Focus on Life week 42
Mmm How to deal with this, I'm a self employed gallery owner and jewellery artist.... So some days I make beads..
In the summer I always start and end the day by putting out open flags... this season of the year it's by chance or appointment!
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| These beads were made for someone... well I needed 9 think there's 22 or 23 there (my hearts are free form no mold! other than what grows on them when I forget them in a bucket of dirty water) |
Some days I make components
occasionally I even make them into pieces of jewellery!
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| Enamelled components for a gallery show in SK |
(I cut out the cow skulls using a blanking mold and my hydraulic press!) Enamelled pinwheels made into earrings... yes they do spin!
Most days in October I pick grapes
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| OK the grape vine picture is from Sept when the grapes were green... but it's pouring rain today so ... Big picture is processing grapes to make a orange cranberry pecan loaf using 'concord' grapes...I probably bake 3 times a year... |
Most evenings I knit
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| These Socks are a triple first... First time I've knit from the toe up, First time I've knit two socks at once, and First time I've knit socks using circular needles.... These are for my husband... they ended up a bit big! Two at once is fun, knitting on circular needles sucks, and I quite like the way the heel looks on these.... |
One evening this week some of the resident deers wandered past during supper
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| She had two fawns earlier in the summer but one seems to be gone, also she has been running around on three legs most of the summer... still is so I'm not sure how she'll do this winter! And I read.... Most evenings in the hot tub... |
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| This week was book bus week, the bus comes to the island once every 4 weeks, I missed the Sept stop... The top two book are by Alan Bradley... a series about a 12 year old girl in England trying to figure out creative ways to 'kill' her two older sisters. I usually get about 10 books and get through 7 or 8.... But I start everyday by feeding my fish, Sophie , winding my cuckoo clock, and grabbing a cup of coffee... I actually end the day by turning off Sophie's light and winding the cuckoo clock again, as it was hung two inches too low to make it twenty -four hours!  I had this post all queued to post tonight then realized I forgot to mention the hours I waste on the computer every day... no need for pictures you all know what a computer looks like! To see how other people spend their days click on the following links! |
