Senior Animation

 

Here is my second animation that I created at the Senior Animation Workshop held at the Seekonk Public Library. I met with instructor Sarah Jane Lapp to edit the piece. It now has "dog" sounds and music track with credits.

The Many Faces of David V.

Yeah, I got teeth

 and I'll chew your counter top to bits

 Big Foot Lives

The boy needs a set of drums

He drummed for hours

 

 

 



Maximizing The Anti-Cancer Power Of Broccoli

Maximizing The Anti-Cancer Power Of Broccoli

My neighbor got me interested in sprouting broccoli and using the heated sprouts in a drink. Not the best tasting, but let's see how I feel after trying this for a week or so.

Our Food Sources

Trying to stay informed...reading the paper. But all it does (absorbing this news) is give me a queasy feeling in my solar plexus.
What really got to me today was the piece entitled "Regulated to Death." Meaning the death of family farms, but also our death, because if we have no local produce, Monsanto will move in and poison our food supply.
People are becoming more conscious of what they eat and where they get their food. This is a good thing because GMOs are certainly not. Well, the FDA and bedfellow Monsanto have to fight back somehow. The FDA is bringing in restrictions that will devastate family farms. They just won't be able to survive and pay the price for such things as water testing requirements and the mountains of paperwork that will go with these measures. Where would we be without family farms and farmers markets?
If you feel as strongly as I do, please do some research and write to your congressmen.

Peace for Ponies

On my most recent visit to the Peace for Ponies barn I took a few pictures of Precious and her foal Destiny.

In the midst of a heat wave, the wee lad took a break from running about raising the Devil. Precious had a visit from a possible new owner. Their bonding was short of miraculous.

The Peace for Ponies group is gratefully accepting donations to rescue another pregnant mare that would otherwise be doomed for slaughter. Your tax deductible donation can be sent to:

Peace for Ponies Fund

c/o EarthLodge 501c3

P.O. Box 552

Buzzards Bay, MA 02532

 

or using PayPal at EarthLodge.org, using the Donations to Support Ponies link.

 

Thank you!

One of those Daze

Feeling good about getting some projects done....however right in the middle of finishing a quilted bottle holder (photo to come later) I had to cut some material. Now where did I put my rotary cutter? Searching...no luck downstairs, so up into the Crap Room I go. A long time later, still no cutter...but I made two Valentine cards. What can I do to the blue one? It needs something. I used the confetti paper to paint the water color heart. It was hard to blend so next time I'll use water color paper. The other card was made from drawing a heart on aluminum foil. A ruler and black sharpie was used for the straight lines then colored with various sharpie markers. I got this from http://www.artprojectsforkids.org/.

Comments welcomed! Thanks.

2012

Not much to say...Minou crossed the Rainbow bridge on December 21, 2011. We miss her terribly...so of course we adopted a little girl, Reeses. She is very talkative and quickly took over the house.

Paper Crafting Workshop Spring 2011

Today was the third of four paper crafting classes held at the Seekonk Public Library. Children made a small book folding paper in a zig zag fashion and then gluing to cardstock (matted on cardboard) which we cut out using the Big Shot die cut gadget. Some children made journals, others drew pictures or cropped photos for a tiny photo journal.

Last week we made Spring Bunny Favors...so cute!
For the fourth class (4/30) children will create cards, books, and gift boxes. I'm sure Mother's Day cards will be popular!

Don't forget...May 7th is May Madness at the Library...a spring sale of books, plants, and crafts. Support your local library.

Trip to Bead Cache

I don't usually like to spend sunny days indoors, but the wind made it a little too chilly for my taste. So off to the Bead Cache in Mansfield, MA. They are moving by the way. Sometime in May if all goes well. It will be a space improvement as well as new class and service offerings.

I finally finished wrapping a stone that I purchased at Seven Arrows. I really like the copper colored cord they have at Bead Cache. I must have been in round disk mode because I made two pairs of earring using round beads. The orange colored beads are coral with small black accent beads attached to copper chain. The blue/pink beads are made from Sculpey clay, coated with glaze and I added a 3mm Swarovski bicone.

I still haven't gotten the lense needed to take closeups.

Oh Deer ~ February 10, 2011

 I got a phone call from my neighbor Bev early Thursday morning. She sounded excited telling me that there were deer traipsing through our neighborhood. Grabbing my camera, I quickly snapped a few photos...sad that I had to go off to work. I would have liked to watch them for a while...so beautiful!

Three of seven deer peer from the shrubbery in Jim's backyard.

Now where do we go? Doesn't look like anyone will feed us here.

Yay...Greenfield Street is finally passable!

Card Making

I finally set aside some space for paper crafting. I have a place for everything, however it is rare that everything is in its space. I've watched many "how to" videos on my computer. One technique that I like uses crinkled up waxed paper for the background image, (gina k, stamp tv). I used glossy card stock for the wax paper piece (sea creatures), rubbed the card stock with distress ink, then stamped the images. For the other samples I created a background using twinkling H2Os. The one on the right was left as is and the other was rubber stamped with trees.

Seasonal Cards

Wednesday evening at Linda's house...we experimented with a new Cricut Halloween cartridge, the Big Shot diecut machine, and plain old household bleach to change the color of card stock. It was a fun night and I think we should call it the Wild and Wacky Wednesday Nite Card/Crafters.

Avery and Landon Vieira celebrate turning 3

Steve and I went to the birthday party for one set of the Vieira twins. Gwen and Michael’s youngest, Avery and Landon are turning three later this month. The family decided to celebrate their birthday on this beautiful Sunday (5th) afternoon.
I spent most of my time trying to remember names and who belongs to whom. I don’t think that I’ll ever be able to tell Jon and Suzie’s twins apart…so I’ll just tell you their names.
Traci and Nicholas play ping pong, while...


Savanah and Brook pose
Jaden samples a cupcake
Brody and a friend catch bubbles

Gwen and Michael (Diesel in background) play volleyball with family and friends. Birthday girl, Avery takes care of her doll, Jon and Suzie's girls, Portia and Shelby pose for my camera, and Landon demonstrates his new weed wacker!

Denise and Nicholas (he's starting 10th grade, OMG)

Jason, Traci, and Savanah

Rachel and John with Landon and Brody.....

Whew, lots of kids....it was a Splendid Day!

July 6, 2010

Today I am feeling a bit melancholy.
Hali and Lisa are moving to New York to be close to SUNY Brockport, Hali's second choice for college. We will miss them; they are our closest family. Here she is getting her diploma at Tri-County on June 6, 2010. We were seated quite far away, and I just had my old Canon....excuses, excuses!

Since I'm already sad...I'll kept going on this theme. Alyssa, our beautiful black lab is four months shy of her 16th birthday...she's an old lady! Today she was doing poorly...we hate to make that final decision, but I can tell it won't be too far in the future. I thought I'd share a picture of her when she was still a spry lady. Here she is last July with Steve in the backyard.

And then there's Pumpkin...1 year old on July 5th. Always making us laugh with his goofy ways!

Backyard 2010

Here is a collage of people, animals, and other things that are in my backyard. I used Picassa to create the collage. I will try to insert the album on this blog...not sure if it's possible.

I Miss My Mom

Holidays come and go and many times we are happy to go on with life sans the holidaze. Many people have asked what I'm doing for Easter. I reply, "I don't really celebrate Easter." However, there was a time when Easter was quite warm and wonderful. It was always at my mother's house...Memere...as she was known to her grandchildren. She always did something a little out of the ordinary. This one year in particular, she made bunnies for everyone. I captured the raucous rabbits making merry at the dining room table with wine and a scrumptious bunny cake. I wonder how they really felt about that cake!

Unfortunately I didn't photograph the weightlifting rabbit she made for my "soon to be husband." She always made everyone feel at home and the food was delicious!

Spring is an especially difficult time because now my mother would be getting ready to plant seeds for the new season. I dedicate my flowery backyard to her and thank her for sharing her knowledge and love.

family news

I'm pleased to announce that Hali Diana Vieira was accepted at the University of Michigan State for fall of 2010. Who knew that we would have a Kinesiologist in the family. Congratulations Hali! Lisa...you must be so proud of your "little girl!"

Happy Birthday Hali!

Using my polymer beads in jewelry design

I finally used some of my polymer beads to make jewelry. I created two necklaces and some earrings. I may take the earrings apart to bake them longer since I have learned a great deal about clay from Clay Central and from Cindy Lietz's blogs about curing. The strength of the beads are compromised when they are undercured.

The first photo (not too clear) is a necklace incorporating three black and white beads stung on black leather cord. I used my Gizmo (Thank you Sarah) to curl sections of red art wire to separate the beads. I made these beads at Beadworks in Providence at a class that they had in late January.



The next two photos are of beads made with the faux lapis lazuli recipe that I got online. I strung the beads on Soft Flex Metallics copper beading wire. Between each bead is a copper tube flanked by 4mm Swarovski crystals. I did the stringing at Beadcache in Mansfield. As usual Jane and I closed the place Saturday afternoon.

I'll post the rest later. I really need a light box to get better photos.
Later....Sue

My HerbaLife Shake

I was introduced to the Herbalife product line recently. With my limited income I wasn't able to purchase all of the products for weight loss. Luckily a charming young woman takes her Herbalife business to my place of employment. For a small fee I am able to reap the benefits of this tasty product. I can honestly say that drinking the three different beverages; aloe water, green tea, and shake keeps my hunger at bay for hours.
Last week I purchased the shake. I have tried it with soy milk and blueberries...very thick and yummy. This morning for breakfast I used plain water (ran out of soy) and added a cup of blueberries, a handfull of strawberries, and a small piece of banana. It was a really filling and satifying breakfast. I added the points for Weight Watchers (which I am a member) and it came out to five points. It seems like a lot, but when considering it includes three fruit servings and one 8 oz. serving of water, I don't think it's all that high. The test now is to see how long it keeps me satified.

Beads and Birds

Here are some of the beads that I made using polymer clay. The black and white beads were made at Beadworks in Providence. I took a class with a woman who has made some incredible designs. The blue beads are some that Itried in the workshop...the recipe is called Faux Lapis Lazuli. When I use these beads in a design I may incorporate some beads and findings from local bead shops.
An aside...Sorry for the blur. As you can tell from these photos, I still haven't purchased my new macro/portrait lens.

I included a photo of two birdhouses. Steve made many and stained them (some are painted). Many styles have cedar shingle roofs with hammered copper at the apex. The houses range from $30.00 - $60.00.