Random Pictures.

[Haraldsdotter]

Thanks! I love working at my loom.. it’s a zen like activity that results in nice woven things at the end. The project on the loom right now is a silk shawl that is 30” x 80” and has a huck lace pattern. That shuttle is old-ish, probably 15 years and it’s handmade by a small woodworking shop called bluster bay. This one in particular is my favorite and is a nice heavy walnut, but I have several in some very pretty exotic woods.
My loom is positioned so that I can see out to my front yard through 4 big windows, and I like to plant my dwarf sunflowers right outside those windows- it gives me a cheery view of the flowers and the critters and birds that enjoy them while I weave.

[SpookyShoe]

Haraldsdotter, did you warp that loom by hand????? Long ago I took a fiber arts class in design school, and we all had to warp our looms. Our looms were tiny compared to yours. This was my project. I'm sure you can see the mistakes. Your work is stunning.

Donna, Texas Gulf Coast

[SpookyShoe]

My husband and I took a mini-vacation. I lived in San Antonio as a child for several years.

Donna, Texs Gulf Coast

[Haraldsdotter]

All weaving that results in a useable fabric is beautiful!
And yes, I warp all my looms by hand. Beam, thread, sley and tie on takes me about a week for a relatively straightforward 8 shaft project like this one, and about 2 weeks for all 24 shafts. Weaving can be as bad (or in my case worse) than gardening as a not so cheap hobby, and I currently have 3 looms or 4 if I count my big inkle loom - but who’s counting, lol. I have the entire family room of a split level house as well as my son’s old bedroom for my fiber crafts, but currently have loads of seed packs as well as seed catalogs scattered all over everything as I get ready for spring to get here. Truth be told, I was more than ready for spring to get here last month, as I hate snowy cold weather.

[DonDuck]

Originally Posted by SpookyShoe

My husband and I took a mini-vacation. I lived in San Antonio as a child for several years.

Donna, Texs Gulf Coast

Great shot of the Alamo. The lighting was perfect to capture the colors and detail.


I was really surprised when I first saw the Alamo as a child. It has always seemed much smaller in size than I imagined it from movies. I kept asking myself how so many people could have lived and died in such a small structure. I later learned many of the buildings and structures surrounding and supporting the church no longer exist. On the river side of the Alamo, high rise luxury hotels now occupy much of the property which was originally part of the Alamo compound. As a Texan, it saddens me to see such a historic place reduced to a tourist attraction.


I've visited with some Mexican citizens who travel to San Antonio to see the Alamo and I'm always struck by the perspective each of us has. The Mexicans see it as a place of victory and sacrifice. I regard it as a site of great sacrifice for the common good. Many of the people I met reminded me that Mexico had it's own Alamo at The Battle of Chapultepec where the Chapultepec military academy was defended by a few hundred, young academy cadets in 1847. They were defeated by the army of General Winfield Scott in the battle to take Mexico City. It's interesting how history repeats itself.



I've always enjoyed the Alamo by day and the river walk at night. I could sit and listen to the Mariachi bands play all night in the warm, star filled evening..

[clkeiper]

Haraldsdotter, that is a lovely rug you are working on. do you do this for yourself or do you sell them? how long does it take to make one and how large of rugs do you make?

[Rajun Gardener]

The grand kids hated Santa

[Cole_Robbie]

That picture is hilarious, those expressions! I hope those kids get a good laugh about that pic when they look back at it as adults.

Too, too funny. I remember being pretty suspicious of Santa as a kid.

[wildcat62]

Rajun that pic brought a smile to my face.

[Worth1]

Here is an outside horn strobe on a stucco wall.
It takes me about 15 minutes to move from one spot to the next and put one up.
Screws are 300 series stainless no rust non magnetic.
You have to assemble the thing too.
Had a guy with all the tools needed take all afternoon to put up two of them four hours.
Every time I saw him he was on his phone texting.
He was warned several times.
The other guys were complaining.
He no longer works for us and I dont feel bad about it.
Worth
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[NicolasGarcia]

Merry Christmas, everyone!
I show you a picture of plant nursery! the truth that I love. The first picture is what we call it here * Flor de Pascua *, is the typical plant that everyone has in their homes at Christmas.

[NicolasGarcia]

More photos of the store of plants

[upcountrygirl]

The roses are beautiful, Nicolas. I gave up growing them years ago. I never could find any varieties that weren't riddled with diseases and pests. Happy holidays!

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by upcountrygirl

The roses are beautiful, Nicolas. I gave up growing them years ago. I never could find any varieties that weren't riddled with diseases and pests. Happy holidays!

Get the ones called knockout and double knockout.
You wont be sorry.
My town grows them everywhere and they are care free.
Unlike the disease ridden tea roses.