Two words: drawing and tracing.
Then a couple more: drilling and sawing. The holes you see in the picture are how you thread the saw blade through.
Two more words: filing and sanding.
Two more: bending and soldering.
Then, yes. Sanding and polishing. A lot of sanding. A lot of polishing.
I’m covered with silver dust, which is less glamorous than you might think.
Hopefully in a few weeks there will be fitting and wearing.
One of the things I have been working at in the last few years is cultivating a attitude of appreciation.
Part of that has been making lists. Thinking about things that make me happy. Things that are beautiful. Things that bring me peace. Sometimes I write them in the form of a blog. This morning, after watching two people I love get married, as I sit in bed drinking coffee, feeling thankful for a warm bed, AC and coffee in bed, I wondered how many times I’d written about thankfulness. It turns out that I’ve written 21 posts containing the word thankful, 30 containing the word grateful, 17 containing silver linings. A lot of gratitude. Enough? I don’t know if you can ever be grateful enough.
Some of them….
Did I notice any trends?
A few.
I love and am grateful for my friends and family. I seem to look really hard for silver linings when I am sick or in a bad emotional space. I am really thankful for small things and laughter.
The word lucky appears in over 50 posts. I think of myself as a fortunate person, and it shows. Maybe it should show even more!
Congratulations to Shayla and Nok on their wedding yesterday and for the upcoming birth of their first son. You two are surrounded by love and laughter. You will do well!
Today
Tomorrow
Truth
Thoughts
Teeth
Tongues
Tapas
Thunderstorms
Treats
Tricks
Twosomes
Threesomes
Transgression
Thymus
Toast
Talent
Talking
Tables
Tangents
Teddy bears
Toggle buttons
Tempests
Tea pots
Tea
T-shirts
Tarts
Tartness
Tampons
Torridness
Trash cans
Thyme
Time
Torpor
Trouble
Troopers
Thrift
Throws
Turkey
Trust
Thankfulness