Abandoned Rock Quarry

I went down to my son Dave's house today to help him get started on a research paper for school. After that, we explored an abandoned rock quarry on Route 67 between Amsterdam and FMCC. We saw the big bird who presumably uses the nest in the photo but it was too far off to identify, we just caught a glimpse of it as it flew out of sight. It didn't sound like a red-tailed hawk, but I think it must have been that big. The nest was very clean, just sticks. There was a lot of droppings underneath on the "floor" of the building. We found some old bottle and cans around, pop tops and those short-necked beer bottles, nothing too recent. Lots of shell casings in the quarry area too.

Incubating!

Artique!

I had more sales in October than in September! And the month isn't even over yet! I am so happy with my association with them. This is what I like to do, stay home and watch the money roll in! Well, I can't stay home all the time, tomorrow I will have to bring down replacement prints. October was traditionally a slow month at my previous co-op, so I am thrilled to see very decent sales at this time of year. Maybe I should get out and take more pictures while I'm at it.

The Wool Beret has a new home

New Things

A 3-D, 5-point star!
A crocheted rose!
A 100% natural wool crocheted beret!

I haven't been totally idle...I've been learning new things. I learned how to make the star at Artique last Thursday. These stars in brown, green, and gold are hanging in the shop, they really liven up the space between the displays and the ceiling. The rose is a traditional Irish crochet pattern that I'd never tried till today, they're fun! I made one with yarn and one with ribbon (shown). The beret is modeled after the kippah using the same bead pattern, but of course shaped like a beret. Now I've got to get someone to model it for me! I'm sure it looks better on a head than it does in this photo. This is just a first attempt...some modifications need to be made. It's too open on the top (too lacey). I'll have to close it up for winter hats, although the lacey top might be okay for spring hats made with cotton yarn. Okay, that's the report, back to work!

Another Failed Experiment

I went out this morning to take pictures of smoking incense sticks for a photo project. The weather was supposed to be mostly cloudy with calm wind. I lit a couple sticks and the smoke blew off quickly horizontal! I guess it's just not going to work outdoors, and do I really want to light 50 sticks indoors?? Not really. So that project is shelved for the time being. Once the sticks are able to stick in the snow I can try it again.

Artique tomorrow 10 - 5