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7/26/2017

 
for this week's "it's a string thing" challenge #205:
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tangles: pauline's pigtail (new to me), shard (new to me) and shattuck (an old favorite)

there seems to be a theme going on here.  my journal page from yesterday (note the rainbow lead pencil i'm determined to use until the last 1/8"):
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finally, some pix from my long walk at 5.30 this morning:
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fogged in (shot at the high school track)
Susie Ng
7/28/2017 10:43:02 am

I (!) could have thought of this!....But I didn't. You combined the string and the tangles beautifully and made a clever snail house! Who is talking about having ideas and inspiring who???!!!! Well done ...no VERY well done!!! considering the wrist.
On another note: this is the 2nd post you published and I didn't get an email. I tried to signup again, but got the message asking whether I want to update profile. I did, hoping that the coin has dropped and the wheels are turning now. Will keep you updated.

meridiana
7/28/2017 06:06:24 pm

susie, can you say "mutual admiration society"? lol. seriously, thanks. i need more practice with the pigtail tangle--lost control of that one but that was because of one-handedness.

now, about the missing email. sigh. as far as i can tell, my host company, weebly, implies that signing up will get you a notification every time i post. but it doesn't. periodically i send out a "new posts are up" (plural) to subscribers, by hand. i'm overdue to do that, but haven't been able to because of the accident. you'll probably get your first reminder email in 1-2 weeks if my hand improves. so--it's not your imagination...there was no automatic email notification. i wish i could figure a way around this.

Susie Ng
7/31/2017 11:39:35 am

Honkey-donkey, so I stop scratching my head and rummaging through all the drawers in my gmail account trying to find your lost post emails. Yeap, also looked in spam - negative. Could MailChimp be the culprit?

Susie Ng
7/31/2017 11:52:55 am

Jeez, don't know what's wrong with me. Your Pigtail, no MAS, but seriously: if your pigtail was even, it would be like any other. Now it is unique. I do not like these kind of tangles. Same with Squid. Somehow each of my tentacle turns out curved the same way and it looks boring, and if not, it looks ugly. Go figure.

Susie Ng
7/28/2017 10:58:27 am

Oh, forgot: the refresher. I have a personal challenge and do all the refreshers. Still need to go about 80. I pick them randomly, but clean up lower 10 segments when applicable to have them out of the way. Nr. 3 I did a while ago, but you even make a study out of them. Well done, Meridiana.

meridiana
7/28/2017 06:09:51 pm

i can't believe i'm just discovering them now! especially and embarrassingly because they roll into my inbox each week...but i've not been reading those posts. DUH.

i could see you were doing a challenge with them and that got me to take a second look, which produced the DUH moment. i plan to be working regularly with them now. thank you for making me take the second look.

Susie Ng
7/31/2017 11:45:18 am

Oh it is nice to know somebody else is doing them, too. It felt a little lonely all this time, outsider, not belonging. But now we have our own Refresher Club of Two. Love it.

meridiana
7/31/2017 02:15:30 pm

susie, not to worry--you have missed no "reminder" emails from me. because i moved, i bet it's been close to 5 months since i sent one out!!! why so long? because in the meantime, i packed up my entire house and moved to another town. i had to stop unpacking (and typing) when i broke my wrist 6 weeks ago so it will probably be at least another week or 2 before i send out a reminder email to subscribers.

about pigtail and squid: i love those tangles BUT i get what you are saying about them being easy to make too uniform and therefore boring. i agree. messy is better!


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