Showing posts with label Watercress. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Watercress. Show all posts

Friday, February 02, 2024

Day 33 of Week 5 February 2024

Fake Cat & Real Carnations

 Well now, it is another dreary winter day here at this lower Vermont elevation of 282 feet. There is plenty to do to keep busy, cleaning, laundry, cooking, looking out the window, napping, crafts, art. Running in my brain background is grasping the fact it is February already. New Year's Day feels like just a few weeks ago. It was a few weeks ago.

Latching onto something that takes time can create a feeling the hours move slower.  When I am deep into a painting, for example, even meal times can go by unnoticed.



Have a big stretched out fabulous Weekend!

Have a big bowl of cereal for lunch
Draw a cat 
Read about local authors
Consider joining a library book club
Learn how to read music
Write a poem about your weather
Research growing watercress
Watch a video of how rope is made
Design a pair of sandals
Bake a squash with maple syrup

Friday, March 31, 2023

The Old Broken Chandelier

Vintage Pot Metal Broken Chandelier

The Dilema Object:
Can it serve any purpose? Yes
Cost of repair worth it? No
Save some, scrap the rest? No
Armature for a mobile? Yes
Decoration close up

The main piece has holes to attach 4 arms. One arm is broken off. Pot metal indicates to me a low value as well as lousy glue piece back on. Even using liquid weld glue (messy), I have yet seen pot metal form a good bond. 
There is a nice chain, about a yard long to hang it from the ceiling. The electrical wire would weave through it. There is no ceiling medallion. I suspect it may have been hung from an old church.
Purchased over 20 years ago, it is one of a few spring purge items not being donated or going to the transfer station. Broken metal pieces are the awww puppies of the metal world to me. Would I buy such a piece again at a yard sale? You betcha.
I can easily remove the remaining arms and attach new pieces for a mobile. Channel an inner Aleander Caldwell.

Sway Happily This Week-end!

Dance
Mix an original smoothie
Create a watercress salad
Browse flower seeds online
Decorate an old pair of jeans
Make a paper mobile
Sing to a lampshade
Have an ice cream parfait
Read about Earth's soil composition