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Saturday, February 20, 2016

Tatting and Other Hobbies

Our Twin Cities Tatters group met this morning, and this is ALL I accomplished.  And then I goofed up at the end there and got going the wrong way!  Must've either been talking too much or concentrating too hard.  Hhmmpphh.  I will have to find time to start again, because it IS an easy, sturdy pattern, and I'm just making a towel edging.  It is, however, also one of those old written patterns that is easy to lose your place on.  Obviously.  I think I'll diagram it for myself before I start again.


I haven't been tatting much, but I have been participating in a couple of photography challenges. The 52-week challenge has me taking a photograph a week, with a certain theme as a guideline.  Week 7 was to be a faceless portrait, so this was my photo:


I have yet to finish that doily, but I thought a photo might inspire me to get back to it!

And last week some friends were doing a 7-Day Nature Photo Challenge on Facebook, so I thought I'd share the photos I posted daily for that challenge.  I'm sure I've probably posted these here before, but these are 7 of my all time favorites:








And, I'm continuing with the Zentangle drawing as well - pretty much daily!  It's fun to have some new things to explore and practice for a change, though I really don't need ANOTHER hobby. But, what the heck?  A girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do :) 



11 comments:

  1. I LOVE your faceless portrait! When you finish the doily, you'll need to have that photo nearby. The steps are beautiful- local?
    Thanks for this morning- I had a great time!

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    1. Thanks! Our tatting days are always fun, even if I don't accomplish much - ha!
      The steps are at Whitewater State Park - great hiking there.

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  2. I also love your faceless portrait! I wish I could have joined you for a tatting day. I hope we'll get the chance to meet again once I'm retired. I picture longer visits to Minnesota instead of the whirlwind weekend trips we've been making the past several years.

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    1. It would be great if we could meet up again! If you'll be here on longer visits, we'll have to plan that :)

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  3. Looks like a nice edging! :)
    Can't wait to see that doily completed, it's so gorgeous already!!! :)

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  4. Wonderful pictures and tatting looks good, I diagram mine out too!

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  5. I love that you messed up during a tat and chat. It happens to us all. Such lovely pictures and what a doily. do keep in touch on that progress, it looks spectacular so far.

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  6. Fabulous imagery throughout !!! Love your diverse interests :-)

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  7. When I saw your title, I was going to ask "Other interest than tatting?" Nawwww. ;-) But, I can't make fun. You are a spectacular photographer! Obviously, you have some great lenses, also. The frog in the flower is precious.

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    1. Haha! It's hard to choose which hobby to entertain sometimes ;)

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  8. Yeah, I've done that, get to talking and mess up. At least it's wasn't in the middle of your beautiful doily! Your pictures are wonderful! You are doing great with them.

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