Negative Scanner

As a gift, Tracy & I decided to go together and get a nifty little slide and negative scanner for Mom for this past Christmas. It wasn't a straightforward device to use and we finally got around to lending some assistance.

Jim has been working on trying to set it up. He finally determined that it was set up, with limited instructions, for PC use. He wrote an email to the company asking for assistance in using the device for a Mac computer. It turns out the software for the Mac is totally separate and wasn't included with the device. After downloading it, he played around with it last night and got it to work.

It's pretty easy to use and gets descent scans. It's nice to see some of these old images come back to life rather than just sitting in negative sleeves. I look forward to seeing the old slides after Mom scans some in. See some more newly scanned negs at my Groovy South Wayne Street post.

I took a lot of black and white photos when I was a kid so this shot of me was pretty typical. I am wearing a green paisley dress Mom made for me.

Me sitting on our swing set in the back yard.

Dad taking a photo of me photographing him. This was taken downtown Lewistown in a graveyard on Dorcas Street.

A Perfect Gift

Toolman Luke gave RGBisMe a handcarved ampersand in a block of cherry.

The printed piece, Mesquite Standard font, 572 point.

Inking it up in red.

Three very cool prints of this amazing ampersand.

Winter Solstice Artistry

These gifts were crafted with love for us by Maga11 & Toolman Luke. The hatchet cover was crafted in a shop near Belleville, the solstice boxes are hand painted with lovely fruit scented candles inside and the sheet metal screw/ screwdriver is for hand crafting snow running studs on our running shoes! Such love and thoughtfulness put into every gift. We are blessed.

More Faerie Doors

I have made some more faerie doors. I will post the photos when I can because many have been made as gifts and I don't want to spoil the surprise.



This one has not only a marble arch but sand stone bricks and mortar. The keystone even has a possum imprint on it. It is a bit much but looks good from a distance. The metal represented is a copper, much more faerie friendly than iron. I know it's all clay but I wanted to try a different metal look. The flowers are more of a glittery myrtle that is on a climbing vine and the centers glow in the dark.


Two with wrought iron and red bricks. The one one the left was my first attempt at mortar and the one on the right was my first super mini.

This one has granite and no flowers, just vines.

Perfection!

Thanks to Maga11 and Toolman Luke's dear gift to me for my birthday, my collection is complete!

Happy Mother's Day!

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This week I came home to a surprise on the back porch. RGBisMe gave me an early Mother's Day gift of two full sized rose bushes. I have had miniature ones in the past and have done about average for keeping them alive. They are hybrid tea roses called Dream Come True and I am excited to see how they do in our yard.

Roses of that color have always reminded my of my grandmothers. The scent reminds my of lotions and bath salts my maternal grandmother gave me and the color reminds me of roses my paternal grandmother and her daughter always had.