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  • Sao Noi

      Today I ran across a drawing that I started back in 2016 of an elephant named Sao Noi, and I decided to finish it today.  I don’t know what happened, but I am able to draw again, this drawing sat unfinished for 2 years, but now it’s done. Sao Noi was an older elephant,…

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    2018-09-06
    About Me and Things I D0, Animals, Art, Asian Elephant, BLES, Boon Lott’s Elephant Sanctuary, Elephants, Paintings
    animals, Asian Elephant, BLES, Boon Lott’s Sanctuary, elephant, rescue elephants, Sao Noi, Saving elephants, thailand, Thailand elephants
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    2018-07-06
    Fort Worth Zoo
  • My Red Tango Dress

    My Red Tango Dress

    It seems as if I’ve been working on this tango dress forever.   I’ve had a lot of personal distractions and had to put it aside for weeks at a time.   When I make costumes, I don’t normally use a pattern, I drape it and make my own pattern.  I do adjust the design…

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    2018-06-10
    About Me and Things I D0, costumes, Dance Costumes, Sewing, Tango
    about me, Dancing, Designing a dress, draping, dress, project, sewing problems, Tango dress
  • Bentley

    Bentley

    This morning the doctor called around 8am with a status on Bentley.  He’s been in the hospital again since early yesterday morning.  His sugar spiked up to 700 from 600 earlier in the day and it wasn’t going down then overnight it stayed around 500.  He was twitching from neurological problems, most likely caused by…

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    2018-04-06
    Fort Worth Zoo
  • Bentley and My Tango Dress

    Bentley and My Tango Dress

    My little dog, Bentley, has been sick for a while now. He has something called non-erosive IMPA Which stands for immune mediated polyarthritis. It’s like a form of lupus in dogs. The erosive form of IMPA is similar to rheumatoid arthritis in humans, but he’s got the non-erosive version form of it. He’s had it…

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    2018-03-10
    About Me and Things I D0, Dance Costumes, Dogs, Sewing, Tango
    Bentley, Bently, designing, Diabetic dog, draping, impa, Mini Schnauzer, Tango dress
  • Volunteering at the Fort Worth Zoo in MOLA

    Volunteering at the Fort Worth Zoo in MOLA

    Today was my second day volunteering at the Fort Worth Zoo. Schools were all off for President’s Day, the weather was in the 70’s with a prediction of rain, but if it rained at all, it was just sprinkles. My first day last week was very quiet, it was cold and cloudy, so there were…

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    2018-02-20
    Fort Worth Zoo
    Fort Worth Zoo Volunteer, MOLA, Rat Snake, reptiles, things to do in Fort Worth, Zoo Volunteer
  • Changes for 2018

    Changes for 2018

    It’s almost February and so far my life has been like a whirlwind.    There have been so  many changes this year for me, none really planned they just happened.  I never make New Years resolutions, I’ve always felt they were too much pressure to keep up.  I will set up goals and for the…

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    2018-01-24
    About Me and Things I D0
    2018, about me, bathroom, changes, Dancing, design, january, lessons, marble, mylife, new year, project, redecorating, remodel, sea glass, tango, tub, vanity, vessel sink, zoo
  • Draping and Designing a Tango Dress and Some Other Costumes from 2016

    Draping and Designing a Tango Dress and Some Other Costumes from 2016

    For some reason I never finished this post back in 2016.  I saw this rough draft when I was writing my blog just the other day, so I decided to finish it, a year and a half later. Back in the winter of 2016,  I  was working on a  tango dress, draping it and sewing…

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    2017-10-19
    Sewing, Tango
  • My New Venture – Training To Be A Ballroom Dance Teacher

    My New Venture – Training To Be A Ballroom Dance Teacher

    Back in July, my dance studio put out a notice that they were looking to train new dance teachers. Teaching dance is something that I have considered, but thought that I was not qualified to teach, so I never pursued it. Besides that, I really didn’t know how to do it, and to do it…

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    2017-10-17
    Fort Worth Zoo
  • My Mom 2016

    My Mom 2016

    Ok, so this morning I went to visit my mom in the nursing home.   I moved her on election day (I only mention that because it’s an easy way to remember the day I moved her) from her old place, Trinity Healthcare, back to the Cityview Care Center where she first started out in…

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    2016-12-04
    Fort Worth Zoo
  • Visiting the Dallas Zoo to see baby Ajabu

    Visiting the Dallas Zoo to see baby Ajabu

    NOTE: I made some corrections to this blog after my 10-16-16 trip to the zoo.   Baby Ajabu was out, so see my Flickr gallery for photos until I am able to write  another blog https://flic.kr/s/aHskJZXgX7 Today I decided to go to the Dallas zoo to see the new elephant baby, Ajabu.   Ajabu is five months…

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    2016-10-14
    African Elephant, Ajabu, Dallas Zoo, Dallas Zoo, elephant, Mlilo
  • My Reupholstery Procrastination-Mode

    My Reupholstery Procrastination-Mode

    So my hands have recovered from removing the thousands of staples from my Queen Anne wing chair and now it’s time to start laying out the pieces. To prepare for this, I bought two books, both excellent books about upholstering furniture, what one is missing, the other one has.   Professional Upholstering by Frank T,…

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    2016-07-25
    About Me and Things I D0, Sewing
  • Day 6 of Reupholstering the Queen Anne Chair Wing Chair

    Day 6 of Reupholstering the Queen Anne Chair Wing Chair

    So today I finally finished removing all of the staples, fabric, kapok and foam from the Queen Anne Chair. I still have to take the chair cushion apart, but no more screwdrivers, tack pullers, needle-nose pliers or upholstery staple removers… just a seam ripper and it can be done inside, instead of out in the…

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    2016-07-17
    About Me and Things I D0, Home Projects, Sewing
    project, sewing, upholstery
  • Visiting Gus, Belle and Bowie at the Fort Worth Zoo 4-27-2016

    Visiting Gus, Belle and Bowie at the Fort Worth Zoo 4-27-2016

    First of all, I noticed that I haven’t written anything for many many months!  I have thought about it, but just haven’t had the chance to sit down and write. As usual for this time of year, I am immersed in flamenco. I can’t say that I’m a flamenco dancer, I’m more of a stage…

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    2016-04-29
    Around Fort Worth, Babies At The Zoo, Fort Worth Zoo
    Asian Elephant, Belle, Bluebonnet, Bowie, elephant, Elmo, Fort Worth, Fort Worth Zoo, Gorilla, Gracie, Gus, Jackie, Lowland Gorilla, nature, things to do in Fort Worth, wildlife, Winifred, zoo
  • My Mom

    My Mom

    My mother has dementia.  She was diagnosed with early Alzheimer’s, oh, maybe about 15 or 20 years ago. My mother and I have always had a very rocky relationship. I was the only girl, the oldest of 4.   The boys meant everything to her and I was, I guess, Daddy’s little girl.   He…

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    2015-07-13
    About Me and Things I D0
    Alzheimer’s, dementia, family, mother, nursing facility, nursing home
  • Belle’s 2nd Birthday – July 7, 2015

    Belle’s 2nd Birthday – July 7, 2015

    A surprise birthday party for Belle by the zookeepers at the Fort Worth Zoo

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    2015-07-08
    About Me and Things I D0, Animals, Around Fort Worth, Fort Worth Zoo
    Asian Elephant, Belle, birthday, Fort Worth Zoo, pachyderm
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