A Very Creative Month

A blue one:

Red Mandala:

Pink Mandala:

 

Red Mandala II:

Red Mandala III:

Snowy Meadow:

dripping:

Happy Holidays 2012!

We had our first trace of snow several days ago. This is my view looking north out the window above part of my typing desk. The other window, above my typing platform, faces west looking out over the meadow.

My brass quintet, called the Sierra Brass, performed on 3 Wednesday nights for Victorian Christmas in Nevada City earlier this month.

The view from my western window this morning. Fog obscuring the mountains!

Christmas BUSH: 2012!

My special shiny little Royal "O" portable. She can be temperamental, skipping spaces and running letters together merrily, but she was on "Good Behavior" for this post. With one minor exception.

In spite of my best efforts, I could not get the video to load at the bottom of this post. I'm sure you figured it out and saw it on the top!

Olympia SM3 issue solved!

Olympia SM3 issues & First Snow of Autumn 2012

I just noticed that my previous (and only other) post about my Olympia SM3 last year was also in conjunction with the first snow of the 2011-12 season. What is it about this time of year?

A bath in the meadow, anyone? I think not.

The pines in the distance are pretty with a light dusting of snow.

A close up of a clump of weeds growing near the Sky Deck.

The Sky Deck on the western side of the building.

...and this morning,  a view looking out the Sky Deck door. Cat Rupert's first (of many!) trips outdoors.

The "rocker arm" or whatever it's called, middle left, is currently not engaged with the teeth underneath the right ribbon spool, allowing it to move freely to the left.

When these teeth are engaged, the spool reverses and moves towards the right. This is happening prematurely, and we're trying to determine the cause. It doesn't happen when the ribbon spools are removed.

A Storm is Coming

I looked out the window directly ahead of me and saw storm clouds coming, so I decided to dash off a quick blog post on my Remington Model Seventeen (1941).

Storm clouds moving in: 7 a.m.

Close up taken a moment later at 7:01 a.m.

James just added a lamp in the corner that makes this writing space even more inviting.

Progression of clouds: 7:15 a.m.

Even more clouds, 7:30 a.m.

Time to rip this out and put it in the scanner to post!

8:30 a.m. -- HERE IT COMES!