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Monday, July 1, 2013

It's been a long time, I shouldn't have left you...

...but I've ended up in a permanent (let's hope) position at a high school in Bushwick, Brooklyn, and have a lot more to say about art and art education.

As for now, it's my first summer in about a decade in which I don't have to look for work, and I have two months ostensibly "off."  During this time, I'll be doing curriculum planning and online assignments for my Advanced Placement students, yes, but I'm also going to give myself some Me Time.

I'm FINALLY writing the actual script for a comic idea that I came up with in collaboration with Kenneth (Max) Brooks, who's got a bunch of stuff on .  Scroll way down and look for the words "Sarsen" and/or "Mr. Nice Guy."  These are the protagonists of a book called The Straight and Narrow, about two ex-supervillains who are trying really hard to stay on the "good" side even though their world is falling apart, they're getting desperate, and suddenly they know the secret identity of their archrival superhero.

Max pitched this to me a LONG time ago with the single sentence "What if the Riddler and the Penguin discovered that Bruce Wayne is Batman after vowing to never do evil again?"  Obviously, we couldn't use those characters (at least, not in canon), but I think we've made characters that can truly matter to readers.  I'm thrilled to finally be writing about Tommy and Oskar - they deserve to have their story told.

I'll be writing this script in a month as part of Camp NaNoWriMo ( - if you're a) not a spambot and b) actually posting there too, look for me as likethegum!

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Shame on me for not thinking of this:

I used to paint with Thermochromic inks, and even made objects that changed their patterns when the viewer exhaled on them...but I never thought to make a Rorschach mask.   This, even as I spent most of the last two decades as an obsessive fan of the limited comic book series Watchmen (1985).
Shame on me - this would be one of the few times in which the art-nerd in me (the "culture high") completely overwhelmed the pop-culture-geek in me (the "culture low")!

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Back after a long while (and looking at photos of the subway)

 I'm not very keen on the Metropolitan Transit Authority of late, but one of my points of local pride is the New York City subway system.  It's eco-friendly, (relatively) economical (though the MTA is working to make that less the case), and a perfect illustration of the "melting pot" concept.

Really, I think that one of the things people from outside NYC or any other urban area need to understand about us is that the average outer-borough New Yorker spends at least an hour a day sitting next to strangers as part of a daily commute (on a sidenote, it's really weird for me to realize that, due to FINALLY GETTING A TEACHING JOB AND IT'S EVEN IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD as detailed below, an unlimited Metrocard would be a waste of money for me for the first time since they were introduced).

Allora (that's "anyhoo" in italiano), here's a link to a gallery of New York Times photos from the NYC subway system over the past hundred years.  Around the late 50s, you start getting archtypal "Grey Lady" images; they're a nice reminder of the old aesthetic for photos at the Times.  I must admit, it took me a while to warm up to their color photography, but by now I can't imagine the paper of the last decade without its incredible color photojournalism.

In other news:

  • RIP Ari Up of the Slits (1962-2010) and General Johnson of the Chairmen of the Board (1943-2010).  I'm sure that everyone who comes to this blog shares my love of scratchy post-punk and Carolina beach music, as well as art-education and site-specific artwork.
  • Yes, this time I actually assumed that there ARE people who come here.  Apparently, this blog now has two followers!  And I don't even know you folks!
  • I promise to get back into art-ed ramblings soon -- I just got hired as an art teacher at a middle school in the outer boroughs (!!!!), and need to find my footing with that age.  If my principal is okay with it, I'll certainly post some images from projects as they develop, though I probably won't post the school's name or the kids' faces.  Further reports as events warrant.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

The Creativity Crisis (via Newsweek)

Here's a great article from the newest issue of Newsweek provides food for thought for those of us with kids, or who want to teach, or who care about art, or who care about America still generating great minds. Surely at least ONE of those criteria apply to you, right?

As Eliot Eisner and many other art-education advocates and theorists have noted, art education provides students with "Habits of Mind" (Eisner's term) which are not necessarily instilled through other, more academic -- and thus more typically privileged in a curriculum -- subjects.  These habits encourage flexible, creative thinking, which benefits students not only in the art class, but in other classes and for the rest of their lives as members of society.

All fine and well for theorists to talk up the arts, of course, but this Newsweek article cites several scientific studies which show that creativity exercises (such as those found in a good art classroom) literally strengthen brain functions.  It also states that American schools, and thus American adults, are falling behind Chinese and Asian schools in terms of creative thinking, which is hurting our industries and our ability to deal flexibly with important left-field issues as they arise.

Perhaps these are the angles from which to push for increased art-educational opportunities, in order to get the broadest coalition of supporters:  science proves it and it's for the sake of our economy.

On a related note (and no, I am not saying that this project is exactly what America needs to regain its position at the top of the creative market), here are a few pictures of sculptures made by first-graders in response to a guided visualization I led them through while working as a student-teacher this spring.  In the visualization, I had them imagine flying in a spaceship to the end of the universe, landing on a planet unlike anything Earthlings had ever seen, and meeting an alien from that planet.  They then used homemade play-dough (which could be reformed - changing the shape) and found materials (which could be recontextualized - changing the meaning) to create the alien.

Sure, many of the aliens used similar materials - straws and toothpicks especially - but each student used them differently, and gave different explanations as to what the materials were.  On one alien, toothpicks were poisonous spikes, on another, they were wind showing movement in a direction.  One alien's snorkels were made with the same bendy straws as another alien's legs and the "laser sticky arms" of another.  Each student was encouraged to create his or her own solutions, and find his or her own problems.  American education needs more of that, not only from me (certainly not only from me!!) but from every teacher.

This alien is pretty much my favorite piece of student artwork ever - my cooperating teacher will vouch for me that I was all but in love with it.  The student found a teapot lid in the box of found materials, and quickly realized that this wouldn't work as a stable base for a clay alien.  His response was to make a mobile sculpture (it rolls in circles) with toothpicks, pipe cleaners and feathers reaching out in an arc which beautifully spins as the alien rolls.  This six- or seven-year-old was thinking about kinetic movement and purposing his materials as intently as Alexander Calder did when making his early circus sculptures.

Anyhow, the Newsweek article makes a really good case for giving more students more access to the arts - visual, performative, musical, etc.  Here's hoping that principals and parents read the article, so that it isn't just bouncing around the creative-arts-teacher echo chamber...

Saturday, July 10, 2010

"If you found ONE, they probably made a THOUSAND."

Your author would have looked just as stupid in this in 1991.

Pretty much everyone I know who lived in Brooklyn in the 90s fondly remembers Domsey's, a Williamsburg-Bridge-area clothing place legendary for its by-the-pound offerings in the basement.  I found many staples of my ridiculous art-school-era "look" by sifting through piles of rags, ducking the bulldozers that were shoving bales of clothing, and pulling out the most gloriously weird stuff I found.

Nothing topped the mighty GRUNGE jersey, though.

A baseball jersey with an African-tricolor motif (red and yellow front panels, green sleeves, and a black back and hood), with five-inch-tall lettering spelling out the decidedly-not-Afrocentric word GRUNGE.  It was the sort of thing a computer simulacrum would wear when it appeared to the United Nations, had it learned the ways of Earthlings entirely by watching VHS tapes of MTV from 1991. I found it around late 1999 or early 2000, long after it would have been timely in its misguided squareness.

The best thing about the jersey, other than it being hilariously ugly and uncool, was that it was produced by Spike Lee's short-lived 40 Acres and a Mule stores, themselves a time capsule of that period in the 90s when independent film still felt like something...well, independent.  Unless the piece was a custom (not likely, given the price point of the 40A stuff when there was a store on Dekalb Avenue by Pratt), the GRUNGE jersey was a product which had been given the green light at least a few times between the drawing board and the coat hanger.  I like to think that Spike Lee himself looked at the design on paper and said "Yes - this is exactly what I need to promote my brand as a vital aspect of Brooklyn Afrocentrism.  Look out, Moshood!"

My wife (a costume designer who certainly knows her way around bulk clothiers) put it well:  "The chances are, this was not a custom, and if you found one, they probably made a thousand of these."

Sadly, before I was able to finally wear it to a Spike Lee signing, I realized that it had been several years since I last wore it (and that I never even wore it in a promo photo for my late hip hop project, for which it would have been a perfect statement of my "it doesn't matter if you cheer my name or hiss me" persona).  I ended up selling it to Beacon's Closet in Williamsburg about six months ago, and have since kinda-sorta expected to see it worn by some yahoo on Project Runway or in a band-promo photo in L Magazine

I wonder if, ten years from now, I'll see a piece of clothing made in 2010 that so completely got 2010 wrong.  Or am I now too old, too distanced from anything resembling the cool stuff?  Would I even recognize square anymore?

Push those gender roles early!

Seriously, MAM?

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Brooklyn Friends School “Invents the Museum”

I've worked for several years as a pre-college instructor, teaching art and art history to high-school students.  I've also spent the last two years working towards K-12 Art Ed certification, with the ideal goal of teaching high school students.  As a true believer in teenagers' art, and a student of art education, I must say that the bar has been raised, both for high school art and for teaching high school art, courtesy of a show planned, produced and curated by the Brooklyn Friends School Art Club Cooperative and their teacher, Elizabeth Deull.

Before I go further, I should state that a) my wife is a teacher at Brooklyn Friends School; b) I've worked with several, but not all, of these students as a student teacher at BFS in the Fall 2009 semester; and c) I'm a recent graduate of the same art-education program as Ms. Deull, and have gotten to know her a bit at BFS over the past six months.  As such, I'm not an unbiased observer - and I know that those few people who visit this blog expect nothing but the highest in journalistic integrity.

That said, this show of high-schoolers' work stands up aesthetically and conceptually to the majority of group shows in small commercial galleries in New York City.  I'm very happy that it has been extended through June 6th, to coincide with the Atlantic Avenue Art Walk, and hope that it gets a lot of views and attention.

Okay, so let's talk a little bit about the art, shall we?  In the words of the show's press release (here):

"In 'Invent the Museum' students chose to react to or reinvent an artwork or art idea that already existed in the world. This theme allowed students to research artworks of interest from a wide range of time periods, artists, artistic movements and media. They also learned about how artists and art movements from WWI to the present have developed new art ideas and expressions in reaction not only to the world around them, but often to the art that came before them. As a result, the student artists of The Art Club have constructed a show that presents their unique, contemporary take on both famous and more obscure artworks that span from the Renaissance to Postmodern times."

The show makes excellent use of a strange little storefront space on Hoyt Street in Brooklyn (half a block north of Atlantic Avenue) - the first thing you see walking by is a series of dolls made by the entire Art Club, each the familiar face of the Mona Lisa.  It's a nice introduction to an exhibition that makes the viewer look at familiar artwork through the eyes of some of the newest acolytes to art history.

All of the work was impressively left-brainy for such young artists, and some pieces struck me as the equal of works from artists several years older and more experienced than these students.   As I said above, this show stands up to most of what's up in group shows in NYC, and that's mighty impressive for a bunch of artists too young to legally vote.

Here's what's on display:

Ashley Felix's linocut self-portrait (based on Egon Schiele's Self-Portrait with Hands Folded) makes explicit the sort of stance Warhol made with Gold Marilyn - by referencing classics from art history in the process of depicting herself, she's planting a flag in the long-running conversation of art.

please click this image to see it in its proper proportion!

Becky Grenham's painting perfectly states the tongue-in-cheek reframing of this exhibition's questioning of what gets to be considered a "classic" work of art, and why. Degas' dancer takes the floor at a discotheque, enjoying the attention of club kids rather than the stodgy folks who read about her in a copy of Janson's or the hoi polloi who know her as a calendar motif. Culture high, meet culture low. I love the colored dots showing the play of light off a disco ball – it implies movement and increases the tension between the figures and the flat black background, as well as making me think of Damien Hirst's "dot paintings."

Wiley Guillot has a great hand already - he draws beautifully and idiosyncratically, and that makes his response to Kiki Smith's work feel fully independent of his art historical reference (I mean that in the best way).

When I last saw Staver Klitgaard, she was immersing herself in painting, learning everything she could about how the Old Masters composed and produced their imagery.  Her work in the show shows this exploration heading in a different direction:  digital "painting reenactments" of herself and another Art Club member as figures from Picasso, Goya and Vermeer (I wonder how Picasso would feel to know that he's considered an Old Master by the newest crop of artists...I agree wholeheartedly, and Portrait of Olga dans un Fauteui is an excellent painting for a modern young woman to reenact).

Manos Lupissakis processes "traditional" graffiti, Banksy's stencils and wheatpastes, and the general aesthetic of peeling paint in the subway system to make an Ode to the Subway that I found worth poring over inch by inch.

Samantha Rees's wall of small pen-and-ink portraits comment on the emotional content of traditional portraiture, and use the wall beautifully and evocatively, while her Self-Portrait in the Style of Van Eyck suggests an amazingly diverse group of artists:  Van Eyck, Kahlo, Klimt, Redon, even Stettheimer.

(this show ismuch more impressive than my ability to successfully format this blog entry...)

Amina Ross
is well on her way as an artist already:  her stunning modern interpretation of an African-American mourning quilt commands attention from the viewer, and her corner installation Defective Oracle made me chuckle for a moment, then ponder it for several days.

Nina Ryser adds collage and her own drawing style to reprocess the work of Keith Haring into something much more her own.  This would fit right in at a Williamsburg gallery, and I'd love to see variations on the theme.  I love the head and neck that haven't been painted in at all - it sets off the wood grain and collage nicely.

Romy Smith makes a statement similar to Ashley Felix's referencing of the Egon Schiele self-portrait, only with a lot more humor – her How Botticelli's Woman Got Her Groove Back subverts the Portrait of a Young Woman by styling the sitter more like 1980 than 1480. The model's smirk makes it clear that she's in on the joke.

Allie Shyer's installations, collages and assemblages process Schwitters and Cornell with a design sense that (in my eyes, your mileage may vary) echoes the presentation of jumbled, disconnected imagery on a Google image search (or maybe mid-career Richard Prince).  I've seen a lot of her work by now, and it's all quite impressive.

 The Art Club Cooperative is such not just in name: several other pieces in the room were produced in collaboration. The back windows of the small space are covered in marker-on-acetate (?) reproductions of classic self-portraits…

 …hung over a shelf covered in plastic animals, all painted pink. My toddler LOVED that part.

There is also a wall of artworks made in the gallery by the Art Club members, all for sale at a measly $5 apiece. I bought two, and hope to buy a few more before the show ends. Money from the sales goes towards the Michael Nill Endowment Fund for Faculty Development, which will directly benefit Brooklyn Friends School and thus its students.

If you go, you really owe it to yourself to buy a piece of artwork. I can't wait to put mine up in my apartment once the show comes down (one of the ones I bought is the white panel with mounted 3-d black ribbon, visible under the appropriated picture of Wolverine. It's that kind of show.)

If you haven't been able to tell yet by reading my glowing praise, I'm very, very impressed with the caliber of artwork in this show, and by Ms. Deull's ability to work with students of this age to produce a show this impressive.  I hope to get the chance to work with high schoolers again soon and will keep this show in mind as the exemplar of what can be done with talented high school students, provided that you give them a real, meaningful project to work on and push them to challenge their own limits.

"Invent the Museum" is up through June 6th (whether the BFS link at the top of this post says so or not) at 77B Hoyt Street between State Street and Atlantic Avenue, a space generously donated by the building owner, Nat Hendricks.  Go see the show, wouldja?


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Thursday, November 13, 2008

Best of Friends

Monday, November 03, 2008

Tioman Last Kopek - End Oct 2008

One cannot get enough of this beautiful place.  Shoals of anchovies at the jetty along with the scores of colourful coral fishes in crystal clear water.

Balihai Dive Centre

The sweeping skies and beautiful calm sea.

This is a surprise... autumn coloured trees!

View from the Balcony of SD9.

One of the best beaches in Tioman is at Tulai (Coral) Island. Waters here are crystal clear and sand is powdery white.

Low tide at Panuba.

Thursday, August 07, 2008

Mad About Waterfalls!!

Lata Kijang in Negri Sembilan.

Aerial view:

Lata Kijang from the base:

Lata Kijang: Someone trying to be "human dam".
Lovely clear, cool waters.

Unknown, unspoilt waterfall somewhere in the jungles of Peninsular Malaysia.

Lata Seminyang: A.k.a. the twin of Buaya Sangkut Waterfall

Upper tiers/cascades of Jerangkang Falls:

Upper tier/cascades of Berkelah Waterfalls

Twin falls at the lowest tier of Berkelah Falls:

Gunung Tapis Waterfall or more porpularly known as Rainbow Falls.

One of the tallest falls in Peninsular Malaysia

The reason why it is also known as Rainbow Falls:

View from base to the top

That's all. For more information about the falls and a very comprehensive listing of waterfalls in Malaysia, please visit

Monday, July 28, 2008

Tioman Underwater Jul'08

Its been a while since I last posted. Too many photos in between so I'm just sharing the latest of the lot.

Red-banded Cleaner Shrimp - Night Dive @Panuba House Reef

I don't know what specie of Nudibranch this is. Looks like a Chromodoris Geometrica but I am not certain.
Spotted at Fan Canyon, Tioman.

This was also found at Fan Canyon.
Nembrotha Cristata

Solar powered nudie... will get name later.

Anemone Shrimp.

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Rainbow Portal

Here something I saw the other day. Somewhere over Tampin and we were in a light drizzle when the sun broke through the early morning;
A rainbow but not just any rainbow. Instead of just a semi-circle, for the first time I saw a full circle! The only other times I saw full circle rainbows were around the sun or moon. Those were known as icebows. This was not an icebow as the circle was on our right, whereby the sun was on our left.

I looked up the net and found that this is normal due to our altitude. Rainbows when viewed from high altitude such as an airplane would be seen as a full circle rainbow. Makes you wonder that all the other rainbows seen were only half of its full glory.

It was huge and and my G7 could only capture a part of the rainbow. My Dslr with the 10-22mm mounted was in the bag, out of reach.

What if we managed to through the rainbow? Would it be a gateway or portal to another dimension? Hmm.. I think its influence from the Stargate series...

Monday, April 28, 2008

Return to Balihai

It feels like a long time has passed since I last stepped foot on the island of Tioman but really, it has been only 4 months. Well, it was a long time for me but I finally made it there again not once but twice in a span of 1 week. Crazy huh?

Balihai's Dive Boat at Panuba Jetty:

Panuba Resort with crystal waters and nice quiet surroundings:

Underwater critters just meters off the beach. A starfish 'standing' up:

One of Ladyhawk's fave; 'Electric-Blue' Damsels

A shoal of fishes feeding. They seem to move and feed together.

This parrotfish was kinda camera shy.

Baby cuttlefish in the shallows!! A marvelous encounter.

Same cuttlefish with its rapid colour change camouflage. Seems a bit confused here as to what colour that could blend with the hand underneath it.

New cleaner shrimp just off Panuba Jetty. Bigger than the other cleaner shrimps found near the tyre but just one or two of these.

Not sure if this is a sole or flounder or whatever.

Cat shark found just 50 meters from the shoreline at a depth of 2 1/2 meters. Unsual for it to be out in the daytime. Although we could not see any sign of physical injury, there was definitely something wrong with it. Made us feel happy and sad at the same time.

Wednesday, April 09, 2008

Merambong Island

On the south-south-west tip of Johor, there lies an island named Merambong. It is not very big. Maybe the size of small football stadium? Despite its size and its proximity to a very busy port, the island holds many surprises. The surrounding areas are rich in marine life! How long this will remain depends on the political powers that be. Conservation efforts and awareness are but a small voice in the gale forces of 'money talks'.

We made a weekend journey down south and these are some of the images captured:

Merambong and its surroundings at low tide. It was difficult to walk without stepping on something that could be a marine lifeform.

Another use for a discarded truck tire. It is now the base for seagrass and other smaller marine creatures to shelter. Further back of the photo you would be able to make out the 2nd Link Bridge from Johor into Singapore.

A Peacock Anemone in the shallow water.

Here's another view from beneath the water surface.

Walk slowly and you will chance upon many interesting creatures. Can you spot the crab in the picture?

Its not that big, but rather brave. Stood up against a monstrous lens that might have 'sucked' its lifeforce away!

Walking in the shallow waters, there are many flower crabs that you can see. There's not one, but two in this picture!

It was defending its mate. All these while, the mate in front never moved the tiniest bit! The one at the back would do its best, even running off to try to draw attention away then zooming back to its defense position.

This was another interesting crab. I was about to take some shots of it underwater but it scooted away before I could get into position. While I was tracking to see where it might have gone to .....

.... this came into my view. WOW! Forget the crab! I've got a more interesting subject now. Maybe it was the crab's ploy to get away... hahaha!

A Hippocampus Kuda - Seahorse

Gorgeous! That itself would have made the whole trip worthwhile.

How the underwater pics of the seahorse were taken:


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Custom Sportster Tracker

When you spend most of your youth re-drawing on paper the 2 and 4-wheel world, you may become obsessive with everything motorcycle racing. And if you have access to professional competition as a race team mechanic for Ducati and later as a team coordinator for Suzuki, probability is extremely high that one day you will open your own custom shop…to build all kind of racers.

After a couple of chance encounters with AMA Grand National Champion Kenny Roberts and a trip to Daytona to live watch flat track racing, Yann Le-Douche decided that it was time to open his own business – Breizh Coast Kustoms – back home in Brittany. As a first project, of course a Tracker built with a secret dream: not only to be shown as a shop built reference but also to be raced in one of the Hooligans events currently getting a big regain of popularity both in the US and Europe.

“Showing and racing. It’s a good time to go in this direction” says Yann. “In Europe like in the US, the vintage racing spirit is blowing hard, with more and more racing events on rejuvenated tracks where amateur riders with big balls and using small performance tricks create exciting shows for spectators.”

This project got started being drawn at scale 1 on his computer. It’s a 1992 Harley-Davidson Sportster frame in which was cradled a 1986 XLH 883 engine with a 4-speed tranny. For motivation, Yann watched online a lot of live American Flat Track Racing on FansChoiceTV.com. Then, when this year Harley-Davidson released the new XG750R FTR (aka “the G-bike”) to replace the XR750, he got inspired to go in the same stylish direction. At the same time, Yann found out about the “Dirt Quake” in the UK, a long weekend series of events where you can race what you can ride in the street. It’s a unique opportunity for riders like him to taste racing on a world class track with hardly any of the expense or hassle normally associated with motorcycle racing.

Yann explains: “Taking part to such Hooligan races means you have to keep the original frame like initially built. So my job was to draw a racer with a ‘too’ long wheelbase and to find the right body parts to fit. There are 2 sets of wheels : a set of 1977 and 1983 MAG wheels for the stree and a set of 1999 HD spoke wheels for racing. Big work was required to fit this set of 19” wheels on the bike. Rear brake disc and rear sprocket have also been designed to match the new rear wheel and have the right dimension for a short transmission ration and a good braking for a 360 pounds bike. I designed my rear set and built it taking for examples working solutions sold on the web. The exhaust system has been fully built from scratch from tubes and stainless sheets and is very inspired by the new one used on the new Harley XG750R.. I also fabricated the number plates, exhaust protection and the air cleaner created from an old K&N element.”

I asked “Was there anything done during this build that you are particularly proud of?” His answer: “I would say. First, the overall proportions very close to those of the XGR, as possible with the restrictions involved by the air cleaner. Second, I got t-shirts on sale in April to get some money for that built and the trip to race in the UK. I promised that the first 50 to pre-order would have their name on the bike. And now it’s done. Top of the gas tank and top of the seat cowling are now covered with their names. So I’m gonna bring them all with me to the UK. …”  Breizh Coast Kustoms.

1992 Harley-Davidson Sportster
Design & Build – Yann Le-Douche
Engine: 1986 XLH 883 4 speed engine, Wiseco 1200cc engine kit,
BCK designed Air Cleaner with K&N E-3205 Filter and Atelier du Graveur engraving as for point cover and exhausts
TwinTec ignition, NGK spark plugs and racing wires,
S&S SuperE carb
BCK stainless XGR style exhaust system with Fifties and More brushed finished
Laser cut BCK designed rear sprockets, racing wiring by KCP Designs
Wheels : 1977 and 1983 MAG wheels for one set / 1999 HD spokes wheel set for racing
Tyres : Mitas H-18 / Maxxis DTR-1
Brakes : BCK designed wave rotor with Suzuki GSXR master cylinder and rear caliper with Brembo red pads
Forks : 1999 Standard H-D front end with front caliper brackets removal
Fork Guards: Composite Sellerie fiberglass units
Shocks : Racing piggyback units
Handlebars: LSL flat track bar 7/8″ with Buell 7/8″ fully adjustable and foldable lever
Grips: Renthal medium
Footpegs & Shift Peg: BCK designed and laser cut rear sets
Bodywork: RedMaxSpeedShop Trackmaster fiberglass tank and late XR seat, BCK handmade number Board with Cap Enseignes race numbers and seat/tank upper cover
Seat: BCK shaped and Sellerie Eric Clement cover.
Paintwork by: KCP Designs

22 Responses to “Custom Sportster Tracker”

  1. 1 highrpm Jul 10th, 2017 at 9:22 am

    nice slide show of bike pics on his home page.

  2. 2 Roddie Jul 10th, 2017 at 9:56 am

    Very nice work

  3. 3 P. Hamilton Jul 10th, 2017 at 9:57 am

    It would sell well as a production bike

  4. 4 Mdkuder Jul 10th, 2017 at 10:32 am

    Nice looking 4th place bike!

  5. 5 richards Jul 10th, 2017 at 10:59 am

  6. 6 rebel Jul 10th, 2017 at 1:25 pm

    now that’s nice

  7. 7 krugger Jul 10th, 2017 at 1:57 pm

    Nicely done ! I love it !

  8. 8 hacksaw Jul 10th, 2017 at 3:24 pm

    i like it. especially as a four speed.

  9. 9 Gary Jul 10th, 2017 at 5:45 pm

    Great slider….

  10. 10 Zundap Jul 10th, 2017 at 6:14 pm

    Nice bike. 360 lbs?

  11. 11 Tony Davidson Jul 10th, 2017 at 9:13 pm

    Still can’t beat Indian

  12. 12 NoH2Oh Jul 10th, 2017 at 10:26 pm

    Wow. Very well done. HD, are you listening?????

  13. 13 Brum Jul 11th, 2017 at 12:08 am

    Oh, that is sweet!

  14. 14 calif phil Jul 11th, 2017 at 7:30 am

    Love it! Great job.

  15. 15 Tom Jul 11th, 2017 at 7:33 am

  16. 16 JohnnySpeed Jul 11th, 2017 at 10:01 am

    Tony Davidson – You mean a Polaris?

  17. 17 vince Jul 11th, 2017 at 10:59 am

    BZH power !!! superbe le XL !!!!

  18. 18 Hillbilly Jim Jul 11th, 2017 at 12:28 pm

    Isn’t there a demand for this kind of motorcycle for an amateur series like the old XL road race series? I would love to be able to go watch a field of these piloted by brave young riders.

  19. 19 1550tc Jul 11th, 2017 at 2:07 pm

    Love the bike and the iconic HD colors

  20. 20 chris Jul 11th, 2017 at 11:42 pm

    Simply Gorgeous!

  21. 21 BadMonkeyMW Jul 12th, 2017 at 4:14 pm

    A real piece of mechanical beauty. Sportsters Rule!

  22. 22 nicker Jul 12th, 2017 at 5:04 pm

    Put a real front break on it and you got a wonderful scoot for around town….

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Sunday, October 9, 2011

5K #2: Race for Life (aka Ethan's First Ever Race)

The BCE Related Arts team was seriously out to respresent last Saturday.... The music teacher (me) ran the Race for Life 5K with the PE teacher.  Our science lab teacher, a 3rd grade teacher, and a 5th grade teacher participated in the walking portion. It was fun, amazing and inspiring to be supporting breast cancer research along with over 8,000 other folks!  The weather was lovely and the fairly easy route took us around and eventually into Columbia's beautiful Finlay Park.

Here's a starting line shot a co-worker snapped of the 7,000+ walkers.
Here's the PE teacher, Ethan and me a few minutes after crossing the finish line.
It was Ethan's first ever race! He slept most of the time.
Our PE teacher is a "real" runner but chose friendship over glory as she stuck with me the whole time at my 12-minute-mile pace. She pushed my 35-pound man up the hills, which I think gave her the added difficulty level she needed to keep things interesting for her, and it gave me the edge I needed to run the ENTIRE TIME! If she hadn't been right there with me, I know I would have walked a little.

Ethan enjoyed eating his "feesh" afterwards while duck-watching.
Here we are at the end with the 3rd grade teacher.  She was the one who got our school's team organized.
And, here it is: the course of my next race.... in less than three weeks, and ON A RUNWAY!  I am really excited about this one for two reasons: (1) I am afraid of flying, so registering for this race was a brave, bold move for me, and (2) it promises to be FLAT!!!
I hope to shave off a few more minutes of my current 36:30 5K time.

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mardi 1 août 2017

Hello everyone!
Time for a new challenge at House of Cards!
This month we have a Floral image and/or colors. (see the picture below)

.. and here is what the photo inspired me!

This card was very easy to do!
I embossed the card base with "Petal Burst"(Stampin'Up).
I stamped three stems and two tulip flowers on a 7 x 9,5 cm white cardstock and colored them with watercolor pencils. I stamped an additional flower on a piece of paper, colored it, cut it out and pasted it with a foam pad on the stalk without flower.
I glued this panel on a larger, eggplant-colored cardstock and added the sentiment. (Docrafts and "Whisper White" Stampin'Up)
To finish, I tied a bit twine around the panel and stuck it with foam pads to the base card.

Thank you for visiting ♥
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  1. Nice card. So fun to see all you girls creations and howe diffrent they are on the same theme.

    (✿◠‿◠) Ma (Merethe)
    Teamie HOC

  2. This is gorgeous! I'm totally inspired. Love how you popped up one flower.

    sue n.
    HOC DT

  3. Love your CAS take on this challenge - I always think I need more than I have used. Love the tulips. Shirley Team Mate

  4. Sehr schön mit dem embossten Hintergrund! Er verleiht Interesse ohne zu überwältigen!

  5. Beautiful card and coloring, like the embossed background too. Donna HOC Teammie

  6. This is so pretty! I love that gorgeous background texture too!
    Take Care!
    Michele, HOC teamie

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Sunday, 22 December 2013

Birthday card Xmas colours

A friends birthday, so made this in Christmas colours, don't you just love this little character by Bugaboo.  I wasn't going to post anymore this year, but came across a couple of challenges that this could go to, so here I am.

followed this sketch
Image - Bugaboo
Papers  - I believe in Christmas Digi kit by Let me Scrapbook Designs
Colouring in PS

challenges   Photo inspiration  Red and Green, hope I have enough of those colours

Wednesday, 18 December 2013

hat and mittens

Hi Everyone, hope all your preparations are well under way or finished, I am thankfully, except food shopping which I think I will leave until Sunday, probably when most will be doing it ugh! I'm working Monday and Tuesday so can't do it then, so Saturday or Sunday it is.  Only a couple of cards left of people I forgot!!!! so bad of me.

Anyway, a card for you today, you know I am a fan of Elizabeth Dulemba, well she is asking for Christmas cards for her gallery, so thought I would oblige.  Here is my contribution.  I chose her hat and mittens, seeing as a few friends "over the pond" have deep snow and we are getting a bit colder too.

I have decoupaged the image and used tiny eyes to accentuate the eyes on the mittens,  I paper pieced it all from a digi kit "Jovie" by Gina Cabrera. I used Atomic Cupcake's chalk action in PS to edge the snowflake paper, then cut a few of the image to get layers. I added buttons from the kit too, but added shadows to them rather than cut them out. A real cheery card as is the message, hope old neighbours will enjoy it.

challenges   Anything Goes  Christmas card  Snowflakes

Friday, 13 December 2013

1st Christmas card

Hi everyone, goin' to be another quickie I'm afraid.

The card is of course a first Christmas card, the image from Pink Petticoat coloured in PS, paper pieced with PP paper, then glittered a bow added, it has to be done doesn't it?  Simple.  Christmas card - Yep!  Use some red - Yep!  Christmas - Yep!

Wednesday, 11 December 2013

Birthday Fairy

Hi Everyone, I'm going to be quick again!  Here's a card I did for a work colleague who needed a bit of a lift, so I thought magic, yep! a lot of people would like to know how my mind works LOL.

Anyhow, here it is a digi stamp from Karen's Doodles, I was there a couple of weeks ago and she has opened up again.

 I coloured it in PS following this colour combo by Seeds and added a blue background sky from Magiclands a digikit by Designs by Brigit, I just realised the paper is magic as well as the fairy, so I did know what I was doing after all, even though it was subliminal! oh! this is getting to complicated, I'll get on with the card.  I layered some silver mirror card then added glitter, as you can see some of the places I have added it are quite small, but I have a fine tip applicator which makes it soooooooooooo easy, HERE I wouldn't be without it, I even use it to add my paper to card.

challenge  Our theme is always Anything Goes: use glitter, embossing powder, and/or flocking.

Tuesday, 10 December 2013

Rudolph card

Hi Everyone, Sorry to be such a bad blogger, but had 5 minutes so thought I would you show you one of my Xmas cards.  It's an image from ELizabeth Dulemba HERE and I love the happy face on this Rudolph reindeer.  I coloured it in PS and placed it on a background I coloured in PS too, I added a snowflakes digi by Kimeric, I then cut around Rudolph added a layer of his head and scarf, sparkled the snowflakes added a tag of the snowflake and background paper and 3D it all onto the card oh! yes and added 3D gloss to his nose. I've added an angle view too.  Quite simple, but I think a happy card. Hope you do too.  CAS Christmas, - I hope so!
  Show us some blue - Yep!  Sparkle - Yep!

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Merry Christmas everyone! :)

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Wednesday, 4 December 2013

101 birthday

Hi Everyone, hope the sun is shining where you are, it certainly is here this morning for a change, so nice to see light at this time of year instead of the miserable weather we have been having of late.

Another quick post to keep you in the loop so to speak, I am going to endeavor to get mojo trapped so that I can start my Xmas cards, no, I've not done any for me except my last post. gulp, AND it's only 21 days to go, my overseas cards should have gone by now, so Mr MOJO had better get here soon TODAY!

A card to show you, I was asked to make a 101 year old birthday card, isn't that incredible.  I was in the middle of my fair stuff at the time and didn't have time to make something that took too much time, so I got some papers together a quote from TLC and made this, I'm glad to say all concerned were pleased with it.  The papers are by Samantha at Pixel Scrapper the shape tag is from Paper Garden Handflowers digi kit cut file. I punched some stars out as, at his age, he is a star and loved too.

I'll enter the following challenges  Anything Goes  Anything Goes  Birthday

Sunday, 1 December 2013

Quick post AGAIN

Hi everyone, where is the time going? I still haven't started my Xmas cards and meant to start this pm, hoever Son comes and says his friend has had a baby girl and would I make one for him! Of course it had to be done today!

I had my first fair last week, last year it was a rip roaring success, this year was a damp squid!  It may have had something to do with it being held 2 weeks earlier than other years and before pay day, not sure what it was, but such a disappointment after my hours and hours of hard work. Never mind, hope the one this week will be better attended and if not, the children's ward will be thrilled as they were last year with the few things I had over then.

Any how, just a little card today as Elizabeth Dulemba was asking for Christmas cards, I HAD to do one of her little characters LOL.  I did one VERY quickly and this is it, I love these little bears of hers and put a sentiment that I thought suited the bears.  I wish you could see how sparkly this is. Love the expressions on their faces.  The background paper is by Carin Grobe at Digital Scrapbooking Design, I used a white brush in PS to add the snow then shadowed all the elements. Then added Glamour dust to sparkle it.

I added this to LIM after a comment from Marie, should have thought of it before!

I hope I'll be back here sometime this week with another offering.

After posting I decided to enter a couple of challenges here they are.

/  Christmas with an animal - Yep! got 3 animals  Snows the way to go _ Yep! got snow!  Sparkle Yep!

Saturday, 16 November 2013

Hi Everyone, I am so sorry not to have commented on many of your projects or cards, it really is because I am flat out and getting no where, we have my Brother and SIL this weekend so everything had to be packed up, so we could have a bed to sleep in.  The fair is next Saturday and I have made 1/2 of what I made last year and last year I sold it all, I feel like I am in trouble!

Anyway as my SIL has gone to bed early with cold symptoms and is not well, I have a few minutes to play, so thought I would let you see another of my "makes" for the craft fair.  I made a pattern in PS from a fabulous holly digi from Digistamp Boutique printed on printable vellum, I added ribbon to the top and bottom of the shade and a ribbon tied around the stem of the wine glass. I added a tealight inside of the glass with the base wrapped in the vellum, I think you may be able to see it.  It seems to be very popular already.

I shall enter the following challenges hope this is OK for an entry.
Anything but square Ribbon or Lace

Wednesday, 13 November 2013

Poster for the boys!

Hi everyone, a quick post to let you know I am still here but still VERY busy, I think it was the worst (or best?) that I took samples of my craft fair into work.  I have a table there in December and orders coming in like crazy, the problem is I have a table in the church in a couple of weeks and I can't keep up with making things, so for the next few weeks I won't be here very often.  I expect people want silly stocking fillers as I have done.

Here is a sample of one very popular item.  I downloaded the gift label from HERE as it has a perfect image and sentiment for the gift.  I was lucky enough to buy the ribbon from a garden centre we stopped at one time, sorry can't remember where, but it was 96 meters yes 96! for £10.00.  Wish I had bought another one now, at the time I didn't know I was doing the fairs.

I'm also adding a poster I have done for "the boys" in work for their night out, I have left it as it is on PS as I haven't printed it out yet, of course I have obscured the place they are meeting.  The men and label are a freebie from Papercraft and Inspiration Magazine the digi paper background is paper 1 from the digi kit "bohemianfall" by Vero.  The shapes are default in PS with a gradient overlay

SO I am doing other things as well as making - whew!

Hope you are all well and getting ready for Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!

Monday, 4 November 2013

60th birthday friend

Hello Everyone, a short post as time is of the essence LOL.

I just wanted to post a card I did very quickly last night, AND to show I am not slacking LOL.

I had an email with apologies at 5.30 last night to let me know that a friend's birthday was on Wednesday and would I make a card for her so that it could be delivered with the flowers we are sending to her, (she is also off sick atmo). It meant that it had to be taken into work today AND Strictly Comes Dancing was at 6.30 aaarrrggghhh!  Well this is what I managed to do after going through a lot of files for something to "click".  The paper is from Miriam Freebies, I added a ribbon, which is practically the same colour, why does that happen when a photo is taken?  and added another layer to the flowers, oh! yes and a bit of net to finish off.  It actually looks much nicer IRL.

I'm not entering any challenges as it's too quick a post to see if one suits!

Hope you all have a good week.

Thursday, 31 October 2013

Craft fair make and to make

Hi Everyone, just thought I'd come and show you what a hive of activity (mess) I have in my spare bedroom craft room, there are things made and to be made, as for the wine glasses, no they are not for a party, but to sell with shades I am making.  When I have made a few I'll show you, but at the moment, I have to get on!

Have a happy Halloween :)

Tuesday, 29 October 2013

Halloween birthday card

Hi Everyone, sorry for my absence, hope you missed me!

I have made a mass of items for my craft fair for the church, whew! one of the girls in work asked me to bring in some of what I had made, I took a few samples and then had orders given to the girl I had taken them in to see, which now means MORE work, not that I'm sorry more the merrier for funds :)

Anyhow, I am posting a card today I made for yet another niece, her birthday is on the 30th and this year thought I would take the Halloween route for a change.  She is over 40 so the poem is one I know she will enjoy.   The image is from Elizabeth Dulemba, you know I LOVE using her images.  I didn't want to just write Happy Birthday on the front, so went in search of a poem I could use and found this one by Joe Donnelly on Family Friend Poems HERE  I think it suits the little witch perfectly, the one on the card that is LOL.  ( I contacted Joe Donnelly for permission to use his poem, you should visit the site just to read the remainder of the poem, it is so funny.)  Sorry wrong link, but I have updated the link to the poem

I added a circle to represent the moon, (or the sun for the poem) then used a gradient to do the background, I used a paper that I had designed, with an overlay I have had for yonks and yonks for her coat, then 3D'd the image and added sparkle. I think it is generally known as "fussy cutting" now.  Quite simple really.

I will enter the following challenge  Use Witches or candy.

Thursday, 17 October 2013

HELP template wanted

HI everyone, sorry I've been so busy preparing craft fair stuff I haven't been able to comment or blog, even though I have a few cards to show.

 This post is a cry for help.

I need an svg file for a box to hold 4 tealights in a long box .  Yes I know there a few drawn templates out there, and I have spent quite a bit of time trying to make one into an svg. I have made one, but it is quite time consuming even though it is cut on my machine however I would like simple!!!!! so that I can make more than the six I made yesterday, if anyone can point me in the right direction I would be very thankful.  I have made a box for 4 by just using a 111mm square box and adding a shaped cut out for the top, then scoring with the Crafters Companion box maker, it has worked well, but for some reason I can't get the long box to work the same, any ideas or templates I could use.

Thanks for your time.

EDITED 18th October  - Well what a plonker, I have told you I made a square box with Crafters Companion box maker, and then ask for help for the other box, I went to bed and had a Eureka moment, and made a box to size in the same style as the square one, can't believe I panicked about it.  I will transfer the size into my program and make a cut out to fit the top.  Sorry folks.

Thursday, 10 October 2013

Birds Scrapbook page

Hi Everyone, we have had the most beautiful day, a cold wind but oh! the sun just wonderful!

Anyhow a quick post tonight. I have been trying all week to do something for the challenge and finally with hours to spare I have done something.  It's a digi scrapbook page, I'm not too good at scrapbooking, so I have used a template and as I have a short time to enter the challenge it is a literal template page.  The template is by The Shabby Shoppe. The photos are the birds in my garden and the papers are from Summertime Designs.

I am entering the Digitally Sweet Challenge Anything with Wings.

Sunday, 6 October 2013

Computer birthday card

Hiya Everyone. Another beautiful day, I just love days like this, I've been out this morning collecting acorns! why you ask, well they are for my church craft fair and hopefully I will be able to show you what I did, nothing brilliant I may add, just a little fun so that a 50pence can add up to a few pounds for the church - hopefully.

The card today is one I made for my son, he was in the computer workplace doing different types of things, before his illness, so thought this would be a fun card for him.  (He did like it)

I used Dr Digi's IT Ian, the quote is from Quotes-Lover on which I used a gradient in PS, to match the paper from Booland Designs Happy Birthday digi kit. I coloured IT Ian in PS. and paper pieced him to match the paper background, (but I can't now find the papers I used - sorry) and decoupaged him. I did laugh to myself after making this, because I added digi tape and thought why couldn't I have just added sellotape LOL. Nah! looks better I think. It's from Gina Cabrera

Have a good Sunday

I shall enter the following challenges
One for the Boys
Anything Goes  Humour

Saturday, 5 October 2013

Circus clown

Hiya Everyone, I'm sorry I have been a really bad blogger, but time is whizzing by and before I know it another day is over, so my apologies, will try and do better,  (always on my term result comments from each teacher - Faith can do better) it's been the bane of my life.  Never mind, I have been doing some commenting on great cards and projects :)

Ok now on to today, I didn't know which card to show you as I haven't posted many of what I have done recently, then decided on this.

I was asked to make a 40th birthday card for a girl who loves clowns! she collects all sorts of clowns.The image is one from a free digi. quite a fun image I thought.  I coloured it all in PS, made a tent also in PS.  I liked the idea of black and white to really lift the colours and chose Pink Petticoat Black Dots.  I 3D'd the image and added a nice bit of glitter

I suggested maybe as she was such a fanatic she would like a bag, so did that as well, I am glad to say she was thrilled with it all.  Hope you like it.
Have a great weekend.

I shall enter the following challenges.  Circus  Anything Goes  Bring humour to your card  Anything Goes

Tuesday, 24 September 2013

To lift up my brother

Hi Everyone, thank you so much for all your lovely comments recently, I have tried to get around everyone, hope I haven't left anyone out, if I have I apologise and will try again tomorrow.

My card for today is one which was inspired by this one by Cynthia on the Create with TLC  blog,
 I haven't been able to access her blog, but if she sees this thank you.

I wanted a card for one of my dear brothers, number 2 of 4, who has been diagnosed with motor neurone, I'm afraid he is on a short lease and I send him a card as close to every week as I can, he lives a few hundred miles away so getting to see him is not often I'm afraid.  We can't communicate much anymore as he has lost his speech.  Anyhow thanks to Cynthia, I came up with this card after having the sentiment from Paulette at Create with TLC  blog.  I hope it lifted him as much as I wanted it too.

I shall enter the following challenge with it.  Primary colours  Come fly with me, by Frank Sinatra, but not all the song just part of the chorus  -
Once I get you up there where the air is rarified
We'll just glide, starry-eyed
Once I get you up there I'll be holding you so very near
You may even hear a whole gang cheer 'cause we're together  Anything Goes

Sunday, 22 September 2013

WOW over 50000 page views

Hi Everyone, I know the pageviews may be very little compared to some of your amazing blogs, but every step (view) is good in my eyes. 50000, is amazing to me, that means all those people have visited, I just hope they and you enjoyed your stay, if only for a few minutes.

On to my card, I had to do a card for a boy who loves indoor climbing, so this is what I did for him.  The image is a digi from Bugaboo, the paper is one I did myself, I thought it could be the "wall" I've added it below if you want it. I 3 D'd the image added eyes, buttons, which represents the holds in indoor climbing, glossed the 10 and added a quote which came from the web.  Quite simple, but I think OK for a 10 year old who, I don't think, wouldn't notice the finer details

I've tried out a new Logo, what do you think?
and yes the picture could have been a bit brighter, - sorry.

Here is the paper!

I'll enter the following challenges  Sept Bingo challenge  I have used Buttons, Primary colours and sentiment and a little bling too.  Cute one for the boys, hope he is

Saturday, 21 September 2013

Rhino birthday

Hi Everyone, from a wet and miserable, supposed to be sunny and warm day!

Firstly I have to apologise for not doing enough commenting, then to my new followers, I am honoured you have thought my cards good enough to follow.

On to my card, it is for my niece's husband, (yes I know you can't believe I can be old enough to have nieces nearly old age pensioners LOL, I think I would have a playful slap if they knew I had said that LOL)  Anyhow, I wanted a fun card for him, so looked through my digis and this Rhino here by Elizabeth Dulemba  for some reason popped out, I wonder sometimes how my mind works LOL. but as I have said before I love her images. I went online to find a quote to match, saw this joke and it is perfect for this isn't it? (the answer inside)
digi image

finished card

The paper is by Summer Driggs and the green one is from Numb Bumm, the joke is from here I added the rest to make it apt for the card, I had the Tarzan image from Disney cartoons a free download.  I printed the Rhino image out twice and raised the layer, doesn't that bird look like he's listening, hope he laughed afterward LOL.

I am entering the following challenges  Anything Goes  Must use an animal  Anything Goes

Wednesday, 18 September 2013

Over the Hill

Hi Everyone, hope I am doing this right, it's the first time I have scheduled a post.

I was asked to be Guest Designer on Decorate to Celebrate,  HERE now I don't usually have someone that I can do a celebration for, but on this occasion we had a friend of ours celebrating his birthday, so I thought it would be just the right event to make for an Over the Hill celebration, especially as he is most certainly over the hill LOL.  Did I say that?

Anyhow, I made a card, a T shirt, wrapping paper and a "coffin" with sweets enclosed and a tag, also a banner, they were all using the Bugaboo digi stamp GusBday Over the Hill, just perfect.  I'm glad to say he saw the joke and even had his card and the tag on his mantlepiece for a couple of weeks.  He has worn the T shirt down to the beach and when they were on holiday in Ostend!!!

I think he liked them all. LOL.

Thursday, 12 September 2013

Spaceman birthday

Hi Everyone, can you believe it? it's me AGAIN.

Tonight I have a card I have made for my nephew and Goddaughter's husband, taking the easy way out, they don't live near one another and never see each other, so I'm safe on this, LOL.

I happened to notice that Digistamps4joy were offering a freebie, and as I was struggling to get something into my minds for the men, I thought this great.  And as it was a freebie only fair to enter their challenge with it.

The papers are by dedesmith from a digi kit Moonlit dreams, they really are lovely. I followed this sketch.
 I coloured the spaceman in PS I added a shadow for him too, can you see it?
added masses of glitter to the stars and on the planet ring.  Just thought spaceman, out of this world! so wrote the sentiment!   60's  Sun Moon or stars  Use a digi

Wednesday, 11 September 2013

Eat cake!

Hi Everyone, can you believe it, I am here again, but with a bit more time tonight.

I have another niece birthday card, yep I have a few LOL.  This is because she loves chocolate as the family do, chocoholics I'm afraid yum yum, (although just being diagnosed as type 2 diabetic has curtailed my intake!)

Anyhow back to the card, it's a great image from Elizabeth Dulemba, I have used so many of her images, I just love them you can get them HERE, I used papers by Ellie Lash here which I paper pieced in PS, so easy to do with Elizabeth's images. The quote was from a card I came across here and thought it apt for this card, the inside says "The sacrifices that I make for my friends is endless!" I know she will appreciate that.  I've decoupaged the image (UK style) then added Perla pen to the "icing" on the cake, some glitter around the frill a bit of ribbon - done!

A little extra tonight, as I said a little more time to play here, a photo of dirty windows doesn't usually present itself as a topic to include in my blog, but this ghostly image, was something we woke up to recently, I think the bird involved would be suffering a headache LOL.  Oh! yes the windows have been cleaned after the rain!

Tuesday, 10 September 2013

Dandelion mouse birthday

Hi Everyone. Another whizz by post, sorry to be such a bad poster, I am trying to get things together and trying to comment as much as I can.

My post today is for a Meljens challenge. I had to make a birthday card for a niece, so thought I would incorporate it into this challenge as I haven't entered Meljens for quite a while.

The card is a sketch by The Hybrid Chick, the papers are by Chrissie W Digital. The delightful image is of course Meljens and is Dandelion Mouse. I have done it all digital for posting reasons.  I also added digi stitching by Atomic cupcake, some glitter and Perlen pen in the patterned paper corner. The challenge theme is (Put elements on your project that begin with the letter of your first name) well as mine is F, I used the mouse who is "floating", well, worth a shot LOL.

Monday, 9 September 2013

Spiderman card

Hi Everyone, another super quick post.

This time I was asked for a Spiderman card, I got the image from a free download site, but won't be entering any challenges as I wouldn't have thought the image suitable for any at the moment.  The spider paper is by Summertime Designs, the web is by Gina Jane, the big spider is by ambowife.  I cut out a few layers to decoupage the Spiderman and and the big spider, I then added a magnet to the top layer of the spider and the one below, as you can see in the piccies it can be taken off to frighten people, (it's what the men around would have done as boys,) just hope the little boy will be the same LOL.

Monday, 2 September 2013

Shoe layer card

Hi Everyone, a VERY quick post as my SIL is nagging me to post, lots of reasons why I haven't been a good blogger, sorry, hope to put it right soon.

Anyhow, here is a card I did for my nephew's wife, she is a shoeaholic, thought she wouldn't have a pair like this LOL.  It's a digi from Papergarden.  The yellow digi spot paper is by Aimee Harrison, the daisy frame is by Fam_bjork. The embossed floral layer is by Cart-us, I used an old piece of card for it, and it cracked, I liked the effect so used it. Oh! yes the shoes were coloured in PS.

Told you it would be a quick one, hope to see you soon.

I will enter a challenge  Layers  embossing  embossing  Anything Goes

Sunday, 11 August 2013

Football card

Hi Everyone, sorry I've not been blogging or commenting, we are still decorating, just one more room to go and then all the house will be done whew!  Just as well we haven't got a mansion LOL.  Being older slows things down too, we have found.

Just popped in with a quick post to show I haven't been slacking.  Here's a card I did in a rush, I was asked as I was leaving work if I could do a card by the morning and I had quite specific instructions, it had to be a footballer, the Swansea football team, the USA and Wales.  I included their new kit and the boy was thrilled as it was his birthday present, what luck.

Here it is in 2 formats, one from PS as I did it before printing, and after, with all the layers and decoupaged Kenny K footballer too.  I copied the Swans emblem and made a paper for it and also made the football paper too in PS. Got flags from the web and used them too. I "warped" the kit to fit the image.

Hope you are all well and enjoying this summer?

Challenges I will enter  Layers  Childhood  Anything Goes


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World Cup: Nigeria’s African Bush Elephant (Loxodonta africana)

Posted on Jun 20, 2010 by in Theme Weeks, Ungulates | 8 comments

Loxodonta africana

Number 0319

We’re still celebrating the World Cup here at the Daily Mammal, and today we’re closing out Group B with Nigeria and the African bush elephant. These days, scientists generally divide the African elephant into two species, the bush elephant and the forest elephant. Then there’s the Asian elephant, for a total of three kinds of elephants in the world. The biggest is the African bush elephant, which can stand nearly 12 feet tall and weigh, oh, 10 tons or so. In fact, the African bush elephant is the largest land mammal of all.

I’ve just learned a few interesting things about elephants. One is that the sound of buzzing bees will drive elephants away, which means there may be an easy way to keep them from destroying farms and getting themselves killed: play them a recording of a buzzing hive, and feet-don’t-fail-me-now, or at least until they realize that it is just a recording. We need to do more studying to see what would happen.

Another thing: the most common natural death for elephants is starvation. They go through several sets of teeth, each new set growing in just as the previous set is used up. But the last of their teeth are worn out around the age of 65 or 70, not to be replaced, and without being able to really eat, they starve to death. It seems so cruel, but that’s evolution for you.

And finally, a new word: musth. It’s the name for a periodic state that male elephants go through, when their testosterone levels shoot up and they become aggressive, cranky, and dangerous to know, with only one thing on their minds. The word comes from a Persian word meaning intoxicated. (The link above is to a site about keeping elephants in zoos and circuses. About musth, it says, “It is also very discouraging for the elephant keeper to work with a withdrawn, extremely aggressive elephant, which disapproves everything and actually is out to kill him.” I imagine that’s true!)

Nigeria’s soccer team is nicknamed the Super Eagles. This is their fourth World Cup; twice before they’ve made it to the Round of 16, but never any further. They came in third in this year’s African Cup of Nations, the biggest tournament in Africa (well, when the World Cup isn’t there, of course). I suppose it’s possible that they could move out of the first round this year, but of all the possible endings in Group B, only one allows that possibility. (They need Argentina to beat Greece, and then Nigeria needs to beat South Korea, and the goal differential among the non-Argentina teams needs to fall in Nigeria’s favor.) I wish that in this first World Cup held in Africa the African teams were doing better, but Ghana is the only one that’s won a game so far. (Nigeria likely would have won against Greece if not for Sani Kaita’s red card; see my Greece post for more on that.)

Group B Results

What two mammals will continue on to the Group of 16 Mammals from Group B? We have South Korea’s leopard cat, the Mediterranean horseshoe bat from Greece, Argentina’s Patagonian mara, and this here elephant. The bat may be able to get some draws by flying away from the match. Let’s say that’s what it does in all three matches, earning it 3 points (you get one point for a draw in the World Cup). The elephant obviously would trample the mara and the cat, giving it three points for each win and one for its draw with the bat, or a total of 7 points. I think the cat would beat the mara and draw with the bat, so it would have 4 points, and the mara would just have one point for its draw with the bat. So continuing on to the next round from this group are:

African bush elephant (Nigeria)
Leopard cat (South Korea)

  1. You totally captured the elegance of this amazing animal. (I suppose he’s less elegant during musth.) Nicely done!

    I also like your results for Group B. There’s not much that can stop an elephant, even if you can leave the field after scoring — which might be ruled a forfeit. Or your goal might just be denied by a referee who refuses to tell you why. But let’s not go there….

    • Thanks, Ted! Well, I’m the referee, and I say it’s a draw!

  2. This might be my favourite of all your pictures.

    • Thank you so much, Julia. I think you’ve seen them all, too…

  3. What a neat idea! I just got back from the World Cup and a mammal-loving friend sent this link to me. I posted about your blog today on my own art+craft blog –

    • Hey, thanks, Katie. I hope you’ll come back again. How was it being at the World Cup?

    • Oh my goodness! That’s just terrible. I’m glad that didn’t happen during Amy’s wedding.

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Friday, July 29, 2005

Golden Bay, headbands and Rockstars!

What an awesome 7 days!! Last Friday I took Laure and Charlotte from France to the Mussel Inn for dinner and then stayed the night with some awesome people in Golden Bay. Saturday we went to PuPu Springs and then to Harwoods Hole. It was my first time to see the hole and its pretty big!! Back in time for soccer saturday afternoon where I played striker. It was my first full game of the season and I scored a goal and we won 2-1. Then Saturday night we had a random phone call from a guy Anita knew from Fernie. He is at YWAM in Oxford and along with 2 girls had just arrived in Nelson. They came up to stay the night and were going to head off to Picton with me the next day but plans changed and God had another plan for them! Jesse, Jessica and Jaimee decided to stay for the week and help out at camp. We had 175 campers for Christian camping conference so it was pretty busy. Man did we have a blast tho! Ric is the best cook and we spent like 12 -14 hours a day in the kitchen doing dishes and preparing and cooking and eating good food!! Jaimee is a hilarious girl and she made us headbands which wont be forgotten! Have you had your cry for the week yet Jaimee? Jessica knows at least as much Christian music as me and maybe more so we had a blast singing while doin the dishes--esp to the supertones! And Jesse it would be great to work with you again--you're a great bro. Thanks heaps for sharing at One Big Whanau on Tuesday night too. God really blessed me in having these 3 "angels" to hang out with all week like 24/7 and although I am now completely wasted it was a week soo worth it all!
Then Choof came home with a friend Laura (barstar). So had 2 evenings with them which was real cool. See you both again soon I hope! Not much sleep has been had but 7 days of awesome times, new lifelong friends and precious moments! Pictures will be on here real soon!!


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Day 5: In Which I {gulp} Share My Music with You

Rooted Final 500 x 500A week and a half or so ago, before my Grandma passed away and we suddenly found ourselves road tripping halfway across the country, I asked a question on my Facebook wall.

If I were going to write a 31 Days series, what would you want to hear about from me for a month straight?

Answers were many and varied, but one theme that repeated itself was my music. Friends asked to hear my music and/or read song lyrics. The idea of writing 31 days’ worth of new music (or even mixing new with previously written) felt overwhelming to me, but sharing my music with my readers and friends has been on my heart as of late.

So, upon pondering and praying, I decided part of my offering of authenticity to you during October would be songs — a new one each Sunday. The plan was (and still is, after we’re home) to record a very simple, raw, unedited video of a song I’ve written, and share it on my blog.

But since we’re out of town and I have no guitar or piano here at my folks’ house, what I’m sharing with you today isn’t quite that.

This is a song that my husband recorded a couple of months ago, unbeknownst to me, when he asked me to try out a new synth sound he had purchased. I sat down at the keys and spontaneously played my heart… and this was what came out that night. Stan has experimented with adding various ambience and effects, while I’m more of a purist. He also wrote the title, Reflections on a Windy Day.

But I’m offering this piece to you today, and on subsequent October Sundays I will take a deep breath to calm my racing heart (because HELLO, vulnerability), and share raw songs on video with you here.

So, without further ado, I invite you to click here to access my husband’s SoundCloud account, then just click the play button to the left of the song title.

**Also, if you’d like to make sure you don’t miss any of my 31 Days posts, please feel free to subscribe to receive each post in your inbox.**

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10 Responses to Day 5: In Which I {gulp} Share My Music with You

  1. I love it. It’s beautiful!
    Aprille recently posted…I’d Have It No Other WayMy Profile

  2. You are so talented Dana!! Thanks for sharing your music with us. Loved it!!
    Holly Barrett recently posted…Day 5: They will seek your nameMy Profile

  3. Pat Baer says:

    Beautiful. A perfect piece to compliment my quiet time this morning. Jesus met me within and through the notes. Thanks for stepping out on the limb Dana, turns out it was the best place to capture the wind.
    Pat Baer recently posted…Death And Living ResponsiblyMy Profile

  4. Jolene says:

    I loved this! Your music is so beautiful, and God has given you a gift to create such beauty to glorify him. Thank you for sharing this with us. I look forward to hearing more of your music during this 31 days series.
    Jolene recently posted…Day 4 of 31 days of resting in scriptural promises Matthew 11:29My Profile

  5. Lori Harris says:

    I’m catching up, friend!! Love your series so far! Clicking over to hear your awesomeness!
    Lori Harris recently posted…Day 5: Be His WifeMy Profile

  6. Barbie says:

    It’s absolutely beautiful!
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  7. Becky Daye says:

    It’s gorgeous. I am THRILLED that you are doing this. Absolutely thrilled. God is doing something big here, my friend and it is BEAUTIFUL!
    Becky Daye recently posted…Make Much of God~ Way 5My Profile

  8. Beth S. says:

    Awesome! I know I have spent time here at your place previously but really need to catch up. Love your series idea. Blessings.
    Beth S. recently posted…Finding Your Worth in a Wearied World {of Words}My Profile

  9. Dana, thank you for sharing this with us! I love your brave…this is beautiful and good! Thrilled you’re letting us in on this part of your heart and life. Can’t wait to hear more! Xoxo
    Ashley Larkin recently posted…Following my own advice: Laying down “31 Days of Doing What I Say” before it beginsMy Profile

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May 12, 2013

Art Study - Impress Strangers!

So, we've been doing more Art Study now that our CC community is taking a break for the summer. It's nice to be able to find the extra time to do things like this!

Art (history) Study, at least how I do it, involves looking at beautiful paintings [or in our case, reprints], I mean really looking and observing. The idea is to help you and your kids develop a relationship with the painting. The longer you look, the more you see!

I tell my kids (and I'm sure this wasn't my idea) that the goal is to create an art museum in your mind. When you want to, you can recall paintings and enjoy them even when you don't have them in front of you! It's the same goal when you memorize Scripture, inspiring quotes, and poetry! We take several minutes observing as many things as we can in each picture. Then  we put the pictures away and try to describe them to each other.

For a change, I've been having the kids make a drawing of the picture while they observe. It's amazing the little details they pick out. I didn't even notice people in one of the paintings by Ruisdael, but Bubba did! (This term we are studying 3 pieces each by Jacob van Ruisdael (1628/9-1682) and Pieter de Hooch (1629-1684)).

If you'd like more tips and ideas and the philosophy about Art Study in this way, you can find it over here at AmblesideOnline.

Another reason Art Study is useful?

A while back we went out to breakfast and my daughter, then 4,  looks at a painting on the wall and says to me, "Mom! That painting reminds me of The Falls of Tivoli by Fragonard."

This kind of comment is extremely useful for when you're trying to impress strangers.

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Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Announcing The Official Return Of Tangents Magazine

We’re proud to announce the return of Tangents Magazine, the lauded freeform magazine that excited and rattled the city of Charlotte during the 1990s, to the newsstands in May. Tangents was a popular ‘zine that originally ran from 1995 to 1998, pushing the bounds of covering arts, music and culture in Charlotte. Tangents was freewheeling, opinionated and proud of its rough edges. Each issue had its own character and surprises. Tangents won national awards for its work, despite being put together each month by a small group of writers, photographers and artists.

After returning last year for what was intended at the time to be a one-off surprise 20th anniversary issue, the overwhelming response convinced the original staff to returnTangents to full-time status. Tangents was and will again be a free magazine, available at various locations all over Charlotte. You’ll recognize some of the names involved with this new edition of the magazine, as well as new voices and new ideas. And, well, new weirdness. Tangents is currently planning to be released bi-monthly in 2016, with plans for more issues in 2017.

Tangents will celebrate its return with a free party at the Evening Muse on May 14th from 2pm to 5pm. The official release date for the new issue is May 15th, and this party will also serve as the first place that people can pick up copies of the new issue. The fantastic singer and songwriter Mike Strauss will also perform at the party. The Evening Muse is at the corner of 36th and North Davidson, in the heart of the NoDa area. The Evening Muse is one of the best live music venues in the Southeast, and just celebrated their 15th anniversary.

For more information, contact Carl Fulmer at tangentsmagazine@gmail.com, or go to tangentsmag.com.

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You know sometime you just want things to change for the better not to make your life frustrating.

it usually take me 10-15 to change my layouts here on blogger, but since they updated to chrome they go rid of the feature where you can change the layout from XML template.  all you had to do was go back to the older version of blogger go to change template; go to design; change xml and zip a de do da day and browse and upload.  those were the 2 key words that were missing from the processing.  if you have done this before you know what i'm talking about if not they I'm speaking computer and language which you can familiarize with by going to to the help function to searching online on how to change layouts.

My other problem is deciding which layout i want that take days if not weeks to figure out so i just chose this template which had the background, colors and fonts are ready set with the xml file attached so i don't have to mess with all that stuff.   Now all I have to do is searching online download templates and upload them and change some of the other function on the page to make it look at pretty.  its pretty simple once you know what you want, hearts, flowers, beach or a nice cafe with a cup of tea on the table.  i like to like of life as being simple as a cup of tea and if you want to add more sugar and spice its really up to you ...

FACEBOOK - changes in pages, likes, securities & layouts.
I recent signed up last week to get reconnect with my family in Egypt since they don't bother to pick up the phone and call or e-mail me from time to time; but now that im back now FB made so many changes i feel like i need a FB book for dummies called layouts, pages, likes, etc. everything you need to know about the (foolish) changes we made.

i must have spent over 3 days unliking stuff i really didn't want to like so it wouldn't show up on my main page; then i had to make a list of friends so i can view them as 1 page to see what their status was or if i wanted to comment or contact them and just say hi.  when i open FB its like this endless commercial for crap.
and the way people can contact you now matter how much security you put on it so no one can find you as long as you're friends with someone they can still find you so you have to unfriend people to keep from people finding you because even though you have a block on yourself your friend doesn't have a block on their list or their friends and its like zap they just find you if they were looking.

i have a feeling I'm going to de-activative FB if it causes me any trouble but i really like to be able to see my cousins in Egypt and look at their pictures and stuff and i don't even check every hour or play the games any more like i use to i just check it 1 or 2 a day to see what my families doing and to say hi to the people that matter; read the news and go about my day.

I'm not there to meet people because i feel people can be fake and i rather see people in person to get a feel of what they're like.  beside my kids keep me busy enough i don't have time to myself.  when i do have time i just want to spend it with husband and run away to the place we cant get too right now that the bed & sleep.
all i need in life is my husband, my kids and good book with a nice cup of tea...

until next time hope this has helped.  I'll try to update again soon once i get a new topic...


text:
Monday, November 14, 2005

Some days you have to scream silently
The world squeezes till you screech
Knowing somewhere underneath
it's just beyond your reach
Endure it silently
We all know lifes a beach

Sorry, I got stoned and forgot what I was saying. Where was I........

(just noticed Google added an ad for Marijuana addiction,,,teehee)

Tuesday, November 08, 2005

Still Smoking

I am not proud to say that I have smoked Marijuana almost every single day for 34 years. It has now become a medicinal for me as well as a recreational. When I started smoking it, you could score an ounce for $10, now it is $100 for the same amount. The pot is better now. When I started smoking , you could tell it was good if it had a lot of seeds. Most came from Mexico, like Oaxacan, but East Texas produced some fine stuff too, then the Californian Green came along. I have to say that California did an excellent job of stopping any of it from getting here to Texas though, once they set thier minds on it. You never see Sinsemilla anymore. I have to go now, but will finish this in a bit!

Wednesday, November 02, 2005

I'd love to change the world, but I don't know what to do.
The Who


text:
bits scraps and allsorts a old british biker pun

very short on words long on pictures or images as some like to call them , i guess its for the best as i have a caustic sense of wit , and enjoy a brutal joke at others expense , crude puns are another forte of mine

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

dutch 350tt 1957

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