the next message is always there...

Yesterday managed to do rather a bit of walkabout, and my knee seems to be holding up and improving (yay! - am hoping to avoid being tapped like a maple tree again). While rambling up my street towards the bus stop, one of the neighbor boys asked me if I wanted a picture, held out three little sketches, and I chose the middle one.

I adore child artwork, though there are few children around in my life. I treasure the various images that I do have, mostly created by the children of friends. On the back of this piece it was delightfully labeled: "weirddrawingsinc.©" and his name with a small monogram

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In additional breaking news, the missing object has returned. Apparently the Good Folk were satisfied with the offering of cookies and whiskey, and now there is no need to re-do a major bit of workroom efforts. (am greatly relieved, and sure that A and F, who helped me madly search last Tuesday, will be amused)

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I couldn't help but spend a bit of time messing about making some paracord lanyard/fobs today. They are not terribly difficult, but are somehow very satisfying to construct, The initial impetus is that my wee flashlight arrived on my doorstep. I am quite pleased with both the size, the (apparent) sturdiness, and the brightness of the LED. Of course, the light is so very small that none of my split rings are tiny enough for the lanyard clip opening, so I am currently wearing it on extra-small diameter plumbers chain as a necklace, until suitable hardware can be located. The rest of my EDC gadgets are now on their own ring, separate from my keys. With a bit of thought and knotty efforts, there will eventually be a happy way to keep all these bits and bobs in tidy order. and I forsee a trip to Winks in the not too distant future, for Useful Hardware Browsing and possible acquisition...

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and just because it is rising Midsummer, here is a lovely japanese iris...