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Anybody want to waste some time online?
I just watched a segment on Through the Decades about D. B. Cooper. As Bill Kurtis says, it's one of America's favorite mysteries.
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Still here!
Err - hi! It would take too long to explain, just put it down to Extreme Busy Life over the last several months. And a confession that I'm not going to Gettysburg. (Mostly because I didn't manage my finances when I should have...) But that itself has been okay, because honestly, I have had ZERO leisure for making any of the critical items I would ( Read more... ) -
Well, that's something.
It's been a mild summer so far (I've noticed, not unusual after a mild winter). We haven't officially even broken 100F, though 99F at least once. It's been a little more humid than usual.
But it's still hot. Today, for example, the heat index was at or above 95F for 9+ straight hours. It was the same yesterday, and on Tuesday it was over 95F for 11 ( Read more... ) -
New Skills
Apparently I'm now going to teach myself how to work with wire and solder. The Bagration tiara copy I bought has bits that project below the tiara band.
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Working on getting the Flickr/phone stuff set up
Not done yet, but making progress! I'm keeping the same painting, of La Reine Hortense, here and on Flickr and on Pinterest. I really love it. Such a beautiful setting and landscape, and the perfectly detailed figure of the queen. Dating to 1813. A very unusual type of portrait.
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Tiaras came!
I could not make an ultimate decision, so I ordered both the Braganza and the Bagration tiaras. Same seller, very good prices. I LOVE them. Good sturdy weight, lots of detailing, and spectacular sparkle ( Read more... ) -
Interesting
Apparently my backyard is infested with bugs. Just now I saw a robin, a mockingbird, a starling, and multiple grackles all chowing down at the same time. More power to them, I say! -
For Opera Fans (... or not)
Tuppy: Guess what! I'm going to the opera tonight.
Bertie: Opera, Tuppy?
Tuppy: Cora's singing in the, um, Barber of Figaro.
Bertie: Is that the one about the pyramids?
Barmy: Sounds like it is, from the name. -
Looking really good!
These things are NOT projects to do in a rush. I'm super happy with the moderate elliptical shape I have so far!
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