Heidi (heidibeads.blogspot.com) tagged me for a meme running around the blogs.
1. What was I doing 10 years ago?
Jeez, I'm having a hard time remembering.
Terry and I had just celebrated our fourth wedding anniversary, the Library of Virginia (where I work) was still getting used to the new building, and my brother was getting ready to be married. I had started beading the fall before and just discovered the Bead Society of Southeastern Virginia (www.bssv.org), but I hadn't started birding or bellydancing. I hadn't been diagnosed diabetic - that would come in the fall. Ouch, I just remembered - I was either in the middle of, recuperating, from or about to end up in the hospital because of a bout with Reiter's syndrome a.k.a. infectious arthritis. That's how I met my current PCP, who diagnosed the diabetes.
2. What are 5 things on my to-do list for today (not in any particular order).
Birdwatching with the Williamburg Bird Club (didn't make it) http://williamsburgbirdclub.org/index.php
Update this blog! Whoo hoo!
Work on Beading for a Cure project. http://www.beadingforacure.org/
Clean out car (not in this heat!)
Clean out backpack (hmmm...maybe)
Go to the bank and go visit the evil empire (Walmart -shudder)
3. Snacks, I enjoy?
Unfortunately, I've yet to find a carbohydrate I didn't love!
Any kind of salty chip, dark chocolate, raisins, bananas, grapes, greek style yoguart (yea! Trader Joe's), nuts and cheese are probably my main list.
4. Things I would do if I were a billionaire?
Whenever I daydream of winning the lottery I always come up with:
Invest some (includes paying off debt)
Spend some (Hybrid car! Beads! Bead shop! New Kitchen!)
Give some away (Nature Conservancy, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Friends of the Blue Ridge, Unitarian Universalist Association, Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation)
5. Places I have lived?
Hampton, VA
Richmond, VA
Newport News, VA
Williamsburg, VA
Takoma Park, MD
and back to Williamsburg
rather dull...
Who will I tag? I don't know. Stay tuned.
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Pink doll
My square for the project is one pg. 3 of the "parade of squares."
It's purple with pink flower sequins and a silver "hope" bead. I think it ended up on the hem of the doll.
It's purple with pink flower sequins and a silver "hope" bead. I think it ended up on the hem of the doll.
Monday, February 25, 2008
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Kumihimo
Last saturday I was in Charlottesville for a kumihimo workshop. Kumihimo is a method of braiding particular to Japan. Bundles of silk threads are braided together to create a cord.
A pretty good explanation is at Wikipedia with some links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumihimo
My teacher is Norma Shapiro from Roanoke. She has come up with the idea of braiding strands of beads together. This is the second class I've taken from her. In the first class we did a hollow braid with 8 strands. This time we did a spiral braid with 8 strands. When finished it kind of looks like a double spiral chain (http://beadweaverdreams.homestead.com/doublespirals.html).
Will post pics soon.
A pretty good explanation is at Wikipedia with some links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumihimo
My teacher is Norma Shapiro from Roanoke. She has come up with the idea of braiding strands of beads together. This is the second class I've taken from her. In the first class we did a hollow braid with 8 strands. This time we did a spiral braid with 8 strands. When finished it kind of looks like a double spiral chain (http://beadweaverdreams.homestead.com/doublespirals.html).
Will post pics soon.
Thursday, August 2, 2007
Beaded woodpecker - "My Grub!"
Hmmmm....
My first attempt at posting a photo.
This is also one of my first attempts at combining two of my hobbies. Charolttes (glass seed beads cut on one side) cover a plastic craft form in peyote stitch, right angle weave stitch and - my personnal favorite - "damn-it-all" stitch, aka "whatever works stitch."
This piece was part of Beadwork IV:The Beaded Figure http://www.interweave.com/bead/events/BeadedFigure.asp
Saturday, June 2, 2007
Intense birding
The Virginia Society for Ornithology is conducting a breeding bird survey of all the Virginia State Parks June 2-10.
Today a man from the local bird club and I birded Chippokes Plantaion State Park in Surry Co.
We got 67 species all totalled, but I missed seeing/hearing 12. Mostly we birded by ear, which I'm still working on. Besides hearing the Bobwhites and seeing the Eastern Meadowlarks, the greatest moment came almost at the end of the morning when a Mississippi Kite flew over us.
Life Bird!! Woo hoo!
Hopefully, now that I've spent two hours finding the beading materials I wanted to work with all afternoon, this evening will be as good as this morning.
TTFN
Today a man from the local bird club and I birded Chippokes Plantaion State Park in Surry Co.
We got 67 species all totalled, but I missed seeing/hearing 12. Mostly we birded by ear, which I'm still working on. Besides hearing the Bobwhites and seeing the Eastern Meadowlarks, the greatest moment came almost at the end of the morning when a Mississippi Kite flew over us.
Life Bird!! Woo hoo!
Hopefully, now that I've spent two hours finding the beading materials I wanted to work with all afternoon, this evening will be as good as this morning.
TTFN
Friday, June 1, 2007
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