The Killing Game and Decisions

I didn't need a gun, but if what I killed is any indication of what is to come, I just may!

Was uploading pics to my computer and noticed something buzzing around my head. Swatted at it several times to no avail and finally managed to render the beast senseless when it alighted on my arm.

Thinking I had just killed a moth I was amazed to see it was a MOSQUITO!!!

Checked the date to make sure I wasn't in some weird twilight dimension....yep, it is March 20, 2010. I'm still in my house in Ontario - and, we do not get mosquitoes in March! It has been sunny and balmy (around 55F, 12C) for the last week ...but really!!!

Global warming? Maybe

After my battle with the bug, I uploaded my pics. I'm working on a monochromatic challenge piece for ADO and decided to do a bust. Work has been slow as my wrist is still giving me quite a bit of grief with numbness and tingling, (painting the eyes with pins and needle fingers was not fun!)... but I'm up to the finishing costuming stage.

I'm going with an ivory/light tan colourway and started looking through my laces. I spent several hours last night trying to find the right combo of lace and fabric to use on her headpiece and bust area and have still not made a decision!

I'm drowning in lace!

This is one of four of the large bins I have of vintage/antique lace

The tower of beaded and metallic antique lace and trims

I have more lace upstairs in our third bedroom and am forcing myself to not even go there - I can't make up my mind with just the choices I have in my little studio

I would pull out several laces and then discard them (too yellow, too light, too dark, too dull, etc). Early on in my selection process I decided on a trim I wanted to use, but finding fabric and lace to match it is proving rather time consuming. I'm hoping to get this piece done this weekend but am not any closer to making a decision than I was last night. This is how I left her:

Does anyone else ever go through this? I often have trouble deciding on the fabric and trims that I want to use on a piece

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Wordless St. Pat's Wednesday

Druid Circle, Blarney Castle

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MY WEEKEND

Ugly Isn't It?

www.uglybug.org

I swear this is what the bug that slithered past my firewall and anti-virus protection on Saturday looked like.
What it was in reality was something called XP Internet Security 2010

Nasty!!!

My 'tech' guy was not around and I didn't want to be without my computer for several days, so I suited up, asked for some help from friends (internet)....

....sent up a prayer that I could do this (and would not kill my computer in the attempt)....

....and was ready to slay the dragon (and trust me, anything techie to do with this computer IS a dragon for me)

Over the next hours (and hours) finding the 'fix' felt like looking for a needle in a haystack - and I wasn't feeling jolly like these two kiddies.

At times I wanted to cry...

.....or have a bird

but into the wee hours on Saturday and all day Sunday, I fiddled (and farted) around with various solutions and recommended fixes........

....and as of last evening, I conquered and killed the bug!

Today, I'm happy and just feel like playing! I'm proud of myself for actually getting rid of this thing - as mindnumbing of an experience as it was, and I'm very relieved that I didn't make a bigger mess of my computer in the process.

I usually use Firefox now, but for some reason I was on I.E. - don't know if this made my computer more susceptible or not, but I'm going to pay better attention from now on as to what browser I'm using.

Wishing everyone a great day, and no altercations with any ugly bugs!

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Miranda, Pattee, Faes and Song

Wow, what a clever title! LOL

Closeup of Miranda, a little 7.5" Kindred that I just listed in my Etsy shop.

Miranda has a painted yellow dress with purple dots, antique ivory tatting trim with narrow purple cording. Her hair is blonde mohair pulled back from the sides and accented with small purple bobbles. She is holding a 'fluffy' yellow/purple flower bud.

One of my favorite artists and people, Pattee of Odd-Dolls posted some of her doodles on her blog several days ago. I had to copy the one above and I'm going to put it up in my studio. I love the 'doodle' and the prose. Her doodles would make great cards I think.

The video below is a favorite song of mine by Celtic Woman and has some wonderful pics of faeries. Thought you may enjoy it.

We have had simply gorgeous weather so far this month - sunny and warm and most of our snow is now gone. I'm hoping that because March came in like a lamb, doesn't mean that it will go out like a lion.

This delightful piece is from a shop on Etsy - The Snippets (click the pic to go to the shop)

And, on that note....

Have a beautiful day!

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Wordless Wednesday