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My house really begins to take shape, and once complete the first floor will offer great views over the lake beyond.
A rather shocking discovery was that works had started on a new and better road through the forest. Replacing the small forest dirt track, many hectares of formerly pristine forest had been buldozed and the sound of machinery could be heard all day. There is still plenty forest left but once this road is finished the whole area will become much more accessible and will attract many new people to come and settle in this now still largely uninhabited area. Hunting, clearing and fires will increase and may further endanger the all too fragile biodiversity in this wonderful bit of wilderness.
my progress on the Storytime Sampler (by the Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery) - with a few modifications (mostly in colour, plus the addition of some backstitching and french knots)
I’m currently making two plush dolls for a special project, so I thought I’d share some in progress pics and talk about making them. :)
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I think once they have smokey eyes, the dolls really start to come together and their personality starts to show. At this point I'm figuring out what type of lace I'm going to use for the ruffle collar and other lacey accents. Their heads and arms aren't attached yet... I do those last. The white-haired girl's hair buns won't be sewn on until last because her buns sit low on her head, and I need to have room to sew the ruffle collar to her neck first. The ruffle collars are then pre-sewn (so they are nice and ruffly), and ready to be attached to the bodies. In this pic I decided on pink mouths.
I just started on this sketch and Im hoping to tear into it this holiday weekend
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Tyranid Carnifex & Capillary Tower. I've not yet glued down the minature plastic tyranid terrain on the Capillary Tower base. I intend to get some greenstuff and create some ropey vines/tentacles surrounding the base of the Capillary Tower to give it a higher "ick" factor. This Capillary Tower vs the previous photo shows the addition of a spine ridge on the largest Tower, and a smaller tower without spine ridges. In progress.
The Bhakti Yogi would not argue that our present version of human civilisation is progressing. The question, though, is “in which direction?” The recent tragic shooting of dozens of innocent people at two Mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, by a white supremacist graphically illustrates the inevitable result of the present attempt at human progress. Encouraging humanity with the Sanskrit phrase tamasi ma jyotir gama - “Don’t stay in the darkness, come to the light” - Yoga wisdom guides the fortunate toward real progress. What is the darkness? A material conception of the human being. When we think “I am my body - I am my race/gender/age/ethnicity/nationality/profession/sexuality“ etc, we are in darkness about our true identity, Bhakti luminaries affirm. On this shadowy basis, others, with different bodies to ours, are seen as separate from us, as competitors for scarce resources, and as objects of envy when they have more than we do. Naturally inequality, exploitation and conflict follow. “Coming to the light” is explained in the Bhagavad Gita, “One who is actually situated on the spiritual platform is self satisfied and always joyful. Such an enlightened person has no hankering or lamentation and thus sees and treats all creatures equally as spiritual beings.” Fortunately, real progress - bridging the gap between darkness and light - can be easily achieved by regular meditation on the non-material sound of the Maha-mantra: Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. This spiritual technology simultaneously cleanses the consciousness of all false identifications and reawakens our non-material identity as parts of the Complete Whole.
after some set backs with the pilers piston and various operating days work on MP6 is really coming along.
Here is my second JID Faline head (with the deer ears!). This picture was to show the freckles I added as well as the brushing on the ears