Saturday afternoon, I decided to do something about the trees and bushes. Went to the shed for the loppers. They wouldn't cut hot butter. Watched a couple of videos on how to sharpen loppers. I finally got the tip of the loppers reasonably sharp, but they wouldn't cut anything very thick. And there were thick things that needed cutting.
While I was out there sweating my butt off, The Husband was in his recliner, scrolling on his device. I went back in the house and asked, "Are you able to run the chainsaw for a minute?" He said he was. I pointed, he sawed.
We cleared out a good bit of stuff, then dragged it to the gulley, along with the pile of debris I'd made earlier in the week when I de-vined the forsythia and the rosebush. I was plumb tuckered when we finished, but the result was worth the sweat.
The past week was moderately productive. Mid-week, I had lunch with my brother. Did a lot of cooking and a little cleaning. Shopped for groceries, the regular stuff. Made bracelets all day Sunday.
I did some experiments in the craft room, learning to transfer laser-printed images to unbaked polymer clay using plain old copy paper. I tried both heat and water to set the images onto the clay. Using the heat gun was a little scary for fear of over-baking/burning the clay, not to mention the possibility of toxic fumes from either the clay or the laser print. Also, the heat image came out a little fainter than the water image - maybe I didn't heat it long enough or hot enough.
It was kind of relaxing to rub the paper off the water image. However, it is possible to smear the ink if you rub too hard.
Anyway, now that I know how to transfer images to clay, it's "Katie bar the door." Much of my artwork has already been scanned to the computer. Now I can put it on clay, if I want to. And I think I do want to. :)
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