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Forgot to upload for last week's 52 weeks! Oops... Still sick... I thought I had it beat, but no. I hate this. Guy hates it too. He's also very nervous about all the boxes. He doesn't like packing or anything that might be unsettling. Jan. is going to be one crazy month.
Pollen-packing honey bee in winter jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum) in Storer Gardens, University of California, Davis.
I put all clothes into the larger suitcase, and miscellaneous nick-nacks and gifts in this suitcase. I guess this one will be *heavier!*
重いね。
How to make wrapping, packing (recycled material)
I wanted to make something different. I used old cardboard, some paper and felt.
The image above shows the box with a "nest" to hold my inner shipping box. It's pretty firmly in place, but next time I will add some round cardboard buttons and heavy thread thru the layers of bubble wrap to anchor the layers so they don't move around. I may also add a layer of black flannel as Harriete suggests, to disguise the bubble wrap. I am also considering other options for the layers of bubblewrap. I tried starofoam, cut to shape, but it was too messy and I hate foam. I would love to hear about other options.
Harriete Berman has two blog posts, here and here, about packing art for shipping. I really like most of her suggestions, but she uses upholstery foam, which harbors mold. I am allergic and have had terrible reactions to foam, so it doesn't come into my house. I'm experimenting with using bubble wrap, arranging it in a "nest" so that there is no tape and the box and object don't have to be wrapped around and around to send it back. Some things have come back to be barely wrapped. Recently I sent two artist's books to a publisher, each in an inner box, inside a larger box. They were returned in their inner boxes. I don't know what happened to the outer box. It was very upsetting because one of the books was barely covered, much less protected from scratching. Luckily both books were okay.
This was stuck in line next to my campsite for over two hours while I packed that monday...and was still there when I was done. I vowed not to share their fate and took a shortcut I heard about from my neighbors over to 6 O'clock (I was at 4), where the exit to the city began and the traffic moved much much faster. It pays to go off the beaten path.
Of course "faster" is a relative term...
May 21-22, 2011 The Bitterroot Back country Horseman held their first ever spring Wilderness skills Weekend.
Oh boy, time to pack up the shop and office. Next weekend is my last one here and since the place will be bare except what can go in a Honda Civic after next Thursday, The last 4 days are probably gonna be rather uncomfortable. I hate moving, but this is worth the effort...
The first day of dirt packing. It's dirty, but not cob. This is the floor! A lot of work and I wouldn't recommend EVER installing a dirt floor, it's just not worth the effort. I've got another foot to go in this photo. It's very sturdy though; I'm shoveling damp dirt in and tamping it with a homeade packer. The next day, when the packed dirt is dry, it is surprisingly durable. Lately I've been shoveling in dry dirt and have noticed that it doesn't pack well at all and looks exactly the same the next day.