Second finish, another collaboration

Second finish of the year.   Chase (#1 son) gave me two beautiful matched book covers for Christmas.  This set was combined with hand made paper from Asheville Bookworks and clock parts from Screen Door Store in Asheville.  Coptic stitch hold it all together.  

Finishes and catch up

First finish of the new year, a collaborative project

The handles; duffle is crafted by talented Andrew

Aside from being gone a great deal, I've shoveled out my studio so that I can work.   The missing stuff is in my garage, the car in the driveway.   The entire house has gone through cleaning and organizing in bits and drabs.  By the time I finish, it will be time to start at the beginning again!

Lovely morning

Cypress knees

Goldfish and circles from pond bugs

Lovely!

Spent the morning with bff exploring and having fun.  These were taken at little shops in Seagrove.

More from Asheville

French Broad River

We went on a five mile walk along beautiful French Broad River

Way cool shops!

Tree bones and cold weather

Spent lots of time in the River Arts District

Young street musicians singing traditional bluegrass songs

Had a grand and glorious week with friends!

Wild and Crazy New Year

Received an offer I couldn't refuse, and find myself in Asheville! Took a photo this morning and played in photo apps. Bloggsy couldn't find it so copied and pasted. It isn't sized right, but interesting.

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Christmas in Florida

Took these photos on my morning walk, lovely hibiscus blooming

All is right with the world

Palm trees and gingerbread

Where do squirrels live?  In big messy nests in the trees!

Working on my "things to do" list

One item off my list of "things to do" is a bike rack.  My very talented #1 son made one for his bike and I've wanted one ever since.  This one is a different design and is made so that you can put it in the back of a pick-up bed and carry bikes.  The online instructions said it would cost $20 and take one hour to construct.  It cost me about $35 and took me about an hour and a half.  I did it myself!  As it stands in this photo, it is too big for the edges of the garage, however since I didn't glue it yet, I was able to shorten to a two slot version.  I still need to shorten the side bars a bit to move the bikes closer together and glue part of it so that it can convert back and forth between narrow 2 rack or full 3 rack if we are taking the bikes somewhere!  Too cool!  Measuring, cutting (with PVC pipe cutter) and putting together was fun and easy.  I pumped up the tires on both bikes so that I could start riding mine again, but the front tire popped so will add buy new tube and replace to my never ending "things to do" list.