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Letter H...Heddles

 Heddles are weaving loom needles and a weavers threading nightmare.  Multiply threading one needle by...let's be conservative and say 50....times 4 Harnesses.  Harnesses being the frames that hold top and bottom rails that the needles slide on.  Yes, they are moveable and threaded one at a time through the center of each vertical needle.  A threading tool with a hook on the end is used to pull threads through the eye.
Briefly, heddles are essential pieces of a weaving loom whether they be on a Harness Rail or a Ridgid Heddle frame.  I have ...

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Letter G...Gravy Boats

"It's all gravy" is a phrase from an Old English saying.  Life, it explained, is meat and potatoes, and the luxuries are gravy. 
     As with most phrases from olden days there is a flip side of the coin or in this case 'gravy boat'. 
     This 'slang saying' fits my 'Aladdin' style gravy boat...'profit or money easily obtained or received unexpectedly.'
      First...it is a collectible made by J.A. Bauer Pottery founded in Paducah, Kentucky in 1895.  Bauer Pottery moved to Los Angeles, California  in 1909.  My gravy boat's incised Los Angeles stamp ...

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Letter F...Finger Painting on Phone

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Letter E...Envelopes

This may seem like a trivial topic, but there was a time when envelopes were of great importance. 

Why else would the country have come up with the Pony Express or for that matter the Postal System? 

So, here's a bit of Wikipedia...first envelope dates back to 3500 to 3200 BC in ancient Middle East. 

They were hollow, clay spheres molded around financial tokens...which unlike today, the financial tokens are stuck on the outside.
Paper envelopes were developed in China where paper was invented by the 2nd Century BC.  They were used to distribute ...

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Letter D...Dragonfly Doodling

      Doodling has come a long way since the days of drawing around your hand and filling in the spaces with painted nails and peace symbol rings.  In my 1976 Websters it defines doodling as aimless scribbling.  Today it is touted as Therapy.  According to an article in Psychology Today doodling is helpful in memory retention.  Boy, is that a 'Doodle Drawing' card for anyone working on trying to remember where they put their keys or walking into a room for something specific and once there can't remember what it was.
     I liked the articles speculative ...

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Letter C...Census

     This is not my first rodeo with the US Census Bureau.  As a matter of fact, I've been a student of the Census for years as a result of in depth research for my Family Tree.  I'll get to that later, but for now let's talk about this 2020 history making Census Form that is an invitation to respond via the internet. 
     My Great Grandmother, Martha Jane, would be saying, "the what net."  Had she received this in the mail she likely would have handed it over to one of her children to see ...

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Letter B...Baseball Bunt
     If you are a baseball fan or player, you may already know what all goes into the batting skill called bunting. 
     If not, then bunting could be one of Pinterests Bunting Boards for crafters.  Or you may be thinking about THIS kind of bunting.  Regardless of your knowledge of bunting, be assured every style requires a certain skill set.

In the setting of a baseball game the bunt starts with a batter stepping up to the plate.  Take a couple of practice swings.  Dig in and take a stance.  Waggle the bat a few times and ...

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Letter A- Art of Arranging

      First, 'Off the Top of My Head', it should be known that 'Arranging' is part of my job.  Funny how being self-employed, working at making stuff and having fun while doing so can be called a JOB.  Be that as it may, that's what I do. 
     You and customers to my shop may be drawn to the 'Look what I did' sign and think, 'Really, what am I looking at or for".  My answer is, "All of it".  I arranged it so your eye moves from the sign up to the sunny window...unless ...

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The AtoZ Challenge begins on April 1st.  This year will be my 7th year to participate.  It would have been 8 years, but I missed 2017...I don't remember why.

Every year I think I've run out of ideas for a theme, but somehow I manage to scrape together enough photos and ideas to fill the month with posts that relate to a Theme.
I must admit...if not for the unexpected time off (COVID-19 Pandemic) 2020 AtoZ would not have been possible.  With that said, instead of flying by the seat of my pandemic pants...my posts ...

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