back to work

I finally did something proactive Tuesday toward getting ready for the open house. I drew up cartoons of the feathers in a frame/shadow box to determine shape and dimension and corresponded with my brother, a talented woodworker, who offered to make them for me. 

Now I need to quit procrastinating and get over to the shop to do the cold work on the feathers and the heron box. And I'm ready to try the snowflake ornaments again. I have frames for two of the pieces in stands which involves some woodworking and am having a frame made for the third one. I even made a list to tick things off of.

I spent Tuesday morning in the dentist chair getting prepped for the third of 5 crowns and the seating of the second. None of this is new damage but replacing decades old failing dental work and the resultant decay. Yay me. I'm putting off the last two til after New Year's. Since my insurance only covers x-rays, cleaning, and exam every six months and we are retired for the most part it's nice that they are only charging me what the insurance would pay instead of the walk in price but it's still a hefty chunk of money per tooth.

So yesterday I did get over to the shop and got the cold work on the feathers done except for the blue jay feather as it needs to be re-powdered and re-fired and started on the heron box again. This time I'm refitting the inlay, which no longer fits flat, first before I grind the bottom again. I'm trying to minimize the amount of grinding I do in the recess and instead mostly working on the back of the inlay. I got it pretty close before I quit for the day. The box is not as crisp as it was before we re-fired it but I hope it's pretty enough.

We've had a few really gorgeous days in a row and some outstanding skies

though a front with rain is coming in today and I need to get out there and clean out one of the gutters before it starts raining again and then head over to the shop.