Playing With Pix

The New Camera is a big improvement.  Especially when it comes to reaching out there.

The Fuzz was rather disappointed with the previous one.  It relied on "Digital Zoom".

This just sucked.

Apparently that works by merely cropping the picture.  Of course there is no more detail than if one had done this later, in Photoshop or something similar.

The Fuzz decided to see what happened if he tried this with one of the new pix.

Pretty good.

But Photoshop is for fun stuff too.

Here's a look into the fish tank at His Brother's place.

Fun at Home

Once The Fuzz and His Sweetie returned to their Home in the Woods, it was time for 

The Fun!

Here's a look at some Earrings in progress.
Of course The Fuzz was not to be outdone.  Whilst at the Bead Store, he found this cool rock.

It was just the thing to make this Necklace.
(It is also the subject of our latest Mystery Pix!)
All in all, it was a Fun Day.

Irresistible

This was one of those irresistible sites in Munich.

Fireside

With the Young Daughter in town,visiting a friend, The Fuzz and His Sweetie took advantage of the situation to enjoy a taste of Mescal by the fire. It was an enjoyable evening, but they never made it down to that little old Gusano. After all, tomorrow was a work day.
After a long day at work, The Fuzz and His Sweetie got home a bit late. It was a little late to start on dinner. So after some thought, they went into town for a session at the Infamous Golden Corral. They did get there a bit late. The up side being that they were able to avoid the crowd. The down side was that some of the tasty treats were in short supply.
The Fuzz, having just had a tooth situation, for once, avoided the steak. But both he and His Sweetie enjoyed the salad and fish.
And we are pleased to report, that that dental situation is working out as well as could be expected.

Renaissance Festival 2010.4

And who could pass on a chance to see that Master of Mayhem, Gypsy Geoff.
He was going to great lengths to stay warm in the cold.

He even got out of this mess!
That Gypsy Geoff is a slick one.

We did wimp out and leave a little early. After we got though the nasty traffic, we took the back roads home, stopping along the way for a bite of super.

And so ended our annual Renaissance Festival trip.

Renaissance Festival 2010.1

We went over to the Renaissance Festival over the weekend. To the right is the Bell Guy of Cast In Bronze fame. He can get a bit dramatic at times.
We try to get over there once each year for fun and just to hang out with "normal" people.
It was a bit on the cool side, shoot, it was downright COLD.
Things started a bit slow, but they did pick up after a while.
It looked like some of the clothing vendors were wearing half their inventory, just to stay warm.
This Umbrella Lady was pretty wrapped up herself.
The Fuzz and His Sweetie always dress appropriately for this event. But this Year that Young Daughter decided 21st century garb was more her style. Too bad for her.
By lunch time there were plenty of people there.
This was when we slipped off into the woods for our little picnic.
Well, that's all for now. Keep watching for more exciting pix from Renaissance Festival 2010!

July 4th

We pretty much took things easy on the 4th.
The Fuzz & His Sweetie took the pooches for a walk along the river.
Later, Young Daughter and His Sweetie played with beads and The Fuzz took a short stroll.

Here's a couple of pix of what's left of an old building in the woods near here.

About all that's left are the walls and some tin laying around.
And here's a look at The Beading Session.

Art-O-Mat is now Local!

The many longtime followers of this Blog may remember that amazing phenomenon, The Art-O-Mat.

Well, Art-O-Mat is now Local. Here is the actual proof. The Fuzz shot this right here in our own Little Town.

We ran across this article in the local paper. It did get our attention, since it may be remembered, The Fuzz's Sweetie and Daughter are both involved in this ingenious method of spreading a "Little Art" around. For those who may have some degree of memory loss, or may be just a little slow, Art-O-Mat is a way of dispensing small objects of "Art" using retired Cigarette Vending Machines. Somehow the local art community found out about this and managed to obtain one of these amazing machines.

Here are a couple of local fans working that Art-O-Mat machine now. Note the T-Shirt. These are obviously serious Art-O-Mat Collectors.

Here we can see a demonstration of how this all works. A token is purchased, and inserted in to the Art-O-Mat machine. Then one tries to decide which flavor to try. Next the appropriate knob is pulled, as seen here. The last step is to open your purchase and admire the latest addition to your Art Collection.

And here's a few examples, the results of an Art-O-Mat Frenzy.

Big City Craft Attack

It was off to the Big City again.

We had a couple things in mind. One was to check out the Canvas Monkey, a gallery, that was closing down.
This was an opportunity to find great stuff, cheap (we hoped).
The other thing was to visit the "Craft Attack". The Fuzz and His Sweetie had heard about this on a visit to a local Tattoo Parlor, or should I say "Studio".
It was a bit of a drive down there, and this is not what one likes to find at the end of a long drive.
There are a lot of things to see there in the Big City. Especially- Confusing, One Way Streets! This is why The Fuzz usually has His Sweetie drive in these situations. She does have more Big City Experience.
The Big City was really booming until a couple weeks ago. Here's something they were working on. They have a lot of Big Banks there in the Big City, but it seems that somehow, the Big Money, has vanished. The Fuzz is not convinced that the Big Money was really there to begin with, but then he doesn't have much to do with Big Money anyway, so what does he know.
But we were there for the Craft Attack, and it was still there. This is sort of an overview of things.

Here's a couple examples of the stuff we saw there. This lady made a bunch of stuff like this. We were impressed with the detail. This is all different types of wood all fitted together.

The Fuzz could not really get pictures of everything there of course. And to be honest, some of it did not impress him. But there was a lot of nice stuff there. And The Fuzz's Sweetie and Young Daughter picked up a few items.
There was a good bit of jewelry as might be expected, and a lot of beads. The Fuzz was impressed with this little Tree Necklace.
It was time to move on and we slipped across town to the Monkey Place. It had been pretty well cleaned out before we got there, but there was still some cool stuff left. The guys who were running it are moving over the mountains to Tennessee. Young Daughter and The Sweetie picked up a few more things. The Fuzz got a Tiny Little Keyring Flask for half price. It only holds a thimble full though.

After this, we headed back to the Sticks. We spent the evening at home and watched a couple of flicks. We had "American Splendor" from the Netflix. It is pretty interesting, and we'll probably watch it again before we send it back. The Fuzz recommends it.

At the River

After such an episode with tree cutting, when The Fuzz's Sweetie proposed a picnic at the river, we were all glad to go. Even though the weather was nice, there are not many folks there this time of year. In the heat of the summer, the place is mobbed making it difficult to find a place with a grill. For some reason they don't want you to bring your own anymore. So we loaded the Cart with our Cooler and some Charcoal, and headed up the river looking for a good place.
There was no "Official" Grill at our fist choice, but we did get a good one since we had the place to ourselves. First we all had a cooling swim in the river. The water was remarkably clear, and the temperature was just right. After a bit, The Fuzz lit up the fire and cooked a few burgers. His Sweetie had fixed some Potato Salad so we were in business. But as the days are growing shorter, it wasn't long before the sun began to sink into the west, and it was soon time to head for home. Soon it will be getting cold again and it was nice to have a last swim of the season and enjoy the Beautiful River.

Purse Party

The Fuzz doesn't do a lot of sewing himself, but he knows a lot of people that do. And since we've sorta been on that subject, and things have been a little slow around here with all the action down there in New Orleans, we present The Purse Party.

It seems The Girls are always looking for something to get into. So when it turned out that the Local Daughter had the Purse Book, they decided to get together and have A Purse Party, and make Purses of course.

You may well ask,"What does all this have to do with The Fuzz?" Well, with the Academical Son gone these days, all that's left is The Girls.
And besides that, they were going to have Food there, and Wine. Now The Fuzz could have stayed home and done something interesting, like maybe post something really exceptional here. But of course he didn't, So now y'all get to be part of this too.

The first thing they did was go off to the local "Rag Bag" for the appropriate materials. The Fuzz just stayed at the house and perused the extensive movie collection.
He started off with "Crazy as Hell". This is a very interesting flick, although there is one scene that is not exactly, "family values".


Whilst he was thus engaged, The Girls made it back and got to work. You can see some of the cutting and pinning here.


The Fuzz would slip in from time to time for that photo opportunity. That's how he caught them at this.This did look a little suspicious, but when he got a closer look, it was easier to follow the thread of events. And the work continued.

By now he was on "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow". This one is just fun. After that one, Young Daughter came in for a break, and insisted on "My Big Fat Greek Wedding".

It was getting late. It was finally time for some food, and The Fuzz's Sweetie brought him a plate, and it was much appreciated. The Girls went back to work, and The Fuzz and Son in Law, to "Young Frankenstein".
By now it was quite late, and the machinery was giving off a Weird Glow.

It was a little before 2:00 AM when The Fuzz packed it in and caught a ride to home, and bed. But The Girls stayed at it a bit longer.

I'm sure you would like to see some of the results of all this effort. And so here, we present some of the finished work.


Now we just need a little bit of that "Dinero" for the inside.

Con Gusano

Yeah, he ate the little Gusano.

His Sweetie says he Wimped out 'cause he didn't chew it up in the process.

What do You think ?

Boxes

One of the great things about buying all that stuff on-line is the Boxes. There's also the opportunity to spend all your money without leaving the house of course. That is really convenient when you think about it. This is the result of a recent on-line frenzy.
We can use the boxes for other things, but mostly they take up space 'till we get rid of them. Things are so dry around here that there is a Burning Ban in effect, so a fire is out. But for now, the critters seem to be putting them to good use.
Just so you won't be confused, on the left is Pistachio, Puddin' in the box, and with her back to us, is the infamous Two Face.

And not to be left out, that Stupid, Disobedient Dog, also known as Nobbie, is harassing Puddin' in the box. They just like to have fun together.

Still no significant rain here. The well is still a dry hole .

And now for the exciting part, soon to come, Nude Pictures of The Fuzz ! How about that ?