Second Bead Journal Project

This bird is in the final stages and they're all 15s...the back and the rest of the wheat. Because the quail are a year-round bird, I chose to add the wild roses of spring and the wheat of the fall. I had planned to use some brown crystal for the wheat berries but they're not going to work will have to rethink that.

I'm already thinking ahead to the next bird which will be a red-breasted nuthatch. There will be considerable bark and pine needles on that one so should be able to try some new things. Stopped at the bead store after physical therapy on Monday and left with a very small bag...$50...

I had said I would limit this BJP to year-round birds but woke up at 3am and realized that was silly because as soon as the robins and bluebirds arrived I'd want to do them also.... So I got up at 3am and make some notes and sketches or I wouldn't be able to go back to sleep.

size: 3 1/2 x 5 inches

Back in business....

Well I couldn't exactly fix it but I can work around it... Whenever I indicate new post the "edit Html" tab and format are on view without tools. Why, I have no idea but all I have to do is hit the "compose" tab and all the old tools appear including the spell check...

Sky Seams and problems

I got my blogger to work so I moved this photo onto this blog.

I'm using fan seam treatments on the sky.... Both the beaded fan and the silkie are just pinned in place. I've decided the silkie needs to be just a tad larger. I'm skipping the velvet in February on this block and the next big step is birds in March and I'm planning a "knock your socks off" peacock for then.

Bits of totally extraneous info.

I have been expecting packages...some books, antique buttons, and some new bras but I definitely wasn't expecting the package that arrived yesterday. It was a Christmas cracker I mailed to Maria in Portugal about Nov. 22. I had made an error on the address so this poor package has been to Portugal and back. I reboxed it and it will go out again today along with packages to Ritva in Finland and RoseAnne in Canada.

Then there's just who reads this blog??? Sometimes I'm surprised. I was visiting with my son on the phone and he said my granddaughter in Scotsdale AR had been reading my blog. She was the very LAST person who I would have thought had time to read it. She's busy with college and a job and I'm sure a busy social life.

Then there's the hair thing. I have a special friend whose younger and busy with two jobs and all kinds of other activities. She was coming on the 14th to do jewelry with me and I was going to surprise her with my new haircut... Well this morning there was an email from her saying "I can't believe you are going to cut your hair" so obviously she had read the blog also...

There's truth in that statement about not being able to go back. I didn't like the new blogger editor because it didn't have spell check and I couldn't cut and paste. I decided to go back to the old editor and only part of the tools appeared and photos came up in HTML... Now I can't get the new editor to work properly. Not the best way to start the day...

Every Quarter Century

I can only remember cutting my hair twice in my life..  Once when I had my first child and once 25 years ago.  It's not that I had this wonderful hair...in fact it is "hair from hell"...  It is fine, fragile, and impossible.  I never even wore it down. When I was young and taught school I mostly wore it in a long braid and as I matured I wrapped it at the back of my head with a clip.  I only have this one picture in the 70s with it untethered. I thought long hair was incredibly easy...you just braid it or wrap it and forget it...very low maintenance..  I've never owned a curling iron, curlers, or even a hair dryer.  Think of all the money and time I've saved not going to hair salons the last 50 years.

Twenty-five years ago I had it cut and permed..and liked it for about two days but it was a disaster. The perm began to dry and frizz and split and break off.  I mostly wore a scarf on my head until it grew out and was finally long again. 

It's still very long but now it has thinned terribly and become even wispier if that is possible and I can't imagine anyone trying to take care of me if I were ill and washing  and detangling all that hair...  I wear a hat  or headband almost all the time to keep it fronm flying everywhere..  

Well this morning I called the woman that cuts my husband's hair and made an appointment for 2 pm on Friday to cut it all off. If I don't like it this time, the next time twenty-five years rolls around I definitely won't cut it...  And  I do have a drawer full of  lovely hair clips that maybe I can repurpose into broaches or something useful.