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Supplier: ABB Measurement & Analytics
Description: VortexMaster flow meters can be used for accurate measurement of the flow of gases, liquids and steam over a wide range of temperatures. Vortex meters are ideal for use on petrochemical raw materials, demineralized water and for direct, cost- effective steam mass flow by employing integral
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- Pipe Diameter: 0.5000 to 12 inch
- Mounting Type: In-line
- End Fittings: Flanged
- Process Media Type: Gas, Liquid, Steam
Supplier: Sierra Instruments, Inc.
Description: n 1997, Sierra was the first to introduce a combination volumetric vortex and multivariable mass flow meter. Today, Sierra's completely redesigned InnovaMass® iSeries™ 240i/241i builds on two decades of success measuring five process variables for gas, liquid, and steam with one connection
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- Pipe Diameter: 1 to 8 inch
- Mounting Type: Insertion Type
- End Fittings: Flanged
- Process Media Type: Gas, Liquid, Steam
Supplier: KROHNE Group
Description: OPTISWIRL 4070 C is the first vortex flowmeter with integrated pressure and temperature compensation in 2- wire technology. OPTISWIRL 4070 C provides accurate measurement of operating, standard volumetric and mass flow of conductive and non-conductive liquids, gases and vapors even with fluctuating
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- Pipe Diameter: 0.5000 to 4 inch
- Mounting Type: In-line
- End Fittings: Flanged
- Process Media Type: Gas, Liquid, Steam
Supplier: Badger Meter
Description: The RNG Series meter is an insertion-style vortex shedding flow meter designed to offer high accuracy measurements over an extremely large flow range. The meters have no moving parts and are virtually maintenance-free. The RNG Series is suitable for most gas types, including air, natural gas
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- Pipe Diameter: 3 to 12 inch
- Mounting Type: Insertion Type
- End Fittings: Flanged, Threaded
- Process Media Type: Gas
Supplier: OMEGA Engineering, Inc.
Description: • Custom Built to Order - CONSULT FLOW ENGINEERING • SSP (Spectral Signal Processing) Technology • Measures Steam, Gas, and Low Viscosity Liquids • Clear Parallel Two-Line LCD Display. Displays Simultaneous Flow Rate and Total Along with Process Diagnosis • New, Compact
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- Pipe Diameter: 0.5000 to 12 inch
- End Fittings: Flanged
- Process Media Type: Gas, Liquid, Steam
- Media Temperature Range: 500 F
Supplier: Spire Metering Technology
Description: The 602VFM series vortex mass flowmeters offer accurate, low-maintenance volumetric flow and mass flow measurement with built-in temperature and pressure compensation for air, gas and steam applications. It is widely used in chemical industry, power plant, mining, metallurgy plant and steam plant
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- Pipe Diameter: 1 to 12 inch
- Mounting Type: In-line
- End Fittings: Flanged
- Process Media Type: Liquid
Vortex Flow Meters - VT220.127.116.11.1.25.Q.A.1.5.A.2.E.X.0.A.B.A.1 - Vortex Flowmeter, 1" Wafer Connection, for Gases -- GO-32813-84Supplier: Cole-Parmer
Description: Vortex Flowmeter
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- End Fittings: Flanged
- Process Media Type: Gas
- Operating Temperature: 536 F
Supplier: Spirax-Sarco
Description: A compact all in one solution, vortex technology is an excellent flexible option for measuring a wide range of fluids including saturated and superheated steam, single-phase liquids and other gases. The vortex flowmeter's robust, welded design, ensures no leak paths for safe operation
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- Pipe Diameter: 1 to 12 inch
- Mounting Type: In-line
- End Fittings: Flanged
- Process Media Type: Gas, Liquid, Steam
Supplier: Honeywell Process Solutions
Description: The VersaFlow Vortex 100 is the only vortex flow meter with integrated pressure and temperature compensation in 2-wire technology. The Vortex 100 provides reliable measurement of standard volumetric and mass flow of both conductive and non-conductive liquids, gases and vapors, even with fluctuating
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- Pipe Diameter: 0.5000 to 12 inch
- Mounting Type: In-line
- End Fittings: Flanged
- Process Media Type: Gas, Liquid
Supplier: Taylor Dynamometer, Inc.
Description: Taylor flowmeters provide all the advantages of vortex shredding technology in an anodized aluminum construction design that is perfect for rugged applications with minimal space requirements. These inline flowmeters offers the best value for your low pressure flow applications. Measured: Air
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- Process Media Type: Gas
Supplier: Century Control Systems, Inc.
Description: Our NEW Vortex Plate Inline Wafer has a universal design which can be used in many types of process fluids including liquids, gases, and steam lines. No matter what the application, from super heated steam to super cold liquids, the same meter and electronics can be applied. Over 30 years
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- Mounting Type: In-line
- End Fittings: Flanged
- Process Media Type: Gas, Liquid, Steam
- Media Temperature Range: 450 F
Supplier: KOBOLD Instruments, Inc.
Description: meters utilize up to three primary sensing elements for flow measurement: 1.) a vortex shedding velocity sensor, 2.) an RTD temperature sensor, and 3.) a solid-state pressure transducer to measure the mass flow rate of gases, liquids and steam. Systems that use external process measurements may
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- Pipe Diameter: 0.5000 to 8 inch
- Mounting Type: In-line
- Process Media Type: Gas, Liquid
- Media Temperature Range: -40 to 750 F
Supplier: Aalborg Instruments
Description: Product Summary Insertion Vortex Flow Meters indicate volumetric and/or mass flow rates of gases, liquids or steam in piping conduits. Design Features Wide range of available insertion inside diameter applications Installation by porting into piping without need to lengthening line Optional
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- Pipe Diameter: 4 to 36 inch
- Mounting Type: In-line
- Process Media Type: Gas, Liquid, Steam
- Media Temperature Range: -4 to 450 F
Supplier: Litre Meter Limited
Description: Insertion Multivariable Mass Flow Meter; Hazardous Area Approvals: FM, CSA, & CE, Smart Electronics; Insertion probe for line sizes 2" to 72"
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- Pipe Diameter: 0.9843 to 72 inch
- Mounting Type: Insertion Type
- End Fittings: Flanged, Socket Weld / Union
- Process Media Type: Gas, Liquid, Steam
Supplier: Yokogawa Corporation of America
Description: The new digitalYEWFLO is the latest offering in our line of world class vortex flowmeters. Based on the field-proven sensor technology of the YEWFLO series of vortex flowmeters, digitalYEWFLO offers a unique signal processing technique that extends the features of DSP. The advanced processing
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- Pipe Diameter: 0.5000 to 16 inch
- Mounting Type: In-line
- End Fittings: Clamp, Flanged
- Process Media Type: Gas, Liquid, Steam
Supplier: Litre Meter Limited
Description: State-of-the-art in gaseous and liquid flow switching or liquid level control. High-resolution thermal differential technique.
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- Pipe Diameter: 0.9843 to 787 inch
- Mounting Type: Insertion Type
- End Fittings: Socket Weld / Union
- Process Media Type: Gas, Liquid, Steam
Supplier: Delta Controls Ltd.
Description: Sophisticated and reliable, Delta flow transmitters use ultrasonic vortex measuring principles, offering stability and repeatability regardless of fluctuations in temperature or pressure. Delta Controls' flow meters are proven in a broad range of air and gas management applications, includingShow More
Description: The Thermo Scientific TX10 provides an economical alternative to magnetic, vortex and differential pressure flow transmitters. The TX 10 combines digital signal processing (DSP) with advanced detection methods, it features exceptional performance and flexibility. While principally designed
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- Pipe Diameter: 1 to 200 inch
- Mounting Type: In-line
- End Fittings: Clamp
- Process Media Type: Liquid
Supplier: Kurz Instruments, Inc.
Description: the need for screens, honeycomb or vortex generators and provides extremely low end-to-end pressure drop. Because of this, the output has very low flow noise, exceptional accuracy, repeatability and turn-down ratio. Applications Industrial and process gas mass flow Fuel flow for burners and fuel cellsShow More
Supplier: IHS Product Design
Description: STUDY OF ULTRASONIC VORTEX EFFECT AND TRACER GAS METHOD ON MEASUREMENT OF AUTOMOTIVE MASS EMISSIONSShow More
Standards and Technical Documents - Reduced Borevortex Flowmeter, Reduces Installation Cost While Maximaizing Performance And Turn-Down - ISA EXPO 2005
Description: This paper describes a unique application of vortex flowmeters wherein an integral reduced metering bore provides for reduced installation cost while providing extended turndown. Most piping is designed for a maximum velocity of 10 fps for liquid and 100 fps for gas, while vortex meters provideShow More
Supplier: Metso
Description: Tough, general purpose slurry pumps Features The STHM slurry pumps are also available with alternative impeller designs which allow optimum adaption to different media - from heavy suspensions to clean liquids. Vortex or channel impeller Vortex impeller for heavy suspension and liquid/gas
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- Discharge Size: 2 to 14 inch
- Media Description: Liquids With Solids, Slurry / Ash Slurry
- Market Segment: Mining
Supplier: Eaton
Description: Eaton's Type 31 L-ST Gas/Liquid Separators automatically remove 99% of all liquid and solid entrainment particles 10 microns in size or larger from air, gas, and steam processes. Features Light Weight, Compact Integral Trap High Efficiency Over Wide Flow Range No Required Maintenance
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- Filter Type: General Purpose
- Filter Size Rating: 10 microns
- Maximum Air Volume: 82 to 3050 SCFM
- Maximum Inlet Pressure: 25 to 250 psi
Supplier: Vortec
Description: Generator Kit 328GK-50H For use with Vortex Tube, Model 328-50-H
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- Media: Air / Gases
Description: problems whose exact solution is mathematically elusive. Dimensional reasoning, scale arguments, and similarity rules are introduced at the beginning and are applied throughout.A discussion of Reynolds stress and the kinetic theory of gases provides the contrast needed to put mixing-length theoryShow More
Supplier: The Kahn Companies
Description: For high-speed turboshaft engines and experimental turbines, we offer the Kahn Series 404 dynamometers. Equipped with smooth disc power elements that absorb power by viscous shear rather than through highly turbulent vortex formation, the Series 404 are the only high-speed hydraulic dynamometers
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- Maximum Power Absorption: 5500 HP
- Torque Capacity: 1600 In-lbs
- Maximum Rotary Speed: 24000 rpm
- Mounting: Flange / Shaft Mount
Supplier: Linde North America, Inc.
Description: ). Compressed air is used as a common cooling medium, but its limited cooling rate can force pauses in production, therefore creating bottlenecks and process inefficiencies. CO2 cooling can greatly reduce the cooling time, therefore also reducing fuel gas consumption, metal powder consumption, and cycle timesShow More
Supplier: Nex Flow Air Products Corp.
Description: All Metal Parts, Stainless Steel Body, Quiet - Under 70dBA, Tests Show Frigid-XT Constantly Quieter Than Competition! Frigid-X™ Tool Cooling System for dry machining applications - replaces polluting and often toxic mist systems to improve dry machining operations. No mess, no residue and lowShow More
Supplier: DME Company
Description: is the elimination of gas. Vortex Pins and Plugs provide a location-specifc method of venting gas. Due to its porosity volume, one fourth of the surface becomes a vent. Vortex Pins & Plugs • Pins are 3" long and are available in diameters of .250", .375" and .500" &bull
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- Plug / Insert Shape or Application: Round
- Fits Diameter: 0.2500 to 0.3750 inch
- Material: Other
Supplier: Glas-Col, LLC
Description: This system is designed to rapidly evaporate/concentrate solvents by both heating the sample bottom and the incoming nitrogen. Each position is furnished with an individual orifice for the best possible delivery of gas. The pulsing feature allows a film of solvent to be thrown on the sidewall
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- Application: Research and Development
- Process: Other
- Operation: Laboratory
- Heating / Power Source: Other
Supplier: Thermax Inc. - MA
Description: Thermax TVN Direct Steam Vaporizers use condensing steam as a heat source on the shell side of a shell and U-tube heat exchanger. The cryogen is vaporized and superheated through the stainless steel tube bundle that is fit with proprietary vortex generators. The flow of steam to the shellShow More
Laboratory Mixers - 1 HP Explosion Proof Electric Direct Drive Drum Bracket Mount w/ Baffles -- DBM100XDD-BSupplier: Mixer Direct
Description: with contain flammable gas or vapor. Mixer Direct unique baffle option prevents vortexing and improves top to bottom mixing. Our customization options include longer shafts, multiple gear ratios, and varied impellers to encompass any mixing need.
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- Media Type: Liquids, Solutions, Emulsions, Suspensions, Slurries, Pastes, Colloids
- Mixer Type: Propeller / Impeller, Rotor-Stator, Single Rotor
- Operating Condition: Batch Operation
- Motor Speed: 0.0 to 1750 rpm
Supplier: Endress+Hauser, Inc.
Description: process calculations (density, enthalpy, compressibility) on the basis of equations and/or storable tables with material data Calculation standards: IAPWS-IF 97, SGERG88, AGA8, real gas equations (SRK, RK), ISO 5167, tables Can be used with all common flow measuring systems (vortex, turbine, MID
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- Media Type: Liquid, Gas or Steam
- Flow Rates: Volumetric, Velocity, Mass
- Display Type: Digital
- Local Interface: Digital Front Panel
Cleaning Agents and Surface Treatments - Duster, Vortex Series, 10 ounce aerosol, 134A, high velocity -- 70207231Supplier: Allied Electronics, Inc.
Description: gas removes particles without the use of harmful solvents. Because HFCs do not harm the ozone, this product has a zero ozone depletion factor. Formulated with HFC-134a, these exceptionally pure, moisture free, inert gas, high velocity products remove particles without the use of harmful solvents
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- Type: Aerosol / Contact Cleaner, Cleaner / Cleaning Agent
Supplier: Sulzer Pumps, Inc.
Description: with slower speeds Main applications Shipping of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) Tank farm booster Crude oil pipeline booster Debutanizer/depropanizer services in cryogenic gas plants Main design features Cast discharge heads for lower cost Fabricated discharge heads for project-related nozzle
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- Type Of Pump: Centrifugal Pumps, Petrochemical / Hydrocarbon Pumps
- Maximum Discharge Pressure: 1100 psi
- Maximum Discharge Flow: 1.00E6 to 1.20E6 GPH
- Media: Gasoline / Diesel Fuel
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Vortex Mass Flowmeters
The 602VFM series vortex mass flowmeters offer accurate, low-maintenance volumetric flow and mass flow measurement with built-in temperature and pressure compensation for air, gas and steam applications. It is widely used in chemical industry, power plant, mining, metallurgy plant and steam plant. Due to the advanced spectrum signal processing technology and quad-pressure sensors technology, the 602VFM is able to provide excellent vibration immunity for stable and accurate flow measurements... (read more)
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Maximize Steam Productivity w/Vortex Flow Meters
Vortex is the ideal flow technology for gas, liquid and steam measurement. Sierra's InnovaMass vortex can be specified to measure up to five process variables with one process connection: volumetric flow, mass flow, density, pressure, and temperature. With this multivariable capability, it's easier to maximize your steam productivity and reduce cost-of-ownership. Sierra's next generation InnovaMass "iSeries" (240i inline and 241i insertion) features a new hyper-fast microprocessor, robust... (read more)
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Exair Safe Spot Cooling CE Compliant Vortex Tubes
EXAIR 's Vortex Tubes have always provided a low cost, reliable, maintenance free solution to a variety of industrial spot cooling problems. Now, independent laboratory tests certify that EXAIR 's Vortex Tubes have also met the rigorous safety, health, and environmental standards of the European Union in order to attain the CE mark. By taking advantage of the characteristics of rapidly rotating air, EXAIR 's Vortex Tubes can convert an ordinary 80-100 PSIG compressed air supply into a stream... (read more)
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ST75 Flow Meter Improves Gas Compressor Efficiency
Engineers and technicians who rely on point-of-use gas compressor measurement will find a cost-effective air/gas mass flow monitoring solution with the rugged ST75 Flow Meter from Fluid Components International (FCI). The ST75 Air/Gas Mass Flow Meter delivers precision flow measurement while reducing the consumption of energy fuel gases, specialty gases and pneumatic air. Installing ST75 Flow Meters in large process industry facilities and assembly plants with multiple gas compressors allows... (read more)
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Revolutionize Your Productivity with InnovaMass
Revolutionize your productivity, expand capabilities, and reduce cost with InnovaMass inline vortex flow meter (240i) and new insertion vortex flow meter (241i) for all steam, liquid, and gas applications. An industry first! With its field adjustability apps, Sierra builds to stock and ships next day. Buy Now (read more)
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Sierra's InnovaMass iSeries has Arrived!
Sierra Instruments proudly introduces their InnovaMass 240i and 241i vortex mass flow meters. Their iSeries has been specifically designed for precise flow energy management in steam, compressed air, natural gas, and water applications. Capable of measuring five process variables with one instrument, the InnovaMass now features their revolutionary Raptor II operating system, providing end-users with flow measurement precision that promises to reduce energy costs and increase productivity... (read more)
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BoilerTrak™ 620S BT Mass Flowmeter
Thermal Mass Flow Meter Increases Boiler & Heater Efficiency. BoilerTrak TM is designed to provide an economical and easy to install solution for precise natural gas measurement to heaters and boilers to increase efficiency. The instrument also suited for compliance to new regulations for burning natural gas in commercial boiler applications. Insertion Gas Flow Meter provides 200 millisecond response to changes in flow rate of natural gas burned. Easy to install or retrofit into existing piping... (read more)
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. Our new Sierra Clean Energy Guide introduces some of our most innovative partners and the unique solutions we have developed by "Thinking Ahead"...together. Geothermal and Solar industry insiders will find this guide invaluable. A look inside shows how Sierra's 241 insertion vortex mass flow meter drives steam measurement efficiency with improved accuracy, wider turndown, and reliability at a lower installed cost. Find out how Sierra's flagship Smart-Trak®2 is playing a pivotal... (read more)
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Eliminating Need For Gas Preheat in Pressure Regulation
The Vortex Tube (VT) is a specially. designed cylindrical device with no moving. parts. It takes high-pressure gas and, in the. course of its depressurizing, converts (vortex. phenomenon) the inlet gas flow energy into. two low pressure streams - cold and hot. which exit the VT separately
Wrapping It Up: Vortex Air Gun Aids in Aerospace Applications
The global corporation MAG offers a comprehensive line of equipment and technologies serving. a wide range of industries including aerospace, automotive and truck, heavy equipment, oil and. gas, rail, solar energy, wind turbine production and general machining. Their services include. process
A Case Study in Creativity
The following case study explains. how natural gas pipeline powder. coater EB Pipe Coating (Panama. City, Fla.) used four Vortex A/C electrical. enclosure coolers to solve space. and configuration issues posed by. conventional air conditioners on an. OEM powder coating system.
Principle of Mass Flow Instruments: Volume Flow and Mass Flow
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Flow Metering Challenges & Considerations
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Progress in Scale Modeling, Volume II
Section B: Fire and Explosion - Extinguishment Characteristics of a Jet Diffusion Flame with Inert- Gas Vortex Ring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Resource Article: Experiments with Vortices in Superfluid Atomic Gases
Categorization While there is no single "correct" way to categorize dilute- gas vor- tex experiments, perhaps the most obvious method might be a chronological listing by date of publication, although there is limited utility in the efficient use of such a list.
Study of the gas circulation patterns in a uniflow cyclone
If one considers that the gas vortex is essentially a gas jet spiraling down the cyclone, one would indeed expect its penetration depth to increase as the initial gas velocity was increased.
… are (1) addition of a shroud consisting of a porous ring surrounding the anode nozzle while simultaneously injecting part of the shroud gas inside the nozzle with a swirl component in the direction opposing the plasma gas vortex , and (2) an injector …
Gas vortices are suggested as a mechanism to enhance the coagulation of dust particles in the solar nebula.
Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets > A vortex valve for flow modulation of 5500 F gas
The configuration and critical dimensions of the final hot gas vortex valve are shown in Fig. 3.
Vortex Rings
This monograph includes results of research into the regularities of formation and motion of one of the most interesting types of liquid and gas vortex motions — vortex rings.
Energy transformation with aid of the vortex tube
As, the number of revolutions of the gas vortex in the total vortex tube of the axis to the periphery there decreases (s. Abb. 7), finds therefore over that .
Characteristics of a new gas‐induced reactor
As the turbines rotate at high speeds, a central gas vortex is formed downwardly along the central shaft from the free surface of the liquid toward the upper turbine.
Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets > Open-cycle and light-bulb types of vortex- stabilized gaseous nuclear rockets.
Investigations of two-component, radial-inflow vortexes have also been conducted by other organizations.28 '29 The only other measurements of heavy-gas containment in light- gas vortexes are those reported in Ref. 28.


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36016813863610261792017-02-23T20:17:49.209-06:00Marti's DIYFormerly known as The Next Fifty Years ........ I can do that!Martihttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601681386361026179.post-80447623610581990432017-02-09T23:12:00.001-06:002017-02-09T23:12:51.658-06:00After the HarvestDriving down the road the other day with my mother, we saw lots of cotton on the sides of the road where it had blown off the cotton trucks on the way to the gin. Mom remembered a drive with dad along the same road, which was near the area where dad grew up - son of a cotton farmer. She said there was cotton blown to the sides of the road then too and she remarked to dad that if his dad had been alive to see that, he would have ordered them all out of the car to pick up that wasted cotton. lol

 I wonder what grandad would have thought of this cotton that was missed by the cotton stripper.

 MartiDIYhttp://email@example.com://thenextfiftyyears.blogspot.com/2017/02/after-harvest.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601681386361026179.post-40134286438222492872017-02-02T22:44:00.001-06:002017-02-02T22:45:04.543-06:00DIY Silver LampsIt's been awhile, hasn't it? I have been so busy getting bids and looking at building materials, that I haven't been getting online except to look up something. I've been quilting, but it's hand quilting and nothing new to show. So instead, I'm posting pictures of some lamps that needed a facelift before we listed our house for sale.

I bought these lamps at Target.com a few years ago. They were supposed to be white, but when I got them, they were more like bisque or off-white. And being made of resin, they looked pretty cheap. I bought a can of Krylon Sterling Silver Metallic and sprayed one coat on a lamp, and then used a black antiquing gel (sorry, I don't remember the brand on it) to age it.

It wasn't the rich silver of real metal, so I gave it another coat. Much better.

I wanted to protect the paint, so bought a can of clear satin sealer. On the can, it said a clear sealer will dull the finish a little. Well. It did more than dull it. It darkened the finish also, which wasn't the look I was going for at all. (on the right) It made a great pewter finish though, so if I ever want a pewter, I know how to get it now.

So I sprayed it again (two coats) and got it back to the deep silver look, and then sprayed the second lamp and antiqued it. FYI, the antiquing gel said to paint it on and rub off where you don't want it. That didn't work at all. Maybe if the paint had cured better - or maybe it still would have smeared everywhere. Or maybe the instructions on the gel were not for a painted object. In any case, the way that finally worked for me was to use a very fine artist's paintbrush and paint it on in the crevices. Then, I let it dry a minute and wiped off the excess with a damp cloth, being careful not to wipe hard or in the areas I really wanted dark.

It took very little paint to do all this, and I had well over half a can left. But I never got to use it on anything else. Since we decided to put everything in storage, we had to get rid of all our paint and everything flammable. I hated getting rid of my collection of paint, especially that one.

MartiDIYhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com://thenextfiftyyears.blogspot.com/2017/02/diy-silver-lamps.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601681386361026179.post-79015659790547638252016-12-06T20:38:00.000-06:002016-12-06T20:38:05.615-06:00WinterizingWe expect our first freeze Thursday, so Hubby and I went out to the farm to winterize my water lily tank.

 While we were at the feed store buying the straw bales, Hubby picked up a sack of corn to fill his feeder. After filling the feeder, he noticed the neighbors who had come begging for a free meal. So he fed them.

 The other neighbors were just as vocal, just too far away. I took these photos with his phone, fully zoomed, but they were just too far away for a good picture. I included them anyway because a) they had an impressionist look, and b) this is kind of how my vision is. Just enough distortion to be kind of pixelated and blurry.

 MartiDIYhttp://email@example.com://thenextfiftyyears.blogspot.com/2016/12/winterizing.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601681386361026179.post-91139034991943015262016-12-02T22:14:00.002-06:002016-12-02T22:33:11.917-06:00Is No News Really Good News?If so, have I got good news for you. Because really, I don't have anything new to add here.

I am delighted to say that summer is finally over and the weather is terrific. We finally closed on our land the Friday before Thanksgiving. We had hoped to be able to get the building ball rolling immediately, but we've had delays here just as we had with both closings.

Even though I have more free time now, I have less internet time. We couldn't use our last internet provider here and didn't want to sign a year or two contract for another one, so thought we'd just use the hotspot on our phones. We burned through six gigs in just a few weeks. We just bought a dedicated hotspot last week and started with six gigs. I went to the library to read blogs and compose my answers and blog post and came home to post it. Hopefully, that will work for me without using too much data. It is a pain though. I don't log into anything on the library internet. It may be safe, but I'm not 100% sure about that.

Since we are living in such small quarters, I packed all my fabric and most of my quilting tools. I did bring three sewing machines here because I didn't want anything to happen to them in storage. I also brought my English paper piecing because it takes up so little room. With my eye problems, I didn't think I'd be doing any kind of sewing though. However, I found that the hand sewing is much easier to see than using the sewing machine because I can get it just the right distance from my eyes. I can even thread a needle without too much effort. I've been spending time every day working on my hexie project.

It is cat approved too. Buddy has decided he likes being a house cat, and loves being a lap cat every evening.

I don't remember what I last said about my eyesight. So a short review: I've had a retinal tear in each eye and now macular pucker in each eye which causes a blurry distortion even with glasses. At my last visit, the doctor said the puckers were progressing rapidly and recommended surgery. We left believing that without the surgery, my vision would continue to deteriorate until I couldn't see anything without this fairly risky surgery. His diagnosis seemed to prove correct as over the last month, I've noticed that it is harder to read signs while driving and even to identify things on the side of the road.

So today, I went to another doctor for a second opinion. Another reason I wanted to see another doctor is because the first doctor doesn't explain anything and I wanted to know exactly what to expect. This doctor not only explained what was going on, he showed me the pictures of my macula, and explained that, for me, this surgery is risky because it actually would be three separate surgeries. Also, he said that the surgery probably wouldn't do anything for my right eye and only slightly improve the vision in my left eye. One line up on the eye chart, he said. Not enough improvement for three surgeries. He didn't recommend surgery right now. Good news though; he said even if the macular pucker continued to get worse, it wouldn't cause blindness, and if it did get a lot worse, then we could do the surgery.

In the meantime, he suggested an optometrist who might be able to tweak the refraction with glasses so I can continue to drive and read signs and maps. I'm not putting a lot of hope in that, but it is encouraging. We learned more in fifteen minutes with him than we had in ten months with the other doctor.

MartiDIYhttp://email@example.com://thenextfiftyyears.blogspot.com/2016/12/is-no-news-really-good-news.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601681386361026179.post-78397407253214412016-10-29T14:29:00.002-05:002016-10-29T14:29:58.162-05:00Living in LimboI had to laugh at allthingzsewn's comment. It seems like (and our backs feel like) we have been moving for a month. We finally closed on the house on the 24th, yes, just five days ago. The inspection wasn't bad at all, but the appraisal was a different story. That's where FHA is a pain. If I ever sell another house, it will be cash or conventional only! After the appraisal we went back and forth with the buyers a few times and finally worked out a deal. Then their realtor forgot to order a survey so that pushed us back another week. But it's finally all done and we are living in a friend's rental for a few months. It's in a Dallas suburb and not a great neighborhood, but it's not as bad as I originally feared. Or it wasn't, until our friend told me to keep the doors locked all the time, even if I just went to the car and back (to get to the car, I have to go out the front door, through the back yard and to the parking spots beyond that) because the guy next door just got out of prison, doesn't have a job, but isn't lacking for money. Great.

 No pictures of a new house yet either. We should close on our land next Friday and there were some delays there too so we probably won't start building as soon as we planned. Until then, we are living in a 600 square foot duplex. I told Hubby that living here will make me appreciate our small barndominium home more than if we moved from our home. Buddy The Cat made the move pretty well and has settled into life as a house cat. Once again, he shares space with Hubby in the office, and he has a window seat for sunning and bird watching.

 We have met several of our future neighbors. One of them developed a skin cream that is very effective on poison ivy. One weekend, we spent the afternoon clearing brush where we wanted to put the driveway and in a few days Hubby was itching. I ran over to a store that carried Cindy's cream and made Hubby use it. He has gone to the doctor with poison ivy before and pooed the idea that "Crazy Cindy's" cream could stop it. A couple of days later he was singing a different tune because the cream eased the itching, stopped it from getting worse, and then made it go away. So now it is "Clever Cindy's" magic cream! lol

 No internet service here at our temporary housing. We will just hot spot off the phone until we can get out there. I wasn't sure how much data we have on our plan now since we share our daughter's plan. But she assured me that as long as i don't stay on the internet all day (and yes, I used to just leave it on all day), then I could get online every day without a problem. I'll watch my time, but I should be able to get online for at least thirty minutes every day, so hope to see you soon.

 MartiDIYhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com://thenextfiftyyears.blogspot.com/2016/10/living-in-limbo.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601681386361026179.post-50453219987252322602016-09-15T18:07:00.001-05:002016-09-15T18:08:03.459-05:00Sold the House!After a week trying to sell the house on just zillow, we decided we needed to list it with a realtor and get it on MLS. The realtor we chose got it listed early Saturday morning, but told us not to be surprised if it took a couple of days to get showings. Well, we had two showings Saturday and two showings Sunday, and got two offers. We picked one and the inspection is tomorrow. It's an FHA inspection and I'm really nervous about it. I've heard they are super picky. Prayers appreciated.

 MartiDIYhttp://email@example.com://thenextfiftyyears.blogspot.com/2016/09/after-week-trying-to-sell-house-on-just.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601681386361026179.post-36028727778539993212016-08-26T01:56:00.001-05:002016-08-26T01:56:05.498-05:00The House Is Listed!After six weeks of non-stop work, we finally have the house ready to sell, or as ready as it it going to get. The survey is supposed to be done on our new place this week and the sellers offered us a no-cost lease which we signed this week. So, things are finally beginning to happen.

 I'm sorry I haven't been blogging, but we've been on a breakneck schedule trying to get it all done. And of course, since no good deed goes unpunished, a ceiling fan light quit working after a power outage this week. Word to the wise, don't ever buy a ceiling fan with a remote control. This is the second one in a year where the receiver quit working. But it's not the worst thing that could happen, so we'll replace it and move on.

 We have sold stuff, given stuff away, thrown LOTS of stuff away, and burned our precious (or former precious) wood scrap stash. Those of you who quilt can probably relate if you've ever had to give up your entire stash of fabric. Now, we're down to the weird-shape-won't-go-in-a-box stuff. What do you do with a five foot wrought iron candelabra?

 Friends and family on facebook want us to post pictures as we build our barndominium, or rather RV-dominium. I don't want to annoy other friends on facebook with an endless parade of pictures: here's the land, here it is again, here's the fence, etc. One suggestion was to start a blog, which would be a great idea except I don't have time for this one, much less two of them. However, now that we are finally winding down on the home improvement front, it is a possibility. If it happens, I'll post it here too.

 To those who are still checking on me after such a long absence, thank you, and I hope to visit your blogs again soon. Now, to bed "to sleep, perchance to dream." Tomorrow, I am chauffeur. The cat goes to the vet, and mother-in-law to the eye doctor.

  MartiDIYhttp://email@example.com://thenextfiftyyears.blogspot.com/2016/08/the-house-is-listed.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601681386361026179.post-12781633764779174652016-07-24T12:09:00.004-05:002016-07-24T12:26:55.715-05:00Sad Story About a New HouseMy son-in-law's parents recently sold their home and bought a smaller home that was under construction. It was still early enough in the construction that they, or rather SIL's mother, could pick out the flooring, counters, and all the accessories. She chose wood flooring in all the public areas and carpet in the bedrooms.

 She opted for a high end Roomba vacuum rather than a whole house vacuum system so it would do the cleaning while she was at work. If you've ever seen a Roomba in action, you know they cover every square inch of every room, even under the bed where most vacuums don't reach. Plus they have a dirt sensor so can go over dirty areas more than once.

 They had to move into a rental for a few months and sold most of their furniture rather than store it, and most of it wouldn't work in the new house anyway. So when they moved into the new house, they had new everything, and she was thrilled to pieces every time she came home from work to a clean house with that new house smell.

 That is, until one day when she came home from work to find that the Roomba had run over a fresh pile of dog poo and tracked it into every room of the house. Every square inch.

 True story.

 Linking to Silly Sunday at Comedy Plus.MartiDIYhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com://thenextfiftyyears.blogspot.com/2016/07/sad-story-about-new-house.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601681386361026179.post-6711073561318935452016-07-22T00:05:00.003-05:002016-07-22T23:42:20.594-05:00National Parks on the AirNational Parks on the Air is to ham radio operators what Pokemon Go is to gamers. That's the best analogy I can come up with.

On our recent vacation, Hubby (who is a ham radio operator aka ham), wanted to do some activations. That means that he wanted to set up a radio at some approved national locations and see how many other ham radio operators he could talk to in a short amount of time. I was okay with that. He's certainly done his share of quilt shows and photography stops. So I told him I would help if he needed it. Turns out he did because his computer, where he usually logs his contacts, interfered with his radio. So I logged his contacts by hand. That sounded easy enough. I can write, and pretty fast too. But it wasn't quite that easy.

To begin my story, let me set the scene. It was a pleasant day with temperatures in the mid 80's, and a fine, steady rain. The location he wanted to activate was the beginning of the Santa Fe trail, and once we decided that a little gravel parking site and a little monument was actually THE site, we pulled in to the parking area so Hubby could set up his antenna. The rules state that you have to be within so many feet of the monument, and since we were also pulling our travel trailer, we were fairly limited where we could park. Notice the power lines in the picture below? That's where the fun began.

Once Hubby had his antenna mounted on the hood of the pickup, he set up his radio on the center console and we got into the back seat so we could have room to move. Hubby began looking for an open frequency (I think I got that right) but all I could hear was static. When I'm in the office with Hubby, I usually think the noise coming from the radio sounds more like sounds over a transistor radio (if you are old enough to remember those), but this was worse. Hubby said it was the electric lines overhead. Horrible place to set up a ham antenna. The running pickup and his laptop were making the static worse, so he turned them off and he said that made a difference. Still sounded like static to me. Hubby called some ham friends who were at their home computer and they helped him find an open line to transmit on and they posted it to a facebook page that is just for National Parks on the Air. Hubby began calling CQ on that open line and finally we heard something over the static that sounded like it might be someone saying their call sign. Or it could have been a different level of static. Hard to tell. Somehow, Hubby managed to pick out a few letters of their call sign and asked them to repeat it until he understood it, and then Hubby would repeat it so I could write it down along with the time and how good their signal was. This went on for about twenty minutes and then more of them began calling to Hubby. I guess they saw our friends' post on the facebook page.

I couldn't understand anything they were saying. All I knew is that with the heat of the radio, Hubby shouting his call over and over, the windows rolled up, and no air conditioning, it was getting pretty steamy in there. After another ten minutes of rapid fire calls and jotting down letters and numbers only Hubby could hear, and with sweat streaming down my neck, back and everywhere else, I told Hubby he was going to have to roll down a window. "Now?" he asked in disbelief. "Yes, now," I said. "It's a sauna in here and I can't breathe."

So he jumped out of the pickup - in the rain - got into the front seat, and stuck the key in the ignition. He lowered the driver's window about two inches and without looking back, lowered my window about a half inch. Then he jumped out of the pickup, jerked the backseat door open and jumped in before I had a chance to stop him. So I pointed to my window and said, "Really?" He reached over the seat this time, put the key in the ignition and told me to roll it down as much as I wanted. I pressed the button and nothing happened. Nothing happened because Hubby has this habit of using the driver's door handle as an arm rest, and that's where all the window buttons are located, including the one that keeps everyone else from being able to open or close their window.

By then, Hubby was CQ-ing again, and was none too happy when I told him he had locked my window button and I couldn't roll down the window. So he lunged out of the pickup again, jerked open the front door and turned on the button, slammed it shut and jumped back in the back seat, dripping wet because the nice, pleasant light rain had turned into a heavy rain. He picked up his microphone, turned to me, and asked through clenched teeth, "Anything else?" "No, I'm good," I replied cheerfully, "CQ away."

Then an ear-splitting squeal joined the static and I could no longer hear those sounds that I thought might be another voice. But Hubby kept picking out a letter here and there and got a few more contacts in the next thirty minutes, and then he too decided the conditions were just too bad to continue. As if they hadn't been bad all along.

That experience was enough for me to wonder why anyone wanted to spend time trying to talk on a short wave radio. But for some reason, trying to hear other people shout numbers and letters makes Hubby happy, so I was willing to do the next NPOTA activation with him, and hoped it wasn't raining and that we weren't parked under power lines.

We were a little late getting away from the RV park and Google map showed the next activation quite a ways from the highway we were on. We wanted to eat dinner with our daughter and her two foster kids at the next campground, so Hubby groused that he would just not do that activation. But after the last fiasco, I thought he needed to do it and talked him into going to the next one. The signs on the highway said it wasn't far away.

As it turned out, it was just a few miles off the highway. It was at a Civil War battlefield, and they had a nice, big, paved, parking lot. The skies were cloudy, but not raining, and there was a cool breeze blowing through our completely rolled down windows. This time, there was no static and even I could clearly hear the call signs unless they talked too fast. I logged onto facebook while Hubby found a frequency and within seconds of posting it online, we had people calling. Hubby described it as a tidal wave of calls and said it was a real adrenaline rush. This time I had trouble keeping up with the logging as Hubby went quickly from one call to the next, and finally, after I filled up several pages, he announced that he would take two more calls and then we had to move on. People clamored to be picked so Hubby took several more calls before he quit. If I understand it right, everyone who calls and gets through to the ham doing a NPOTA activation also gets points, and this particular site hadn't been activated very much, so a lot of people wanted the contact.

As we drove away, I asked Hubby if he was glad we stopped for this, and he said doing this one made it all worthwhile. Since I feel that way about getting the perfect photograph, I can totally understand. But I still can't understand calls signs when people say them fast. So slow down you guys! Next time, I will be ready.

MartiDIYhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com://thenextfiftyyears.blogspot.com/2016/07/national-parks-on-air.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601681386361026179.post-89309899195568626232016-07-13T12:04:00.001-05:002016-07-13T12:14:22.342-05:00Galveston, Oh GalvestonNow where was I?

 Oh yes, I had been talking about the changes in our lives. I stopped posting because I didn't want to be one of those bloggers who moan and whine about their health, their mothers-in-law, and their poor lot in life. Well, maybe I want to moan and whine about my mother-in-law a little. *smirk* I thought my life changed at 50, but at 60, it just fell apart. But I think we are mostly back on track and looking forward to the future, whatever that may be.

 After four months of worrying that I would soon be blind, I had another retina tear. In my good eye. The one the doctor said had pigment around the thin spots that would protect them from tears. Guess he was wrong. So anyway, as soon as he told me I needed another surgery, I started crying and he asked why, since it wasn't a bad tear. So I asked him how many tears before the scars from them made me blind. He stepped back in surprise and said I wouldn't go blind from the tears, no matter how many, because they are on the outer edge of the retina. I had been holding this worry for so long that once the tears started, I couldn't turn them off. This doctor is good, but he isn't good at explaining what is going on. I could have used a lot more information at the beginning of this.

 So anyway, I've been pulling myself out of the hole I was in, and we started getting the house ready to sell. Plus I had a trip planned with my girlfriends, and Hubby and I had planned a vacation right after that. Not much time for blogging with all that going on. Hubby probably wouldn't be too pleased to see me here typing right now instead of painting something, but I'm waiting for a phone call so I thought I'd make a quick post. Seems I can't do a quick post. But I'm going to end now because the microwave just beeped that my tv dinner is ready. Trying to eat everything in the freezer has been interesting, to say the least. I didn't even know there were tv dinners in there. I probably should have looked at the expiration date on this one. Looks like something .... yellow.

 Here is the house we rented for our girlfriends' trip. About a block from the beach. And sunrise at the beach.

 Linking to image-in-ing although I am anything but wordless today.

 MartiDIYhttp://email@example.com://thenextfiftyyears.blogspot.com/2016/07/galveston-oh-galveston.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601681386361026179.post-52478927908806066782016-05-03T10:45:00.000-05:002016-05-03T10:45:31.624-05:00Lonely Tree

MartiDIYhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com://thenextfiftyyears.blogspot.com/2016/05/lonely-tree.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601681386361026179.post-8571116899261168522016-04-28T23:52:00.002-05:002016-04-28T23:52:44.482-05:00Stop Me If You've Heard ThisI haven't been posting much lately, in case you haven't noticed. I also haven't been sharing much, not because nothing is going on, but because so much has been going on.

At the end of February, I had a retina tear and laser surgery to repair it. If you are a regular reader, you already know that, and that the retina specialist told me I am high risk for more tears. But, he said everything looked good at my one month exam, so we breathed a huge sigh of relief and prepared to get on with our lives. Then, just a couple of weeks later, I started having a lot of flashes in that eye. So the next morning, it was back to the retina center. My usual doctor wasn't in that day, but the doctor I saw said that there was scarring growing over my retina, called a macular pucker, and it was pulling on my retina. He said that sometimes happens after laser surgery, but sometimes it stops on its own, and if not, there was a surgery to remove it. But he wanted me to wait three more weeks to see if it would stop.

Sounds simple, right? The assistant gave me a brochure that described the procedure. Basically, they drain the vitreous fluid from the eye, peel the scarring from the retina and then refill the eye with saline. And of course, there is an increased risk of retina detachment during the procedure. And that is for normal people. I'm already high risk so it was going to be a very risky surgery. I was scared to death, and anxiously waited out the next three weeks before seeing my regular doctor. And I prayed. A lot. I think there was some begging going on too. I didn't tell anyone except my best friends from high school, and my mom of course. Hubby knew because he went in with me and he lost sleep worrying with me.

At the appointment, my doctor said the scarring had not not spread much in the last three weeks. He didn't know if it stopped or just slowed, but said for now, he doesn't recommend surgery. He said he will leave it to me to see if I have surgery later. I blurted out that no! I didn't want to have the surgery. He smiled and said no, that he will leave it to my eye to determine if I have to have surgery later. Drats!

The scarring that is there causes lines to look wavy, printed letters run together a little, and little dark objects on other dark objects are impossible to tell apart. Little dark objects like fire ants in dirt. I used to be able to see them on the ground to know where to step or where NOT to put my hand when pulling weeds, and now I can't see them until they are on my hand. And if you know fire ants, you know that that is just too late. Hand sewing is also difficult, especially on black or dark fabric. The work I've done lately probably doesn't look very good, but hey, I can't see it so it doesn't bother me.

So that's one big thing. The other is that Hubby changed jobs. Same company, just different division. He had been after this job for several months and was beginning to lose hope, but then they finally decided to fill it and Hubby was their first choice before they even started interviewing. He just started this month and has been doing a lot of overtime with paperwork and training, but it should get easier in a few months. There's a learning curve with every new job but he's anxious to start producing. With this job, he works from home and doesn't have to report in to any one place every day. His territory is mainly the entire metroplex area but also includes everything one hundred miles in every direction.

Those two events have made us evaluate our lives and our future. We are at the age where friends and relatives have had heart attacks and strokes, and when that happens, we always talk about some of the stuff we want to do someday while we are still able: traveling, developing a hobby, clearing the clutter, or whatever is on our minds at the time. And while there is nothing life-threatening in our lives at the moment, my eye scare made us realize that someday is now. None of us know how much time we have left, or what the quality of life will be like next year or even next month.

One thing we have always wanted to do is downsize into a house that is as maintenance free as possible and easy to close up and leave for weeks at a time. We finally decided that we are ready to sell our house and do just that. We were thinking we'd find three or four acres within thirty to fifty miles of the metroplex, and build a barndominium, or rather an rvdominium. Since Hubby isn't tied to any particular place now, we could move anywhere around the perimenter, and we thought it would be great to move north of Dallas in the Gainesville area. Then the reality of commuting in North Dallas traffic set in, and we decided that living in this area will be much less stressful, not to mention cheaper. Plus, Hubby's mother lives here and our moving would probably mean moving her too and that would be really difficult.

I always thought I would be jumping for joy and running to the car, bags in hand, if we ever agreed on when and where we wanted to move. I disliked this house from the moment we moved in - until about three years ago when we added the bright and sunny dining room and courtyard. Doing that freed space for my sewing space, and Hubby had his radio space, and suddenly, I started liking this house. Then we painted the exterior and for the first time I thought this house was actually pretty. Then, we had a couple of odd characters knocking on doors in the neighborhood, and we formed a new neighborhood watch group, and started having block parties, and ladies' game night. Now, I'm really torn about leaving. We'll still move if we can find the right place, but I'll miss this house, all the work we've put into it, and all of our great neighbors.

We've been warned that rental houses are hard to find, have long leases, and are more expensive than a house payment, so the plan is to buy some land first, and then build the shell of our rvdominium before selling this house. Then, if we have to, we can move into our travel trailer while we finish the house there. That is the last resort, the very last resort. I'm afraid that living in a twenty-one foot trailer with no counter space, very little closet space, and a dinky little bathroom will push us to our limits.

So wish us luck, pray for us if you choose, and we'll see what happens. The good thing is that I know we'll be happy now whether we move or stay.

MartiDIYhttp://email@example.com://thenextfiftyyears.blogspot.com/2016/04/stop-me-if-youve-heard-this.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601681386361026179.post-70626485329779621872016-04-18T22:03:00.002-05:002016-04-18T22:03:35.068-05:00More on The Bluebonnet Trail, Ennis, Texas

 Linking to Wordless Wednesday at image-in-ingMartiDIYhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com://thenextfiftyyears.blogspot.com/2016/04/more-on-bluebonnet-trail-ennis-texas.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601681386361026179.post-26519166865263381492016-04-18T13:08:00.000-05:002016-04-18T13:16:52.669-05:00Along the Bluebonnet TrailLast week, a friend called and asked if I wanted to join her exploring the Bluebonnet Trail near Ennis, Texas. It isn't the best year for bluebonnets but we found some nice areas.

 Linking to Macro Monday.MartiDIYhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com://thenextfiftyyears.blogspot.com/2016/04/along-bluebonnet-trail.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601681386361026179.post-61411733896440904692016-03-14T22:34:00.001-05:002016-03-14T22:46:48.520-05:00Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow. Or Not.I had such high hopes for this day. I was going to get up at dawn (now that it's an hour later), get all my housework done, and then get my sewing room set up. But my house conspired against me. Yes, I am blaming it on the house. The front door to be exact. It just doesn't like me.

I was surfing the internet trying to find out how to clean something, when I saw a neighbor pull up outside. We trade books we've read and I saw her grab a bag that looked like it was full of books so I went to the front door to meet her. I had already cleaned the kitchen and had the back door open and the glass pulled up on the storm door to get some fresh air into the house. I had the storm door locked though. Unless I'm outside, I always keep the house locked. So when I saw my neighbor strolling through the flowers in the front yard, I went out to join her, leaving the front door wide open so it couldn't play any dirty tricks on me.

We chatted about trading some daffodils and irises, and what was this, and do you want that, the typical chatter of gardeners, when I heard the front door shut. It used the breeze coming through the two doors to shut itself, and then laughed when I ran to see if I could open it. I couldn't. Our front door has two piece lock and handle; the deadbolt is one piece and the handle below it isn't keyed, it just has a latchbolt. Lately, the inside knob will turn the latchbolt, but the outside thumbpiece on the handle won't move at all. So when it shuts, it's as good as locked, except no key will open it. And this time, no key would open the back door either because we don't have a key to the storm door. I was SOL.

So I walked a few doors down and borrowed a neighbor's phone to call Hubby. He was fifty miles away, on the way to a meeting, but bless his heart, he postponed that meeting because he had another later that couldn't be moved, and he came home to rescue me. While I waited, I tried the credit card trick on the front door, tried to pry apart the trim on the back storm door, and even tried to pick that lock. Nothing worked. Finally, I just sat on the front porch and started reading one of the books my neighbor had left me. When Hubby came home, he was in the house in less than five minutes and he didn't even have to break anything.

That's the last time I feel safe with just the storm door locked.

I was going to run out and buy a new lockset, but after taking the old one apart, shooting some WD40 in it, and shining the brass, I just couldn't part with it. So I spent most of the afternoon taking apart the door handle, cleaning it, stripping off the remaining lacquer and tarnish, and getting it ready to go back on tomorrow. It took a trip to the hardware store and then another trip to the big box store, but still much less than a $150 replacement handle, and I have a lovely rubbed brass handle.

After doing that all day, I didn't get anything done in my sewing room. The only accomplishment of the day is culling through some books in my bookshelf. I am torn between keeping or donating some of the books, and I hate that I can't just let them go. But then there are other books, like a cookbook my mother gave Hubby. It's title is Game Cookbook, How to take the "gaminess" out of wild game. Make every dish a gourmet's delight.

On the cover are pictures of the kind of game Hubby hunts, but inside was, well, game that Hubby never thought of hunting. In fact, I don't know that I've ever heard of anyone hunting some of it. We had a few laughs thumbing through it (even though that was not the intent of the cookbook) and after the crummy day I had, I needed it. So I am going to end this post with a bit from the section titled "Small Game."

Porcupine
The porcupine can be done in with a rock or a club, but even when he is dead, his quills can do damage. If you're that hungry, do as the Indians did - just throw the porky on the coals of a fire, heap with more coals and roast for about an hour. Then remove the burned hide.

(Insert Julia Child's voice here saying "bon appétit")

MartiDIYhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com://thenextfiftyyears.blogspot.com/2016/03/parting-is-such-sweet-sorrow-or-not.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601681386361026179.post-73252290426294325822016-03-13T21:13:00.002-05:002016-03-13T22:08:35.604-05:00Simple Pleasures and Slow Sunday Stitching

(This photo has been altered to correct the color. I messed around with the settings on this photo so I could focus just on the center bloom, and while that part worked, for some reason it faded out the color on the bloom and foliage, so I hit the enhance color button to correct the color.)

Isn't it funny how one little thing can make or break your day? Luckily, it was make my day today. This odd spring weather we have had has made my Texas Mountain Laurel (Sophora secundiflora) bloom before my neighbor's wisteria for the first time in fifteen years. That's right. For fifteen years, I have smelled nothing but wisteria while my laurel was blooming, but finally, finally, finally, I got to smell nothing but the sweet smell of grape bubble gum wafting across my yard. It didn't hurt anything that the laurel is covered in blooms this year too. I guess that's from all the rain.

And to top it off, two Red Admiral butterflies (Sophora secundiflora) were visiting the blooms along with several honey bees and bumblebees.

My Texas Mountain Lauel:

The neighbor's wisteria:

Na na na na boo boo! hehehe

With all the rain we've had recently (over four inches this week), I should be out pulling weeds and mowing the yard, and I did do some of that yesterday, though it's too wet to drive the lawn mower. But today was really windy, so I stayed inside and did some slow stitching. Actually, I did some of it yesterday while we were driving, but today, I put the flowers together.

Linking to Slow Sunday Stitching at Kathy's Quilts.MartiDIYhttp://email@example.com://thenextfiftyyears.blogspot.com/2016/03/simple-pleasures-and-slow-sunday.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601681386361026179.post-91868274748909081732016-03-05T20:02:00.001-06:002016-03-05T20:02:34.057-06:00March OMG GoalJust one goal this month because I think it's going to be a tough deadline to complete. I want to finish the Summer Crossroads quilt. The picture below is one I posted in early January and I am farther along with it now, but everything is also packed away right now. That's just one of the reasons it is going to be a tough goal. The other one is that we are well into spring and soon I will be spending hours every day in the garden instead of the sewing room.

 My goal is to just get the pieced top finished. At this time, I am planning on doing some applique on the borders, but that could change after the top is pieced also.

 Speaking of the garden, we both spent all day doing yard maintenance and didn't begin to make a dent in the work that needs to be done. Hopefully, we can get some tilling and planting done tomorrow, and then it's supposed to start raining. Talk about deadlines!

 Linked to:
Red Letter Quilts OMG, It's March!
MartiDIYhttp://email@example.com://thenextfiftyyears.blogspot.com/2016/03/march-omg-goal.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601681386361026179.post-47111132749343283212016-02-29T10:48:00.002-06:002016-02-29T10:48:47.272-06:00The Clutter ShuffleThe Clutter Shuffle: The act of moving clutter from one room to another in order to make the first room appear neat, clean, and orderly.

 I quit cleaning house, really cleaning that is, a long time ago. I figured I kept a sparkling clean house for twenty-five years and I had done my time. No one noticed when it was clean, and they immediately messed up everything I had just done anyway. And then we moved to this house where we had more stuff than room to put it, and no one would part with their beloved stuff. That's when the clutter shuffle began. And even after we added on to this house, we had more clutter than space because we had had years to collect more. A phone call that someone was on the way over and the whole family sprang into action like a well-trained tactical unit, clearing the clutter out of public spaces and stashing it behind closed doors.

 When the kids left home, they left most of their clutter behind too. Most of that was packed into the attic, and they have retrieved some of it over the years. A request to come get it or it's going to the thrift store is met with wails of "Noooo, please save it until I get settled" and so it stayed.

 Hubby and I have been talking about getting rid of all this excess, and we've even talked about becoming full or part-time RVers. But we look over the stuff, and can't let it go. It would be a lot easier if we didn't know how much we originally paid for this stuff we aren't using anymore. Or maybe not, a lot of things are picked up by one of us only to hear the other say "I have a plan for that," and so it remains as it is, unloved and unused.

 Then, last month, I opened my big mouth and said I would host a neighborhood game day. Since I had a month, I figured I could go through this clutter, take loads to the thrift store, and not only would I have a neat and orderly home for guests, we would be that much closer to being able to downsize to an RV or smaller home.

 But that hasn't happened. So now we are days away from having guests. Not enough time to sort through all this stuff, only enough time to hide it. If I can clear out three rooms every day for the next three days, I can present the facade of a neat and clean house. Let the clutter shuffle begin!

 And then I join Hoarders Intense Denial of Excess. H.I.D.E.

 MartiDIYhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com://thenextfiftyyears.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-clutter-shuffle.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601681386361026179.post-89194758623998832412016-02-28T13:29:00.001-06:002016-02-29T10:50:05.498-06:00February FinishesI thought the month was going to end without a finish, but in the last week or so I've found time to get these done. Check out this post to see my goals for February. I named two projects hoping to get just one finished, and I finished both. Yahoo, yeehaw, and whew.

 Thanks to Kate from Life in Pieces for helping me with the name for this quilt. Around the World from the Couch. It's a long, narrow quilt that just fits my recliner.

 For the piece of panel cloth, I decided not to make a quilt, but to make a carry all for my car stuff. During the week, I drive the pickup and Hubby drives a car to work. But on weekends, he wants to drive the pickup so I have to clear all my stuff out and move it to the house or car. Invariably, I leave something in the pickup, or forget to grab it when I move stuff back to the pickup, and it's usually something important like a power cord. So I made this carrier to keep all that stuff in. When it's in the pickup, I can lay it out flat on the back seat or floor. I wanted to make it more accessible than those that hang on the back of the seat. I still need to add some velcro closures and make some of the pockets smaller, but left that until I know what is going to go in each pocket.

 Linking to:
One Monthly Goal It's Finished Party! February 2016
Thank Goodness It's Finished Friday
Fabric Frenzy Friday at Fort Worth Fabric Studio
MartiDIYhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com://thenextfiftyyears.blogspot.com/2016/02/february-finishes.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601681386361026179.post-64342058421899540302016-02-17T11:33:00.001-06:002016-02-29T10:49:15.005-06:00Leaders and Enders ProjectCathy at A Quilting Chick has a monthly linky party for leaders and enders, which is going to be added incentive for me to use up those boxes of scrap fabrics I have everywhere. I have found that it is easier for me to make simple, mindless blocks for leaders and enders. When I try to make pieced blocks or follow a quilt pattern, I spend more time on the leaders and enders than I do on the quilt I'm trying to make, and then start making mistakes on both of them. So nothing outstanding here, just simple string blocks. Brown is February's color for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge but I've been sewing bags lately and that doesn't work well with leaders and enders because of the thread and foot used. Hopefully, I'll get back to my Crossroads quilt soon so I can finish more brown blocks. I need six of them for the end project I'm thinking about.

 The block in the top right is paper pieced. I wanted to find a simple leader and ender that would work when doing paper piecing and using a regular foot and think this is work for that. I just need to remember to save some of each color to finish them. My goal with the Rainbow Scrap Challenge is to use up those boxes of scraps.

 Linking to Leader/Ender Linky Party at A Quilting Chick.MartiDIYhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com://thenextfiftyyears.blogspot.com/2016/02/leaders-and-enders-project.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601681386361026179.post-12688820278253378342016-02-16T11:57:00.003-06:002016-02-16T12:04:06.696-06:00Quote of the DayIf you are a fan of BBC's Grantchester series, or the books of the same name, you know that the main character is Sidney Chambers, vicar of the Grantchester church. This is a line from the first book in the series, Sidney Chambers and The Shadow of Death. The time and setting is December 31 as Sidney is on a train going to London for a holiday, so plenty of time for him to think about the events of the past few weeks (he just solved his first murder mystery, began to fall in love with the widow, and had all the church services surrounding Christmas) and of the coming year.

"...Sidney was determined to remain cheerful in the year ahead. He believed that the secret of happiness was to concentrate on things outside oneself. Introspection and self-awareness were the enemies of contentment..."

Interesting thought, especially since it would appear that it came about after a time of introspection. What do you think? Does self-awareness hinder happiness?

MartiDIYhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com://thenextfiftyyears.blogspot.com/2016/02/quote-of-day.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601681386361026179.post-20615420328277301512016-02-15T10:36:00.001-06:002016-02-16T12:03:55.664-06:00February BloomsWe have had such a mild winter in North Texas (zone 8a last I looked) that spring has come early. We haven't had any ice or snow this year and only a few days where the temperature dipped below freezing. It's nice to see the blooms, butterflies, and honey bees, but not so nice to see the crickets and mosquitoes. As you can see, I need to spend time cleaning out my flower beds, but I took pictures anyway. It has been such a mild winter that schools are closed today to use one of the bad weather days that are built into the calendar. I think that's a first since we've lived here.

Linking to
Garden Bloggers Bloom Day at May Dreams Gardens
Wordless Wednesday at image-in-ingMartiDIYhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com://thenextfiftyyears.blogspot.com/2016/02/february-blooms.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601681386361026179.post-86609558397132892922016-02-11T15:44:00.001-06:002016-02-16T12:03:37.750-06:00Project DemolitionOn my to-build list is a media/china cabinet for the dining room. Yes, I said media cabinet IN the dining room. I think I've told you before that I am totally addicted to the tv, and being alone all day, the tv breaks the silence and the monotony of my day. Once before, I tried to eliminate all the tv sets except the one in the family room, and even the kids complained that I wasn't cooking as much without the tv to keep me company. But there isn't a place for one in the kitchen, so it has to be in the dining room.

Right now, the tv and dvr are precariously placed on odd bits of furniture, but yesterday when I was borfing (that is boredom surfing the internet), I saw a post for the top part of a shelving unit and thought it might work in that spot. And it was FREE! For that price, I could make it work.

Since I am not doing any heavy lifting right now, Hubby went with me to get it, and put it in the dining room. From the photo on craigslist, I thought I might be able to turn it upside down, put a top on it, and call it good. But now that it is home, I can see that that won't work. Even though it is only about half the size of the original, it still overpowered the room; it is at least a foot taller than I originally wanted.

Plan B is to rebuild it. The piece is from Ashley furniture, and the good thing about that is that it was easy to take apart. This took about 30 minutes.

The bad thing if you have furniture from Ashley, is that it is easy to take apart. And it is made mostly of mdf. Parts of the crown molding top are real wood and the arched piece across the top of the shelves is real wood. Everything else is veneered mdf. So if a salesman tells you the furniture he is selling is solid wood, he is right, in that it is solid and not hollow. But it's not real wood. It's mdf.

MartiDIYhttp://email@example.com://thenextfiftyyears.blogspot.com/2016/02/project-demolition.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601681386361026179.post-83567952815613033872016-02-08T10:15:00.001-06:002016-02-16T12:03:16.051-06:00Living for the Moment and Design Wall MondayThe other day, I had to run to town for something or other. As I was driving the same dull road I drive every time I go to town, I noticed a car next to mine. It wasn't the car I noticed as much as the passenger in the car, a black dog with hair so long it covered his eyes. The window was down and the dog's paws were on the door and his face into the wind, long hair flying, and an expression of pure joy on his face. It was probably the same road that the dog had been on many times before also, but for him, the thrill of the ride hadn't diminished over time.

It made me smile to watch the dog enjoying his ride, and reminded me that it doesn't take much effort to enjoy the simple things. I get so busy getting my work done that I forget to stop and enjoy what I have right now. Who knew you could learn something from a dog?

Ok, enough deep thinking for one day. On with the design wall, or floor in this case.

I'm still plugging away at the Summer Crossroads quilt, but since it doesn't look much different than it did last time, I'm not going to show it. I've made a few string blocks, mostly in brown since that is the color of the month chosen by soscrappy for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge. Last month was blue, and it put me on such a roll that I not only made my blue blocks, but I cut up all the remaining blue in my box for either future string blocks, EPP, or half square triangles. I'm happy to say that I no longer have a blue scrap box taking up room on a shelf!

I hope I can say the same thing about the brown scraps next month, but my momentum definitely slowed over a hill this month, so we'll see. When I put these brown blocks down to photograph, I noticed that I cut one wrong, so I really only have two finished.

I also wanted to show progress on my English Paper Pieced stars. I had one block completed before Saturday, but this is what I completed during the three hour Storm Spotter class Saturday afternoon. Doesn't seem like much when they are laid out does it? During the morning class, I worked on hexagons.

In my excitement over eliminating a scrap box, I almost forgot my stash report. Or maybe I almost forgot because there's not much there. Except for one strip of white muslin, I haven't used any fabric from my stash this week. Everything else has been from fabric already cut.

That's it for me. I hope you check out the links below and see what wonderful creations other quilters have come up with this week.

Linking to:
Monday Making 16 at Love Laugh Quilt
Design Board Monday at Bits and Bobs
Main Crush Monday 18 at Cooking Up Quilts
Moving it Forward 8 at Em's Scrapbag
Oh Scrap! 20 at Quilting is More Fun than HouseworkMartiDIYhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com://thenextfiftyyears.blogspot.com/2016/02/living-for-moment-and-design-wall-monday.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601681386361026179.post-84669002797881194402016-02-07T12:28:00.001-06:002016-02-16T12:02:54.705-06:00Be Careful What you Wish ForYesterday, we went to Waco for Storm Spotter training. Well, Hubby went for the training. I went to keep him company. I took my English paper piecing kit and worked on that during the class, and found that the class was more interesting than I thought it would be. The advanced class was pretty technical, so I was glad I had something to keep my hands busy. I noticed that a couple of women there were knitting too. And while I didn't go there to learn to be a storm spotter, I think I picked up enough to be able to know when a cloud over my house is going to be dangerous. Maybe.

I wish I could say I've been doing great with my goals of getting the house decluttered and projects finished, but I feel I've been idling lately. Last Sunday, we went out for an afternoon drive and after an hour or so, I could see why the doctor said to limit driving. Just being a passenger was tiring on my eye. But it has been getting better, and eye drops help the dryness (a common result of laser surgery), and I'm adapting to the black spot and the blurry spot. Funny how the eye can do that, kind of like not seeing the nose even though it's sticking out there.

At my one week followup, the doctor said the laser repair looked good and that it probably wouldn't tear again. I reminded him of all the thin spots he had counted the previous week and asked him if everyone had that many. His answer was no, that most people don't have many and that I'm above average.

I've always wished I could be above average in something. I think I should have been more specific.

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