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I reposted this for kona49...We see the same thing in the snow. I took this in 1994, with a Konica 35 mm SLR. It's still a nice camera.
A hoverfly enjoys the sweet nectar from our Spyridium scortechinii plants. Happy Beautiful Bug Butt Thursday, everyone! [Lower Blue Mountains, NSW]
sutter buttes, Central Valley. U must go on a guided hike to hike there w/ Middle Mtn Foundation Group. We paid $45 to hike the Braggs Canyon Ridge. Expensive but worth it. Smallest mtn range in the world.
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This is from the meeting spot at a local high school parking lot. Then we carpooled over to trailhead.
***Here's a 'How To Make' .....why not make 5 BIG bold button brooches?****
All you will need is-
Some lovely felt, 5 brooch back fasteners, a small amount of good embroidery thread and some good strong glue.
First put the buttons on the felt and draw around them, cut out the round pieces of felt- you may have to trim them so that are slightly smaller than the buttons. Then stitch your brooch backs onto the felt (I find stitching brooch backs rather than gluing is a more secure option as well as being much neater).
Lastly, using your good strong glue, glue the felt with your brooch back now attached onto the back of your button!
Furry Friends 09.29.08
I was waiting for the rain delay for today's White Sox game to pass so I got the camera and a video light out and snapped a few shots of my 2 dogs & cats.
Diamond is a black lab & pit bull mix.
Saffie is a puggle.
Ginger is an orange tabby (and a serious pain in the butt).
Lilly is the grey tabby.
Kick Butt and Have Fun! Sun 30th Year Anniversary.
Sun Microsystems Global Reunion in Melbourne Australia at the Montague Hotel.
Our first attempt at Beer Butt Chicken. Jam an open beer can up the chicken's ass, with whatever you want the chicken to taste like mixed in with the beer, and let it cook for an hour at 250 degrees on the grill. Pretty simple really. It turned out great.
Latrice Butts - I'm an Actress/Martial Artist
I'm a Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do I study with an 8 Degree Black Belt Grand Master of Korea..
I also study Kungfu & Wushu from a Sifu of China..
And I study Hung Gia from a Master of Vietnam...
Mini Biography listed on (IMDB) Internet Movie Data Base
I was in several TV shows including:
The Ernest Green Story (A TV Movie),AZN Excellence Awards Show 2007,The Movie Stone Cold,Independent Films,Location Casting
Recruiter for Fox's Hit Reality TV Show - Kitchen Nightmares.
I was born in Arkansas raised by my Grandparents in a small town. At a young age Latrice (Teecie) began to watch martial arts movie's while learning moves from Bruce Lee while watching TV. Bruce became the biggest hero to her Well until she seen Donnie Yen's first movie, then Donnie became her hero. After graduating from college in Arkansas later on in life Latrice moved to Texas she research different Martial Arts Schools.
Latrice only wanted to study martial arts from the best she studied Tae Kwon Do, from a Grand Master from Korea & Kungfu from a Sifu from China her hopes & dreams is to become a action hero & work side by side with Donnie Yen & Jet Li along with other great action hero's. Latrice is also studying Mandarin Chinese.
Latrice started her acting career in high school plays such as Show Biz & Broadway Connection & was voted the best actress in her Drama class. But her big break came when she played a juror in the action movie Stone Cold. Latrice was also a extra in three scenes from a Independent Short Film that went to Sundance Film Festival
Isaac Butts #32 of Appalachian State lays it in against Elon defender Lucas Troutman #31 during play at the Holmes Convocation Center on January 28, 2012 in Boone, North Carolina. ©Appalachian State.Tyler Buckwell.2012.No usage allowed including copying or sharing without written permission.
I want to shake the hand of the first human to have looked this and though, "we could totally eat that!"
#19: Now it is time to feed the cord into the upper legs. Make sure you have the correct upper legs and lower legs lined up. The slots should be facing the back of the doll this time, since the knees bend backward. You want the rounded cup on the knee cap to be facing forward. This is the trickiest part of the process since the holes are so small. I like to use a folded piece of thin wire to help. Fold it in half, so there is a loop on one end. Shove the loop into the base of the upper leg (where the knee cap is). Feed it through, and use tweezers to pull it out the top hole (which is where the leg sits next to the hip). Use the loop of wire to grab the cord, wrapping it around the cord a few times so it is snuggly attached.
#20: Pull on the wire, which will drag the cord through the hole. Now the cord will be sticking out the bottom of the upper leg. You can remove the wire after this step. Repeat for both legs.
#21: Slide a funnel shaped cup onto the cord, with the wide end facing up to the knee cap. Follow this with a bent washer onto the cord, butting its flat side against the narrow base of the funnel cup. You will need to hold tension on the cord, before clamping down the washer with a crimping tool or pliers. The amount of tension you hold determines how tightly the limb is strung. Repeat for both legs.
#22: Once you have attached the upper legs, soak the lower legs in boiling water until they are squishy. Shove the cups into each lower leg until they are completely inside the holes. Use pliers to ensure the cups are fully pushed down. Now the legs should be fully attached.
#23: Take the neck cup, and loop a piece of cord through the base, so two tails come out the top of it. There is a little plastic bar inside this neck cup, which should hold the cord in place. However, it might have broken during removal (which happened to me). If this is the case, slide a zip tie through the loop at the base of the cup. Then close the zip tie, so the head of it acts as a stopper, preventing the cord from sliding out the cup.
#24: Soak the torso in hot water until the neck is squishy. Push the neck cup down inside, with the narrow end facing down. The two long tails of cord will be sticking out the neck hole. Make sure the neck cup is all the way inside the body, and not sitting in the rim of the neck (otherwise it will pop out when you go to reattach the head).
#25: Slide the two cord tails that are sticking out the top of the neck through the two corresponding holes on the head cup. You will want the rounded side facing upwards (this will sit inside the head).
#26: Using as much tension as possible, knot the cord at the top of the neck. The amount of tension you use determines how tight the head is going to be. I recommend triple knotting this cord, to ensure that it doesn't come undone. Trim any excess cord off, leaving 1 inch tails.
#27: Soak the base of the doll's head in boiling water until it is squishy. Then pop it onto the neck, ensuring that the rounded cup is inside the doll's head. I recommend reattaching the head last so that it doesn't get in your way when reassembling the other body parts. Also make sure the torso has cooled all the way before attempting to reattach the head. A squishy neck makes reattachment much more difficult.
Voila! Now your Hopscotch Hill School doll should be tight and able to pose and free stand!
***IMPORTANT NOTES:***
*Using washers is totally optional. You can also simply knot the end of the cord if you choose. Just make sure the knots are secure so that they do not come undone inside the doll.
*You can also buy brass inserts/metal crimpers, which is what American Girl used to use back in the day. Personally, I tried them out and I found them to be pricey and hard to work with.
*Depending on how tightly you pull the cord before knotting it or clamping it down a washer will determine how tightly your doll is strung. Make sure the cord is pulled tight enough because too much slack will make the doll loose, which defeats the purpose of fixing her. You can use hemostats/locking pliers to help you hold the tension on the cord before clamping it down. I personally don't need to do this, but some people find it helpful. A good way to know if you have the proper tension is to see if the arms/legs can hold a pose.
*You can use any sort of elastic cord--it doesn't have to be bungee cord. Just keep in mind that it should be strong, since the dolls limbs constantly move and have tension. I used marine grade bungee cord for my doll, since it is very strong and resistant to damage. I had to correct a few mistakes during the restringing process, but the cord held up just fine. If you use cheaper cord, it might wear out if you have trouble restringing the doll.
*The holes in Hopscotch Hill School dolls are super narrow, so keep this in mind when picking out cord for them. I used 4mm cord, which fit. Any larger sized cord probably won't be able to slide through the holes.
*Due to the tiny hole size in the limbs of the dolls, it can make sliding cord through them difficult. I mentioned in the steps above how I utilized wire to help me weave the cord through the limbs. This saved me so much time, rather than trying to force the cord through the limbs on their own.
*The bungee cord will fray on the ends a bit. This is totally fine and will not affect the stability of the strung limbs. If it bothers you, use glue or melt the ends to prevent fraying.
*Technically you can reattach the limbs in any order you want. You can start with the neck joint, the legs, or the arms. The only thing I recommend is putting the head itself on last, so it doesn't get in your way when soaking the other parts of the body. It will also ensure your doll's hair stays neater.
*I cannot stress this enough...you need BOILING water to do this. Do not heat the water in the microwave, as it won't be hot enough. Use an electric kettle or boil water on the stove, transferring it to a large bowl. I find that the more water you heat up, the less quickly it cools off. This gives you more time to work with the doll before she cools off and the plastic parts harden again. If the water is not boiling, the limbs won't get squishy enough for you to easily maneuver her cups in and out. I made this mistake in the past. Once I started using boiling water, it made my life much easier, and the doll's parts are less likely to get damaged.
*I recommend having a 1mm tip pair of needle nose pliers for this process. It's easier to fit them inside the holes of the dolls limbs for removing the cups. It can be harder to work with larger pliers.
*I made the mistake of lining up the wrong upper arms and upper legs during my first attempt of restringing my doll. The arms should have the slots facing forward, so the elbows bend forward. If you cannot easily pop the arms back into the sockets of the torso, then you have swapped the placement of the upper arms. The legs on the other hand should have the slots facing backwards, since the knees bend this way. If it helps, take picture of your doll before taking her apart, or use pieces of tape that are labeled to put on each limb (so you know which one corresponds with which).
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