I believe I have completed the oil painting that I started a couple of weeks ago. I hope you all enjoy it. I sure enjoyed creating the...

Hi everyone. Sorry I have not posted in a while. I have been working so did not have a whole lot of time to do many crafts or post them...

I have been off work at my part-time job so thought I would do some things to relax me or rejuvenate me. I took the bicycle out and mad...

Hi everyone. I hope all is well in your worlds and continues to be well. As of late I have had many vivid dreams of being in Ireland...

I am sorry I have not posted in a while. I got board with staying in the house so I went out and got me a part time job at one of the...

Hello all. I had some time on my hands and thought that I would make a stitching pony to aid in the making of various leather items. I...

There hasn't been too much going on so I have been trying to keep up with the weeds in the front flower beds. That is a challenge in...

Not too much out of the ordinary has happened since the last post but I did need to reorganize the shop to become more efficient. In...

I have been so focused on going some of the gardening that I have always wanted to accomplish that not out of the ordinary happened since...

It's been rainy for the past couple of days with intermittent sunshine here and there. I have been making headway on the flower beds in...

Well I finally got a window of opportunity. The weather was nice enough to start taking out that dead maple tree in the front yard. I...

It's been to cold to work on the faceting or any stone work. When it is cold the stones are more prone to pop off the dop sticks. We...

Yesterday I completed the faceting of a piece of peridot. I didn't have very good quality of stock to start with but this one turned out...

It has bee relatively slow the past few days. I too advantage of that to fire up the facet machine. I was just finished with the...

Today I started by replacing the rollers on the garage door. They have been calling for replacement for quite some time. It was always...

I created the logo for the site today using Inkscape. I am new to graphic design, so it took a while to get used to the feel of the...

I have just retired after almost 10 years with the state and decided to create this blog as a journal to mark my activities. One of...