Hobbies

Anne said:
Umm...not sure, Happyflowerlady..I think they are similar, tho the lap harp may be smaller and easier to play?? :confused: :D The Q-chord sounds awesome; I'll hae to check that out before I spend any money....:)


Jan, that's funny about the hat. I had trouble with doilies, etc. being too tight in the middle, guess that just takes practice.
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I taught Adult Ed classes for a couple of years in the evenings. I taught guitar (beginner and intermediate) and computer (HTML and Word/Excel). The School system paid pretty well so it might be a post retirement job to think about.
 
Wow - good job, Gdad!!! What program do you use for this work?? I have a few old photos I'd like to restore if possible; one is a tintype.
 
All fun and I love your hobbies here.. things you do to keep busy.. I make card for special occasions also do genealogy and I just love that ..
I did one this week for a friend and lo and behold it goes back to late 1300s in England wow what a find and parish records as well to support it..
also I love reading I read all kinds of stories, mostly biogaphies .. love to see your paintings as well di wundrin.. .. also gdad has done a couple of
my older photos and he is an expert at it.. one I never thought I`d see it without scratches or torn bits and its all restored nearly to original.. he is a
clever fellow..
 
Found a few of my paintings pics. First one is of Grass Trees. (bad photo, not quite as washy looking as that.)

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This is a stylized Central Oz experimental effort.

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Here's another one of Grass Trees in a burn-off.

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This was a practice one with those new thick acrylics, it does look like oils, sorry about the composition, not one of my better attempts.
(not the best photography either.:biggrin-new: )

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Beautiful paintings Di!

I can't draw a crooked line without making it straight. I tried following the TV artist Bob Ross and his Joy of Painting TV series back in the mid-'80's but I just ended up with Martian landscapes.

I guess a guy can't be ravishingly handsome with a genius-level IQ and STILL be able to paint ... :pride:
 
SifuPhil said:
Beautiful paintings Di!

I can't draw a crooked line without making it straight. I tried following the TV artist Bob Ross and his Joy of Painting TV series back in the mid-'80's but I just ended up with Martian landscapes.

I guess a guy can't be ravishingly handsome with a genius-level IQ and STILL be able to paint ... :pride:
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Bob Ross! HA HA HA! "Let's get crazy."
 
Plarn rug update

View attachment 2020It has been pouring rain here for most of this week, and my little garden has gotten completely out of hand. I think I will have to weedeater the whole thing, and hit it with the tiller again, and try for a fall crop of greens and maybe beets and carrots this time. First the heat got to me, and now the rain.

But my time has not been totally lost. Even if I didn't get outside much lately, I have been crocheting another plastic bag yarn (plarn) throw rug, this time a pretty pink one.
Yesterday, I went to Belle Foods and bought groceries, so now I have another batch of bags to cut up for my next project rug.
Chipper loves these little rugs, and he is usually lying on top of the rug (in my lap) while I am working on crocheting them.
 
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