savethebeer

Even though I haven't been posting lately, I look in from time to time. Due to being at this hobby for about 15 years and knowing my walls and my friends walls were full I needed to renew my interest in making things. This year I decided to make gifts for charities, so last Feb and March I made all the Christmas pressies for my friends for 2024. Then I made a huge range of Christmas items, all stack cut, and divided them in 2. One half I gave to the cat rescue that gave me my 2 kittens in Jan, and the rest I gave to a Downs Syndrome centre in the locality. Both lots were delivered to the charities last week and they are now arranging fund raising raffles for themselves. Last week I gift wrapped my own pressies, On Monday I'm off to walk the Camino in Spain with my Daughter, (5th time doing different stretches on my own, with Daughter, or with friends) I have a friend cat sitting my two, and I shall return after the hols knowing full well that Ember and Ash will fully appreciate how good they have it now, and change their ways. Next year I intend to make about 5 good items for each charity, rather than the large smorgasbord of items i did this year.

Jerry, just checking in and I see that you are more than maintaining the standards, but you seem to be on your own most of the time. Bob

Thank you Chelcass. 66. I get free travel from today. Bob

Spain was just a visit. I'm now back in Ireland and you're welcome to visit.

Thanks Chelcass. The one decision I made today is not to make christmas gifts this year. Its too late and I don't need the pressure. Adults and kids are getting books and I've just bought a lot of educational and sensory toys for the kids. I actually started cutting today, stack cut of 3, one of H Botas' Santa faces, but they're for next Christmas.

Guess what I started doing today. Scrolling. I retired last February and started to arrange a few new hobbies, including pyrography and quilling. I also got a few presents for myself including a new kitchen, new porch doors, new shed, and a walk on the Camino in northern Spain. My walk in Spain was in the first two weeks of Sept, and all the other jobs happened in the last two weeks of Sept. My shed is a 10ft by 12ft, dwarfing my 6ft by 6ft one, so for the past 3 days I’ve been moving anything in my shop that is not scrolling related out to my shed. Whilst I still have hours of work sorting out the shop, and restocking the kitchen I had a sudden realization. My shop is beginning to look like it did 8 or 9 years ago when I started scrolling, and I had a full clear bench to work on and floor space to move about. So this morning I ignored all the other jobs and switched on my saw for the first time in about 5 months. It is such a nice feeling to get back into the groove. I am back, but with plans to join up scrolling, pyrography and quilling. Bob

Thanks. The front has to be read as it is. 2023 is at 1 O'clock in the photo which gives Mon at 6 O çlock and its the 25th today. It has more years marked up on the rear disc than the current villagers will ever live till. 2109 is the last year marked up. I got it where I get all my clock inserts, it is a nice brass look and I know it would look well if mounted. However there is no point if I can't rotate the the rear disc. I'll just teach the Grandkids how to use it in a few years.

I have had this brass calendar for ages. Its two discs, and the rear one rotates to find the correct year and month. Both discs are the same size and the front one has a little tab to rotate the front disc. I think it is meant to be a hand held calendar. I have not been able to figure out a workable mount to make. Has anyone any ideas if it could be put in a wooden mount.

Keep being positive Jerry. There has been no slippage in this weeks Cartoon offerings. A fully functioning heart is all well and good but so is a full head of hair. You've been managing without the full top cover for years so you'll adjust and prosper. Bob

Well done Ray on discovering a whole new extension to your time sitting at the computer. This is just in time for me to get a large shed built in the garden, into which, amongst other things will go most of my stored wood and other things like tools that only get used ocassionaly meaning I will be back to having the space in the shop that I used to have. I'll have a clear work bench to lay out all the pieces for segmentation or be able to draw a pattern with my pencils and rulers. Then I'm off to Spain to walk some of the Camino for two weeks, followed by a new kitchen being installed on my return. Then after that is the inevitable decorating of all the new fixtures and fittings around the house and equally inevitablely will be that the rooms that I paint will show up the rooms that I haven't painted which will mean buying more paint to do those rooms. So I'm going to take a break for a while. I was always worried that Jerry would be under too much pressure if he was on his own but now look. He has ScrollerPete, TAIving, and now you to keep him company. I shall of course check in regularly and make sure that standards are being maintained. See you all in the Spring. Bob

Have to pixilate the face so that nobody knows him ..................

Welcome to the club Ray. Just don't shop it the same stores Jerry, Pete or me go to. Bob