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Rejuvenated after the rain disaster.
The Craw & Loupe All Hallow's E'en Odditorium and Little Big Top Extravaganza, Featuring The Leigh Menagerie, Zoological Gardens and Congress of Botanical Monstrosities The Clowns are Revolting!
photo by J. Wight
James Hughes, Professor of Sociology at Trinity College, on Political Struggle and Technological Innovation
Look at that! The insulation is finally all used up. It actually did all 4 shop walls. Next up is to move the Bridgeport into that far corner and install the power source. Either this weekend or next I'll have help to pull that 200 ft of wire... Can't wait.
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This roundabout has been under construction for more than 14 months. It is approximately 65% complete.
Better days are ahead, at least for anyone who must go through this intersection on a daily basis.
Here is the pattern taped together and cut out for the basic outline. I then used masking tape to keep it in place as I drew the outline onto the foam.
(I've been organizing photos the past little bit and I realized I didn't finish explaining my keyblade construction process from a long time ago...so this is the rest of it now...)
Elevated patios, water features, retaining walls, firepit this job will have it all; will keep adding pictures as project develops
the kniphofias, red hot pokers, have survived being divided, so far ...
the empty plastic bottles will be filled with water when needed to water the plants. i do have an outside tap but rarely use it
for many years my garden was a shrubbery flic.kr/p/Lhv9ag which i loved. a picket fence covered in an ivy hedge coming down in a storm flic.kr/p/2gnCyih meant that over time changes had to happen flic.kr/p/2mn2x8a i'll be glad when the trellis is covered in honeysuckle and jasmine. that's the plan ...
www.flickr.com/groups/gardening_is_my_hobby/ helpful for ideas. thank you for sharing
Today we made the background and the bordure. For the design i used traditional balinese Wayang figures. Looks simple, but took me a lot of time.
Burlesque-themed piece for sew at home challenge, San Francisco School of Needle Arts and Design. Work in progress
American Progress was a famous engraving of the period and may have been triggered by the concept and chatter of Manifest Destiny.
Crofutt’s Grip-Sack Guide of Colorado
A Complete Encyclopedia of the State:
Resources and Condensed Authentic Descriptions of
Every City, Town, Village, Station, Post Officeand Important Mining Camp in the State;
Soda, Sulphur, Hot and Medicinal Springs: Summer, Health and Pleasure
Resorts: The Mining, Stock Raising and Farming Interests;
Where to Hunt, Fish, and View the most Magnificent Scenery in the World
Altitudes, Distances, Routes and Fares.
In fact it tells you
What is Worth Seeing, Where to See It, Where to Go, How to Go, Where to Stop, and What it Costs.
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These engravings in Crofutt’s Grip-Sack Guide Colorado were probably collected from any handy but divergent source but I expect that some were produced by engravers at Overland Publishing Company (or the Tribune) in Omaha, Nebraska. It is always possible that they worked from photos but it seems more likely that they were transcribed from verbal descriptions. You decide.
Colorado was fortunate to have George A. Crofutt tour the state not only once but twice in the era of early Colorado Statehood. The "Encyclopedia" was published once it 1881 and again in 1885 during the bustle of mining activity while agriculture and business hustled to catch up. The raw dreams in a new land spurred the interest in the state and made the Grip-Sack Guides sought-after information for folks in the settled lands to the east.
The Grip-Sack Guide claims to be a "Complete 1885 Encyclopedia." All in black ink on white paper. The result is that this is a fine snapshot of early Colorado life, real and inflated. Regardless, this is a wonderfully informative source to understanding early statehood and it is fortunately once again available.