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That metal jewelry gets pickled? This is a picture of that process. Courtesy: Green Girl Studios.

Lost Wax Processor

I've been working for my friends @ Green Girl Studios lately. It's pretty meditative shooting wax into molds, then cleaning up the delicate wax copies with a hot metal tool and a steady hand.

The Amazing, Magic Sketchbook

Stuck in a hail storm

I'm waiting under some trees!

The Showdown

Shaffner vs. Barb. Senaca Lake. Be there!

Paul's Shuttle

It's official...;)

Cleveland vs. San Diego

Mom, Brian, Dad, Bill, & Neto. Father's Day @ the Tribe game.

Live from Cleveland.

Live from Cleveland.

Lake Jocassee

Richard. Going to get the morning's coffee. Lake Jocassee, SC.

It's time to vote in NC.

It's time to vote in NC.

Little Lloyd having a ball in Wooster.

Little Lloyd having a ball in Wooster.

One night in Woodfin, NC

One night in Woodfin, NC

Somethin' Different

Mo & Po Arnold breezed through town the other day on their Snow-Bird migration between Florida and Ohio. They were headed back to Ohio because they heard their driveway needed shoveled.
I met up with them after work and took them to the Mellow Mushroom to have a beer in the warm sunshine. Later we went to go take in some live Bluegrass and BBQ at the Fiddlin' Pig. Next time I'll wear my Clogging shoes!
As my pops has been famously know to say, "Every time I come down here I see somethin' different!"

Mid-week in Marshall

The other night, I was at the earthy grocery store, when we ran into the dynamic duo: Becka and Josie. It had been a while, but the timing was perfect because Josie was having a show opening for her paintings in the town of Marshall this wednesday. I knew Josie was a fierse metal mama, but I had no idea she painted. Her paintings mostly dealt with her studies of the sky and landscapes. It made for a beautiful, heavenly exhibition. A Wednesday in Marshall? Rock on!

Spring? Is that you?

After a couple snow days this past week, Mother Nature gave me signs of hope in the form of violets and dandylions on a warm Sunday afternoon stroll.

A sneek-peek of Elect-A-Chin '08!

A sneek-peek of Elect-A-Chin '08!

Short Story from the Steam Lounge

The forecasts were true, we received enough of a snow dusting to cancel school. I think I'm going to build a snowman, go sledding or have a snooo........wait a minute.....scratch that idea, the snow just melted. Oh well, it's nice to have the day off!

My little blogger

I just got a new phone today, so i am starting to mobile BLOG. Since my computer tanked about a month ago i've been ignoring my blog. So i'm giving my little keypad a workout! Welcome to the mobile Barnyard!

Drip You Later

The other night I went to the Dripolator coffee shop for their open mic. I've performed there a few times this fall, but I haven't been singing much during the holidays, so I just went to watch and document the action. I was interested in making what's called a panograph after seeing some "how to's" on the internet. So basically you keep your camera set on manual so the lighting doesn't change, and then just snap a bunch of pictures, be sure to keep your camera from moving closer or further away and just move the lens angles around. Take a lot of shots, and capture a lot of area. Once you do that you can put the pics together like a puzzle using a photo editing program, or you could just print them out and physically construct your image. After some intense hours or drooling and staring blankly into the computer screen, I think it may be worth it to print and do it manually.

So here's what I came up with...

Along with the music and photography, some fierce games of Battleship were played...

Gregg cut his hand at work that day so, we all had to sign his bandage...

Despite it all G managed to render some most impressive caricatures of yours truely...

and some other folks, which can be seen on the back of the paper Steve O used to give directions to his new abode for a little housewarming the next night...

As you can probably tell, the experience of receiving directions from Steve blows Mapquest or Google out of the water. You just can't beat the face to face.

Schirner Chair Update:

My last post introduced the lovely Miss Schirner's latest project, transforming an old dust collector, I mean chair her mother found in a barn some twenty-odd years ago, into a shabby-chic thing of comfort and beauty. In the before picture, you can see that the seat was blown out. Fixing the seat was priority #1 as J-Schirn began her weaving journey one afternoon...

Despite the hardships of splinters and sore, dried hands, Jennifer bore her burden with a look of constant excitement, joy and happiness!!

Magnifique!!

to be continued...


Winter Fashion Alert!


I recently added a few pictures onto my Flickr page. If you click on this one below, and look at the note directly on the picture, you will find a description of functional/retro look that I tried to pioneer years back. Here Parrot Guvn'a Cowboy gives a sultry look sure to induce the masses into hysteria...

Don't make me get Midieval on your A#@!!

To Blog Or Not To Blog....

Over the holiday my sister Cindy, who shall now be known as "Blog-Ass", spent several hours working on her blog. She has a very interesting life that allows her to travel the world and the seven seas. Sweet dreams are made of these. So when she is home from travelling the world, she recounts her stories through her blog. To me that is what a blog should be about.

However, as my family observed, every time you turned around, Cindy was on the blog. It never failed...make Christmas bread, Cindy's on the blog, preparing a meal, Cindy's on the blog, cleaning up the meal, Cindy's on the blog, having a meaningful round-table discussion about the best fart you ever let...CINDY'S ON THE BLOG!!

It begs the question, where does life end and blogging begin? Even more profound; if a tree fell in the woods, would Cindy be there to blog about it?

In all seriousness, I enjoy blogging myself, however I rarely find the time, or maybe I have the time but I am too lazy to write about how I travelled to the grocery store, and there was a great deal on orange juice.

Maybe I could get a job from Cindy to help write all her interesting stories. She'ld probably pay me just 2 cents! Go ahead!!