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Oh, No!

It is a rumbly, rainy morning here in Florida this morning. The weather report says two day of this. Damn! I will be stuck inside by myself for two days. Whatever will I do with myself?

Seriously. How can these weather people get away with obstructing my right to go out wherever and whenever I want? So unfair.

And my cable box went kaput yesterday. All the remote fixes were to no avail so a tech can come to fix it . . . someday . . . but not  someday soon.

Well, I am out of fabric and I am mostly out of yarn, but I do have other crafty things to do.

I have been making cards. Lots of family and friends with May birthdays!






I have to give most of them away, then I don't have to put them in the trash myself. I get on a roll and make far more cards than I will ever need.

I have been doing some painting practice.




When I get sick of that I tear the paintings into pieces and make a collage.


Isolation fun.

Comments

  1. Margaret (Peggy or Peg too)May 18, 2020 at 10:01 AM

    You talent is gorgeous Olga! (wench!)

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  2. Arkansas PattiMay 18, 2020 at 11:17 AM

    Sorry you are trapped inside even more than usual but don't you all need rain? Are any of the fires near you or is that farther south?
    You do have a cache of cards but you are ready for any occasion. That has to feel good.

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    1. OlgaMay 18, 2020 at 3:08 PM

      This area hasn't had the forest fires but the rain did knock down the lovebugs so that's a good thing.

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  3. gigi-hawaiiMay 18, 2020 at 12:41 PM

    I like those beautiful cards. Stick a $20 bill inside one of them and send it to your grandson.

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  4. RianMay 18, 2020 at 12:47 PM

    I have never made cards... although I do appreciate them (and yours are lovely) as I love to buy pretty cards at card shops. If I run out of things to do (hasn't happened yet), I may start practicing my watercolor... haven't done that in ages.

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    1. OlgaMay 18, 2020 at 3:11 PM

      On paper my life doesn't look all that different but I have to feel for those who are far more painfully impacted.

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  5. Linda ReederMay 18, 2020 at 3:05 PM

    Your craft work is true art. Thank you for showing us your beautiful creations.
    I hope cable help comes soon!

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  6. Jenn JilksMay 19, 2020 at 8:07 AM

    Lovely pieces. My hubby wrote out a few cards for friends, and he's mailing them today!

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  7. KayMay 21, 2020 at 2:17 AM

    Good gracious! You are so talented, Olga. Your cards are gorgeous. I’m starting to get stir crazy these days. I’ve finished sorting through my file cabinet and I finished masking masks. But with not a whole lot to do, I think I’ll cut up another aloha shirt and make more masks.

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  8. TajaMay 21, 2020 at 6:36 PM

    Nice cards! I love handmade cards! :-)

    Since you make more cards than you need, have you considered donating some to your favourite thrift store to sell? We have a few that sell some handmade (new) donated items in addition to their upscale resale items.

    I wandered over from The Travelers Wife's blog for the first time today. Hope you don't mind if I visit again in the future. I'm usually fairly quiet and reasonably well behaved. ;-)

    ...Taja

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