I had begun, keeping a sense of how the rocks "really" would be aligned and spaced. It is a little complicated, but I had already established a really good pattern on the back side and just need to keep it consistent. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNN3PKTAVcUtj5tQl-tnXOOfAevBOdhaUiJOacqC0Du3eXl6MZoWScekI_vNadNlBViWuA6oaMNnhmcFFe1wKUYhMnQaNeVND-oP1GkOEowkjCnn0kYs72ZXk2XRzK4tCeBO-b-7USQELZcxgShNF8Ym27uY7bJJ8JSq2rdi2t0HDWaqiT6SWJhLGSYoyI/s2576/036.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNN3PKTAVcUtj5tQl-tnXOOfAevBOdhaUiJOacqC0Du3eXl6MZoWScekI_vNadNlBViWuA6oaMNnhmcFFe1wKUYhMnQaNeVND-oP1GkOEowkjCnn0kYs72ZXk2XRzK4tCeBO-b-7USQELZcxgShNF8Ym27uY7bJJ8JSq2rdi2t0HDWaqiT6SWJhLGSYoyI/s320/036.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"> It needed to go around the buttress and continue along</p><p style="text-align: center;">the Tower Side wall, with the rocks all aligning</p><p style="text-align: center;"> as they would in a real wall.</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx_e0UdWB79BKsIYxgiU0Vou43uNtB5PpzUqmubHCFWjlK1vvieFouMheYMtAvyFW_WAEkvJDkBt7q2RnjyekyoRn07sDUmywuLIpKkM5Wvc_aVjlzfc-Ug5--1JlkDq0EUk6zjurm9QXFjUuVq4szni2NOARZ3g6Kl-_03Q88a3XhUjyI2zgdeoxVKY5i/s320/029.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The setting sun lights up this corner for a minute or two!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL-iI1rkbLhOvvLgJNAZ1BXvZhF24J_XpMoIgLPhbgr3tsH79B_3VlTHkb1vy3yswXfzwFLQYhXo5hI_0bPJj3Z8Uy5J1KRR68hoILrrXaRXhL1caoPzLrmagzIHgN3iq1UXYn5jyFH4h_JfItkf4Olnxe3A4x6CYQ2TNlDxej90GXCmDQNfKcCYo5NsKp/s2576/029.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL-iI1rkbLhOvvLgJNAZ1BXvZhF24J_XpMoIgLPhbgr3tsH79B_3VlTHkb1vy3yswXfzwFLQYhXo5hI_0bPJj3Z8Uy5J1KRR68hoILrrXaRXhL1caoPzLrmagzIHgN3iq1UXYn5jyFH4h_JfItkf4Olnxe3A4x6CYQ2TNlDxej90GXCmDQNfKcCYo5NsKp/s320/029.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And the following day I began to fill in the "rocks" texture.</div><div style="text-align: center;">This does not take very long once the rock shapes are all laid out.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXOzpNtfB9MLH33mTeX8Jlh0z334yfvOUvu_2vPfQklYfnl7P83iLDt0aeL5i2UBCbQwJtLiwT4Z5iJiO5Q9tZk2l5OrGFVnV_g2xAEhaTj6QK3-zQ_EF3qQoZlU8oe2rBmFNPqxgUM_pJ_bHI_z6jW43bzpumt277LJuU6OK45JbJUXQxoATOLY9X6xQ8/s2576/039.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXOzpNtfB9MLH33mTeX8Jlh0z334yfvOUvu_2vPfQklYfnl7P83iLDt0aeL5i2UBCbQwJtLiwT4Z5iJiO5Q9tZk2l5OrGFVnV_g2xAEhaTj6QK3-zQ_EF3qQoZlU8oe2rBmFNPqxgUM_pJ_bHI_z6jW43bzpumt277LJuU6OK45JbJUXQxoATOLY9X6xQ8/s320/039.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Finally, starting to paint the grout lines!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Slow going.... rock by rock....</div><div style="text-align: center;">Step by step....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTPJLFWVwuwzEZr7vywLlfQs6FvxyqSqjF1NrKEPgRjc8OCR61VBoh3kEarqQObMAPT9xqx-JdPLDnbCGzInMFqnj1pPtCaQhxHbl9_0-20k8LHfdypim81B9HwKPyDfNh27622NEodeBI2SLZfLlrlQ_9V1MkMdRkuVl6SxT9Clfu4guaA9grUJVif6A_/s2576/044.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTPJLFWVwuwzEZr7vywLlfQs6FvxyqSqjF1NrKEPgRjc8OCR61VBoh3kEarqQObMAPT9xqx-JdPLDnbCGzInMFqnj1pPtCaQhxHbl9_0-20k8LHfdypim81B9HwKPyDfNh27622NEodeBI2SLZfLlrlQ_9V1MkMdRkuVl6SxT9Clfu4guaA9grUJVif6A_/s320/044.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And once again.... </div><div style="text-align: center;">the Evening sunlight comes to play...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh09kzmg6DZhRGRDYlxkVztTNE9s59PxuGKkw2crqiFgpWt9O2xezvFlQ1EBcajP1vvVYu24pZ_3MblKNE6xqFxAXSzEwLJqIfmnMlpqpbuMkgqaSE0g6hyqNd_mrrvEjHjPWAuGa4BlWtZIDz4P7dkPpTxixl76IRuBqxvffVytkrEhJph2PXVip5PARM6/s2576/047.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh09kzmg6DZhRGRDYlxkVztTNE9s59PxuGKkw2crqiFgpWt9O2xezvFlQ1EBcajP1vvVYu24pZ_3MblKNE6xqFxAXSzEwLJqIfmnMlpqpbuMkgqaSE0g6hyqNd_mrrvEjHjPWAuGa4BlWtZIDz4P7dkPpTxixl76IRuBqxvffVytkrEhJph2PXVip5PARM6/s320/047.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I still have a long way to go with the grout...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW7G9KiuyIFkNgajNtbSvkYiTIFNora1GKTPjN0Aebld6jafBTtbGNYoDGVSOrENdJk2DK8S74LmBfSWdWnk7qnbftzFiwYCVIf1MCwUx6mbd-On3QH-bJeVVr8sO2z35VYQsoRMoB6jEo4q6W6qEzF_-_UQbV6Nbq1eCpQ-mQTYkIHn8mewohivZTHLXT/s2576/055.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW7G9KiuyIFkNgajNtbSvkYiTIFNora1GKTPjN0Aebld6jafBTtbGNYoDGVSOrENdJk2DK8S74LmBfSWdWnk7qnbftzFiwYCVIf1MCwUx6mbd-On3QH-bJeVVr8sO2z35VYQsoRMoB6jEo4q6W6qEzF_-_UQbV6Nbq1eCpQ-mQTYkIHn8mewohivZTHLXT/s320/055.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And this is just the Side wall of the Castle, Dear Readers,</div><div style="text-align: center;">But I do believe it is Finally </div><div style="text-align: center;">Becoming a Castle!<br /></div>Daydreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170115485686244907noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249478764637750851.post-19105288601546399862023-08-29T20:24:00.002-04:002023-08-29T20:24:57.205-04:00Plan B....<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMHS7smybXoQhxSD2rJJld8pcUJ4jibZS9sCiA0kJuctgzdPA7l439PpOzED-QCbzedXBF_SwtjpXT000SjC-PWwK096oJesu_ziEmz-Rv0uEQhjN7juy8kQbXQjGoOJEaG5CfhT7xWKcCNyH1_JNLcDYrgVkMwiCXRwSZm0PVw29jxB2JVLSNnItn0nXN/s2576/032.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMHS7smybXoQhxSD2rJJld8pcUJ4jibZS9sCiA0kJuctgzdPA7l439PpOzED-QCbzedXBF_SwtjpXT000SjC-PWwK096oJesu_ziEmz-Rv0uEQhjN7juy8kQbXQjGoOJEaG5CfhT7xWKcCNyH1_JNLcDYrgVkMwiCXRwSZm0PVw29jxB2JVLSNnItn0nXN/s320/032.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Build It Better....</p><p>I am Happy to Report, Dear Readers, that I was wrong on at least two occasions in my recent posts! I had mentioned that the only light in The Tower no longer working was the Stable's lantern which would need to be entirely re-built. So I was very pleasantly surprised, as I was fidgeting with the lantern trying to decide how best to re-build it, to discover that the only thing wrong with it was a very loose light bulb! Once it was properly screwed in, I plugged in the cord and It worked! No need for a major re-design. My initial wiring did leave me room to access the socket and tighten the bulb. And you can see in the above picture, However dimly lit, that I had also patched over all those screws that were used to attach the exterior stairs. It was a simple matter to re-paint the rocks....</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlM61-mzlGpQ-1oxxeHLUumU_2KCkYRYTINa-zmw3mYyDnNeKupB41APziRjBFri-iUOSQqNGifOEQzz57VJ_DBfqm7BqtkQMO8Pw6uMzrBf3Pcoyfg-5rjMWMVOO2yY0cY3X64siqj291x4jWLQIVlaaUrw02IwF-91KtUhdVquSoCOpv3bzMt42v9Vis/s2576/039.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlM61-mzlGpQ-1oxxeHLUumU_2KCkYRYTINa-zmw3mYyDnNeKupB41APziRjBFri-iUOSQqNGifOEQzz57VJ_DBfqm7BqtkQMO8Pw6uMzrBf3Pcoyfg-5rjMWMVOO2yY0cY3X64siqj291x4jWLQIVlaaUrw02IwF-91KtUhdVquSoCOpv3bzMt42v9Vis/s320/039.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Can you see any screw heads in this picture?</div><div style="text-align: center;">All that remained to fix were the grout lines....</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzOODRUnqnWGf1vwHfCJqc9kndsO889a8sETxEZROQ7eho0cwXOF-iBqtaIxbaDeNJAX77Ywc82L8RcPmc9zBJp4KgKoaoXlTFEL2TXQbRb_ohl7AM08rPHkD5nclR5biER0i-S1dnmlPa8o7q_8bL9tNbAPITuj7EWQYA9wAea5F3nw1qy0mXrFKdc1tm/s2576/042.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzOODRUnqnWGf1vwHfCJqc9kndsO889a8sETxEZROQ7eho0cwXOF-iBqtaIxbaDeNJAX77Ywc82L8RcPmc9zBJp4KgKoaoXlTFEL2TXQbRb_ohl7AM08rPHkD5nclR5biER0i-S1dnmlPa8o7q_8bL9tNbAPITuj7EWQYA9wAea5F3nw1qy0mXrFKdc1tm/s320/042.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">As you can see in this shot....</div><div style="text-align: center;"> pretty difficult to tell the screws are there!</div><div style="text-align: center;">But the second place where I was mistaken, </div><div style="text-align: center;">Dear Readers, required a little more work to fix.</div><div style="text-align: center;">My lovely Stables "door bar" which seemed to work so easily</div><div style="text-align: center;"> with just the screw to turn the bar.... stopped working.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I was going to have to re-design the method </div><div style="text-align: center;">for raising and lowering the bar from outside the Castle.</div><div style="text-align: center;">This took some serious thought!</div><div style="text-align: center;">But I came up with a solution!</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZUC8Rbl-I0pt01LEdVGuYavqY3UKYHNbvE1LvrCYhDOZ5Y_5tqb9YccQWsGgG5vkgWtLxXwn_bglp15xb_1Nh-_MFvv6PXL0EdEbH7Ag-oBjOeILOuffFn9CAGMgn-SGNVpw4yt9VKlMtXmxwbCTpuyeCz8Gq5ulekj6ykfWaFMp37drhzPJpe2tySM24/s2576/026.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZUC8Rbl-I0pt01LEdVGuYavqY3UKYHNbvE1LvrCYhDOZ5Y_5tqb9YccQWsGgG5vkgWtLxXwn_bglp15xb_1Nh-_MFvv6PXL0EdEbH7Ag-oBjOeILOuffFn9CAGMgn-SGNVpw4yt9VKlMtXmxwbCTpuyeCz8Gq5ulekj6ykfWaFMp37drhzPJpe2tySM24/s320/026.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I reasoned that the bar would need to be attached firmly to the pivot,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and that would need to be attached to a lever from the outside.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Since the metal screw became loose in the wood after only a little use,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> I decided the whole structure needed to be made of wood.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I needed to use a wooden dowel, of sufficient diameter to be sturdy, </div><div style="text-align: center;">(in this case 1/4 inch) and I would need to "square it up</div><div style="text-align: center;"> where it attached to the bar so it could not easily slip when turned.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRs1lLpg5qmgfYcvyHoAmFU-iurkgfX1ywPiTJsQS-oXvp6gHYap7F7HkRvo4y4y2i0ZP3S-REgVO7UDSWcTqR18JeFqTP_LNL2qV2PByb3uPPG6jrHsQgYBkFl1rvPL1AO2Kwu5-RxvfDIrHDNobboSkht1xPsALVKv2Dbr5RzvtplZsd7FY2xJDEzoWt/s2576/028.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRs1lLpg5qmgfYcvyHoAmFU-iurkgfX1ywPiTJsQS-oXvp6gHYap7F7HkRvo4y4y2i0ZP3S-REgVO7UDSWcTqR18JeFqTP_LNL2qV2PByb3uPPG6jrHsQgYBkFl1rvPL1AO2Kwu5-RxvfDIrHDNobboSkht1xPsALVKv2Dbr5RzvtplZsd7FY2xJDEzoWt/s320/028.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The hole in the bar needed to be squared too,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> so it fit snugly like a tenon in old fashioned post and beam construction.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjedF8yi5oaUxd5FnCyqS2yk9ARb6y740Pu5N-jENIBOjnHY34IMYGG_Fi1gyMWz25Ar2186rgs5iPPZb0Sd7fByVUzLMQh-NI16xicNMZ-8y9YlhRBEZmTjRCVnkYZggMlh5S4X1K1DjDYn_FKcA3-tXjM6ys1M8UXwESqqqFO09sIJ51U05oMSR6HCwpE/s2576/029.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjedF8yi5oaUxd5FnCyqS2yk9ARb6y740Pu5N-jENIBOjnHY34IMYGG_Fi1gyMWz25Ar2186rgs5iPPZb0Sd7fByVUzLMQh-NI16xicNMZ-8y9YlhRBEZmTjRCVnkYZggMlh5S4X1K1DjDYn_FKcA3-tXjM6ys1M8UXwESqqqFO09sIJ51U05oMSR6HCwpE/s320/029.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Like so.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLcKpuUACNYjrGK5e-wQbC_0SVGwxWrN0pnM0xNP2s6XlDxSBxM-Qu2MjRlAAK_UuJP8I-oQ3OWHzOeFJUrk6CyBAs5ELc3MYyFHk8KTNQgaa-9zGsbQeFAOPgM6QOg_Mws5UUskcvCr0nm5K078a64jjWg9-0aNhhjPlE4XFFAppSUdPeSjrR0h2a2qH2/s2576/031.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLcKpuUACNYjrGK5e-wQbC_0SVGwxWrN0pnM0xNP2s6XlDxSBxM-Qu2MjRlAAK_UuJP8I-oQ3OWHzOeFJUrk6CyBAs5ELc3MYyFHk8KTNQgaa-9zGsbQeFAOPgM6QOg_Mws5UUskcvCr0nm5K078a64jjWg9-0aNhhjPlE4XFFAppSUdPeSjrR0h2a2qH2/s320/031.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The hole through the wall needed to be enlarged to take the dowel width...</div><div style="text-align: center;">I needed to be very careful that I left enough "wall" beside the hole..... </div><div style="text-align: center;">(this might be a weak spot, but it doesn't get stressed by the turning)</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVcxpD_roEvFJNmmM6RHTIysaYTl44mgfLdEy3AVYV-JqwVAE0sdlK_Qrdh5H-_2nTyjxFTqN_bLB4CcFrfVi6-SZUQ0-SEIb2ozlWwu5maYepAsWubZo803D3733XbCGpym91BO02psvW6wSpMpPk-G0qGgHEhOaAwuDl067ClifPywfVLaPoCShCjyxp/s2576/032.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVcxpD_roEvFJNmmM6RHTIysaYTl44mgfLdEy3AVYV-JqwVAE0sdlK_Qrdh5H-_2nTyjxFTqN_bLB4CcFrfVi6-SZUQ0-SEIb2ozlWwu5maYepAsWubZo803D3733XbCGpym91BO02psvW6wSpMpPk-G0qGgHEhOaAwuDl067ClifPywfVLaPoCShCjyxp/s320/032.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">This is the bar in place.....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDhPjk76uBLshUKWfZZ26J-wYzfaT_8dXG5UeTJDI3P9zAiyTAV4WA03-_CkMK3V6ElCxFlQlcz2pL1xIpDnoMfYyfXV1ftnZ-kkFP_t5ewXj0QThLlqeWOpnSxyaztRBBL-up4iPtyEkTDuKVQTHRRxgD9bvAnV5erK7OEhdL3HkyWrI8KK1ycK-bVxS7/s2576/033.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDhPjk76uBLshUKWfZZ26J-wYzfaT_8dXG5UeTJDI3P9zAiyTAV4WA03-_CkMK3V6ElCxFlQlcz2pL1xIpDnoMfYyfXV1ftnZ-kkFP_t5ewXj0QThLlqeWOpnSxyaztRBBL-up4iPtyEkTDuKVQTHRRxgD9bvAnV5erK7OEhdL3HkyWrI8KK1ycK-bVxS7/s320/033.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And in the "up" position. It works, it fits.... </div><div style="text-align: center;">but I need to build the "lever" for the outside.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQBvHu0KKqyJxXbBHzoB1zWnH2gNBXq8bbJweTBJ-j-HV3z17L3rQbzMKP24Q9y9OynHL2v-dnGcl8397ewADD6Hl5q5fXDR39BbrCxVduReEQtDzXvVb8jVpOn6dCCYUjK-m10DFC1NQkp1yex_c9CIUBTnAHWdg5fSBeH8iDeFKAfPAHxuOewRfAin6z/s2576/037.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQBvHu0KKqyJxXbBHzoB1zWnH2gNBXq8bbJweTBJ-j-HV3z17L3rQbzMKP24Q9y9OynHL2v-dnGcl8397ewADD6Hl5q5fXDR39BbrCxVduReEQtDzXvVb8jVpOn6dCCYUjK-m10DFC1NQkp1yex_c9CIUBTnAHWdg5fSBeH8iDeFKAfPAHxuOewRfAin6z/s320/037.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The other end of the dowel would need to </div><div style="text-align: center;">be "squared" to fit into the lever bar....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMbF8jeo-tD2R1vssSo6mCEjDN1uuId6Io7ybNhZgsNdiKPU5McP-NWBju0YDHZR8b0z_Ne7pj_PkcSSsnIfBCxeQyt9NJd7sDPruORaqsb-Q6zKmeFliLlqRvwY2xCVHP93LY03HpBbNCsMKm80DvsibjG6wggQecp2ndwGGd8EeS1n-Vo9da1JfEwgDY/s2576/022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMbF8jeo-tD2R1vssSo6mCEjDN1uuId6Io7ybNhZgsNdiKPU5McP-NWBju0YDHZR8b0z_Ne7pj_PkcSSsnIfBCxeQyt9NJd7sDPruORaqsb-Q6zKmeFliLlqRvwY2xCVHP93LY03HpBbNCsMKm80DvsibjG6wggQecp2ndwGGd8EeS1n-Vo9da1JfEwgDY/s320/022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And I needed to start the "rocks" which surround the door on the outside</div><div style="text-align: center;"> so that the lever could be positioned at the right depth</div><div style="text-align: center;"> to be able to turn and not catch on the rocks.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEheZdoCqAWSQU-_MEkF0Rn64ROjUHn1Ap3eQ8ZDBIck-1uUSc-Wwkx6zkL-xXKITz_O6IsI00XbmQZ1vRFL3V4IjF5oY18GlWjDwpcNazWXkLhKk0w9yeC9NSClRDOZ0ov8FrKLqLP8QniU0ZGMBtdOCTRaqkYvSDJy29XVcBnBu6sNPgd4B23Qib6QXy/s2576/024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEheZdoCqAWSQU-_MEkF0Rn64ROjUHn1Ap3eQ8ZDBIck-1uUSc-Wwkx6zkL-xXKITz_O6IsI00XbmQZ1vRFL3V4IjF5oY18GlWjDwpcNazWXkLhKk0w9yeC9NSClRDOZ0ov8FrKLqLP8QniU0ZGMBtdOCTRaqkYvSDJy29XVcBnBu6sNPgd4B23Qib6QXy/s320/024.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The new "lever" basically sits on top of the rock surrounding the door.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEyA8LuRmaWUtlYX5bXku_KKZg6I0y8Vq5w5t6WshoNBm14Xs0d9ZU7ZIMYFxiWUyAdXW3VX7SteBG-Ga75D9r_s-QfgCX1EHZPrS91pdw9CjcBn9jhqzHC1HRI_hCRJn0cf88U9ExpaUyhgs6IxRKev2kqAfbLs0XnP6OCjPTdj95SGTX9LXcJWnNDN9t/s2576/027.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEyA8LuRmaWUtlYX5bXku_KKZg6I0y8Vq5w5t6WshoNBm14Xs0d9ZU7ZIMYFxiWUyAdXW3VX7SteBG-Ga75D9r_s-QfgCX1EHZPrS91pdw9CjcBn9jhqzHC1HRI_hCRJn0cf88U9ExpaUyhgs6IxRKev2kqAfbLs0XnP6OCjPTdj95SGTX9LXcJWnNDN9t/s320/027.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">When the "lever" is down, it means the bar is in</div><div style="text-align: center;"> the "up" position and the doors can open.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGtfCs_xYwZ4I3WnmUkhoVPlrhpZBK6qwpU0c4MPIjv6q7jXdJCqIrccYRl1vNMSSuJAkhvtlCOzcs7VuCioaPIUuixQOm_bzjLCqCmbJPYsSH8JA30mwevcdXBT4CxCdYkdqhE0on0NnfoJda8Msj3Xs55QBcDLpN8R--GtiusOL1FLVsysVTg2Gw09_U/s2576/029.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGtfCs_xYwZ4I3WnmUkhoVPlrhpZBK6qwpU0c4MPIjv6q7jXdJCqIrccYRl1vNMSSuJAkhvtlCOzcs7VuCioaPIUuixQOm_bzjLCqCmbJPYsSH8JA30mwevcdXBT4CxCdYkdqhE0on0NnfoJda8Msj3Xs55QBcDLpN8R--GtiusOL1FLVsysVTg2Gw09_U/s320/029.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">When the "lever" is pointed up, the bar is down.... </div><div style="text-align: center;">here you can see it because the doors are still open.</div><div style="text-align: center;">If they were closed, the bar would grab into the holds!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf-GdiKl3g4WRPKiuCazq3mNP_2pO-12UDfZVaxtO4x0ARP9pKWc-lEvzcOxVALUOvVBPmxto1DaSNUoyiAlk-VlTmuF5w6LoeiXcIMznCKR_Z3RNRUx9x0kpOWxqgo2Yx-8oorWPzd06kJdxAZd_OUlExqvqsqg3wq52xiH_ZtUpF3BBbF9Xe3rbqsUQ6/s2576/030.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf-GdiKl3g4WRPKiuCazq3mNP_2pO-12UDfZVaxtO4x0ARP9pKWc-lEvzcOxVALUOvVBPmxto1DaSNUoyiAlk-VlTmuF5w6LoeiXcIMznCKR_Z3RNRUx9x0kpOWxqgo2Yx-8oorWPzd06kJdxAZd_OUlExqvqsqg3wq52xiH_ZtUpF3BBbF9Xe3rbqsUQ6/s320/030.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">See? </div><div style="text-align: center;">The lever and the bar are both securely tenoned on the dowel!</div><div style="text-align: center;">It works!</div><div style="text-align: center;">And you might have noticed, Dear Readers, </div><div style="text-align: center;">that while I have been wrestling with this complicated little lever,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> I have also begun painting the rocks on the Tower walls!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQcpY-zI7Zj_UfEBOezdSYGvYQT-cChvvCGrve0_Xvb63vGI_2zf3j-clwJX2TEPzuqNgjpywE5W6HoxE9TlNX_tQ3Ya0ZPQhw4YpqsJ9BpzrM7irC3GWcrzUk2MtUzVfergb6J06oFC0aanVuCyf1fXCrC0xsm12nSQbr2EUujhH4utKjRlZBsEJbNs1h/s2576/027.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQcpY-zI7Zj_UfEBOezdSYGvYQT-cChvvCGrve0_Xvb63vGI_2zf3j-clwJX2TEPzuqNgjpywE5W6HoxE9TlNX_tQ3Ya0ZPQhw4YpqsJ9BpzrM7irC3GWcrzUk2MtUzVfergb6J06oFC0aanVuCyf1fXCrC0xsm12nSQbr2EUujhH4utKjRlZBsEJbNs1h/s320/027.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Well, first the primer coat....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcpdUHKH1e7a4_lnzmC3AcqcTFmLJxHHvDRu0KRq3pdmLwCrSjD680jX5JccHD3ZiaCYezsU-LgzgSLziPgOYroFpS6IfQI2fMGVtjDIAW9t7-jTLnqfpS7bkHeiGD6OWmp1PIePFava9oJxdRNmMEp7DfFQa5kplUQIXyIRVnxVQgCza15U1iX9_Ew2hj/s2576/033.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcpdUHKH1e7a4_lnzmC3AcqcTFmLJxHHvDRu0KRq3pdmLwCrSjD680jX5JccHD3ZiaCYezsU-LgzgSLziPgOYroFpS6IfQI2fMGVtjDIAW9t7-jTLnqfpS7bkHeiGD6OWmp1PIePFava9oJxdRNmMEp7DfFQa5kplUQIXyIRVnxVQgCza15U1iX9_Ew2hj/s320/033.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Then the base coat of light gray....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXc1N6Fo8cHoOwv6CnlQBpyAnL-UG7zY-EteHkyIDus7DgpvPR40xvd-yc56o_2M5ukgKbY4beje4xONP7uRpB4g6ICtDeRsPVW6TFAPM_i1U-MfIO7HVRwC3TkQYd9pRdpUy1sT6n1j1kyKqjLCnoEd6gcmno7rX-VU9nmbB4QFmHMRAEB6SsU4KiSYm4/s2576/019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXc1N6Fo8cHoOwv6CnlQBpyAnL-UG7zY-EteHkyIDus7DgpvPR40xvd-yc56o_2M5ukgKbY4beje4xONP7uRpB4g6ICtDeRsPVW6TFAPM_i1U-MfIO7HVRwC3TkQYd9pRdpUy1sT6n1j1kyKqjLCnoEd6gcmno7rX-VU9nmbB4QFmHMRAEB6SsU4KiSYm4/s320/019.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Then the darker detailing of the "stonework" surrounding the door...</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjguwP0B7AQNI57Q8Ij9PX1KlLGj05tS_GY5RLodKqHp-jmPYJKTIwKnkGEKMicD6jLSxJ5MGiDS7SZj475oNkpYg6CnZ7-g-eyK-xUkUHgsH5EwwsP_S1dDPJuk4SwnjgyVg_rZL1KsFzMLAcQ8-Z5skFzXWciPlAgLP_U5EaGNo5e4VHTJYm69eOgfPvF/s2576/021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjguwP0B7AQNI57Q8Ij9PX1KlLGj05tS_GY5RLodKqHp-jmPYJKTIwKnkGEKMicD6jLSxJ5MGiDS7SZj475oNkpYg6CnZ7-g-eyK-xUkUHgsH5EwwsP_S1dDPJuk4SwnjgyVg_rZL1KsFzMLAcQ8-Z5skFzXWciPlAgLP_U5EaGNo5e4VHTJYm69eOgfPvF/s320/021.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /> Still in the just "roughing" it in stage....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYda3uxbYgE3-A1gDCqDkwR6j-fow-5WI1088ez_U8CCuhvkUdjwSFKmyx8kNLG5sT6IC0k7VCp2Y4StjXsZ18dp0o7lBZ-fwDfqJW7HqWdnItzkIUkA5V03rtJnvDveWSP7cZANqNMnkqH3cb7foja5l4VWhBfOPuveyZN5QrNi5QJa5N0NQq-lXEZth5/s2576/022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYda3uxbYgE3-A1gDCqDkwR6j-fow-5WI1088ez_U8CCuhvkUdjwSFKmyx8kNLG5sT6IC0k7VCp2Y4StjXsZ18dp0o7lBZ-fwDfqJW7HqWdnItzkIUkA5V03rtJnvDveWSP7cZANqNMnkqH3cb7foja5l4VWhBfOPuveyZN5QrNi5QJa5N0NQq-lXEZth5/s320/022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Gradually trying to define the "rocks"......</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgydAQsHlH0xkGCVQ2yDrxeXzO-V99NTx9rqT2Rcn58d4Sft57Mz-wdJ0LiJh1dP9R2W8nJe_19VBfeodmyGBwH9mruwcnTJpmY5zLoEihgnyhCVa-3pXIQPxPlw82L6tcWF3hTGoD-Pa_z-RzWDtTfqrPsE-PFiRxGieH8vAdohVDPp7heuhendl8grVSt/s2576/033.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgydAQsHlH0xkGCVQ2yDrxeXzO-V99NTx9rqT2Rcn58d4Sft57Mz-wdJ0LiJh1dP9R2W8nJe_19VBfeodmyGBwH9mruwcnTJpmY5zLoEihgnyhCVa-3pXIQPxPlw82L6tcWF3hTGoD-Pa_z-RzWDtTfqrPsE-PFiRxGieH8vAdohVDPp7heuhendl8grVSt/s320/033.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And with the magic "grout lines" added....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8oxRT_B5ZFKw0HLPUaFyiw7_xUGVep1_j7nBXGrFd9G3IeRbG9CvkC1bz92peKYeqwcQ-qu7WmrBTVYZxG-A4ZElkHmX4qVBOTM8-L6fVjxTQ8YofstV49MZ3rZdmSqhPuptWYb3SNDAiA0pPjAW3ljLZXDIyzfvTfaUvtNZWMbczSWtfj9ebXG4xMaEu/s2576/035.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8oxRT_B5ZFKw0HLPUaFyiw7_xUGVep1_j7nBXGrFd9G3IeRbG9CvkC1bz92peKYeqwcQ-qu7WmrBTVYZxG-A4ZElkHmX4qVBOTM8-L6fVjxTQ8YofstV49MZ3rZdmSqhPuptWYb3SNDAiA0pPjAW3ljLZXDIyzfvTfaUvtNZWMbczSWtfj9ebXG4xMaEu/s320/035.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Wow.... what a difference they make!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So you can see what a difference</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Plan B makes, Dear Readers,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Building it Better is always worth the effort!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><p><br /></p></div>Daydreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170115485686244907noreply@blogger.com6