I'm Here

Hi Everyone!

 

I'm here and I'm well just had a tough couple of days. Thursday I had to go to PT. Believe me I was totally stressed and worried about their protocol for covid. It was all for naught. Everything was more than above board. It doesn't  mean that I will loosen up my own protection though. Sooooo last March I was building a platform for my container garden. In my barn there are 3 house beams. You know those million pound beams that go in the arctic of a house to hold the house together. Yeah those. I drug them out to the yard, about 500 ft. and laid them in place. It felt so easy and not much effort at all. I was also lifting 5 gallon buckets full of soil from the dolly to the platform. Again it didn't feel like I was overdoing it. Hell, I worked construction, lived remote, and was a Vet Tech lifting farm animals, I think a little dragging of beams would be fine. Ohhh yeah ( giggle) I forgot I was much younger when I did all of those other things. Anyway my back has been screaming at me. PT was great and now I am on a program to fix my Sacroiliac that I messed up. 

I feel like I have my juju back. 

This AM. I created a quick draw on PC paper with a number 2 pencil. Who knows why. I had this face in my brain and wanted it on paper. 

 

Remember the commission I did a few months ago? It was this doll.

The lady that ordered this asked if I could make a cabochon using

my drawing. Why not. Today I worked on that as well.

I have it on paper and it fits a 40x30m glass. It seems pretty small to me so I am going to test it on a 40mm round glass. I Also need to work on the contrast for glass but it is coming along and it's a fun project.

The last thing I did today was make homemade graham crackers. 

All I can say is YUK!!! LOL I followed the recipe, but mine was a bit too dry so I added more milk to get the correct consistency. Then it gets wrapped in plastic and set in the fridg for 4 hours.  

You can see the recipe here 

Going into the fridge

4 hours later. Have you ever tried to roll out cold dough?

Then you cut them and poke holes with a fork and bake.

First off mine are too thick. This makes them cakey 

I think the wheat flour is too much in this recipe and the taste is 

truly awful. Plus I couldn't get nice even cuts. 

Guess where these are going? 

 

Well my friends I am off to watch a movie and rest my body.

Be Safe Out There And Wear A Mask

 

Nicole/DVArtist

 Honor and integrity in art, in life. 

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