Thursday, 13 March 2014
a beautiful wee beastie
Wish it was working now....and that the greenhouse was still there. The grapevine still lives, even with the winter weather a year ago. I wonder if we'll get some of that this year?
Ayr
A good day, with plenty of sun!!
We're paying for it today, with fog and mist but The Pirate has been doing his soul good with some digging!
Monday, 10 March 2014
cards in production at last!
After much experimentation and struggling to understand and learn new computer programmes..not to mention getting the computer and printer to talk to each other!!...I have started production!
In a couple of days I'll have supplies of envelopes and cellophane wrappers, then they'll be going in my Etsy shop.
It is always surprising how much the presentation changes how you see the card and image.
Lets hope these catch the Spring/Easter market in the local shop, where they'll be selling at £1.75 each!! Online they'll be £8.50 for five, with free P+P.
I've been going through my stock of images and quickly printing off ones that catch my eye. Most of them seem more suited for exhibition or gallery work rather than for use as cards.
This is teaching me how I look at things!!
While I've been busy printing, The Pirate has made a marvellous stirfry for supper..
it goes beyond words, to have someone to work with and who is willing to care for you and be cared for. "caring is sharing.." as they say in New Zealand!
In a couple of days I'll have supplies of envelopes and cellophane wrappers, then they'll be going in my Etsy shop.
Lets hope these catch the Spring/Easter market in the local shop, where they'll be selling at £1.75 each!! Online they'll be £8.50 for five, with free P+P.
I've been going through my stock of images and quickly printing off ones that catch my eye. Most of them seem more suited for exhibition or gallery work rather than for use as cards.
This is teaching me how I look at things!!
While I've been busy printing, The Pirate has made a marvellous stirfry for supper..
it goes beyond words, to have someone to work with and who is willing to care for you and be cared for. "caring is sharing.." as they say in New Zealand!
cars!
The trials and tribulations....the car is now sitting in the garage waiting on parts on back order from Peugeot....the top strut plate is rather vital. One is just hanging on by one bolt, the other is showing corrosion.
So no car for a week....at least.
Saves on fuel and if we need to go anywhere we can go by bike, walk or bus!
Thankfully we seem to be in for nearly a week of dry(ish) weather!!
So no car for a week....at least.
Saves on fuel and if we need to go anywhere we can go by bike, walk or bus!
Thankfully we seem to be in for nearly a week of dry(ish) weather!!
Saturday, 8 March 2014
up in the air
Rooks in the air above the farmyard where we live...the wind has been blowing a hooley all day, but at least it hasn't rained!
Wednesday, 5 March 2014
Dumfries and back
and back home via Carsphairn, last village in Dumfries and Galloway before you return to Ayrshire. Notable for its free public toilets, which you find in hardly any of Ayrshire's villages!!
Sunday, 2 March 2014
not much progress
Perhaps I'm just doing too many things!
Keeping the Pirate from being "down",as he is at the most stressful time of his treatment.
Attempting to keep this place clean and (HA!) tidy...when we still have a row of buckets to catch most of the drips coming inside the front window....when we now have the laminate floor up to air...but the boiler STILL has a leak..... Luckily we aren't doing the work or paying for it. On the other hand, if it was our own house........
The rain it raineth every day, nearly. It is most heartening to have a morning with sun, like today, and see that the water level in the fields is subsiding gradually.
We went to the Ayr Roads Club Hut today...I rode out, with a friend, and the Pirate rode home with him. The Pirate brought his bike and the soup I'd made last night.
Only four others turned up, riding mostly from Ayr...everyone else missed a good lunch!....and a warm in front of the stove before a wet ride home.
Developing a series of cards, trying different card weights...I think I have the maximum weight that will go through the printer (as it has to bend). Struggling to understand ANY graphics program....knowing what they call what I'm aiming for would help!
I think I have something to get things off the ground and hopefully bring in some income, but to do what I want I probably will go back to lino cut prints.
The Pirate has some tools for carving wood....I could try wood block.....
Keeping the Pirate from being "down",as he is at the most stressful time of his treatment.
Attempting to keep this place clean and (HA!) tidy...when we still have a row of buckets to catch most of the drips coming inside the front window....when we now have the laminate floor up to air...but the boiler STILL has a leak..... Luckily we aren't doing the work or paying for it. On the other hand, if it was our own house........
The rain it raineth every day, nearly. It is most heartening to have a morning with sun, like today, and see that the water level in the fields is subsiding gradually.
We went to the Ayr Roads Club Hut today...I rode out, with a friend, and the Pirate rode home with him. The Pirate brought his bike and the soup I'd made last night.
Only four others turned up, riding mostly from Ayr...everyone else missed a good lunch!....and a warm in front of the stove before a wet ride home.
Developing a series of cards, trying different card weights...I think I have the maximum weight that will go through the printer (as it has to bend). Struggling to understand ANY graphics program....knowing what they call what I'm aiming for would help!
I think I have something to get things off the ground and hopefully bring in some income, but to do what I want I probably will go back to lino cut prints.
The Pirate has some tools for carving wood....I could try wood block.....
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