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Beautiful Lynda. Nice to see you back in the Campus.

H is for Headphones. I bought these in 2014 from Amazon. They have been invaluable, especially before I got my hearing aids. The background paper is from Cassel and the font is Bremen. I used Cassel's Edge Cut script. The headphones are Audio-Technica ATH-M30x Professional Studio Monitor Headphones with advanced build quality and engineering. They have 40 mm drivers with rare earth magnets and copper-clad aluminum wire voice coils. They are tuned for enhanced detail, and have excellent mid-range definition. They are also collapsible for space-saving portability. Designed to excel for studio tracking, mixing, and field recording.

I have two varieties of daffodils in my flower bed. The daffodils in the circle are pictures that I took of them in various sides. The center cluster is from Adobe Express. The bottom is a photo from my garden that I made into layers and merged in Photoshop, edged with one of Carole's edge brushes. The from is Carole's photo circle script. The side plaid is from an experiment in FF that turned out well. The font is from a CF and called Juicy Snap Solid. I made the daffodils from AE into a tube and created the pattern fill.

I also found my books from 1st and 2nd year Latin class. I took pictures then they went in the trash! No way I was keeping them. Hated the class when I took it. LOL Then I came across a book that was falling apart and had to be handled carefully. I opened it and found my grandmother's name scribbled all over the first page along with some comments and signatures of others. One of them included a date: "21-22" which was probably the school year. My grandfather's name was also on that page. He graduated in 1922. Grandma graduated in 1923. I again took a photo of those pages and put the book in the trash. When I first picked it up, pages fell out so it was in bad shape. Mom was a teacher and whenever the school system was changing textbooks, they let the teachers take a copy of any book they wanted. That's how we ended up with my 2 history books and one of the Latin books. The 2nd year Latin book had my name in it so I'm guessing that was the last year for using that textbook and they let the student keep their book. I also had quite a few of my college textbooks stored away in the basement along with my notes from the classes. Got rid of those as well!

Well it involves a lot of counting, because the patterns mostly go round and if you are suppoost to make a stitch every four threads of the fabric and you do one after 3 threads the pattern does fit in the end. It is precise work and if you make a big piece it can take many weeks/months to complete it, of course depending on how much time you spend on it.

Wow Rene that was an interesting find, especially the one with your mom's name in it. It is great to have a house where you can store and find things in the basement or the attic. When we moved house 8 years ago we had to downsize and got rid of many things including books.

H is for History Books. When I was cleaning out the basement in 2018, I found these books in a box. I recognized the books on American History and Ohio History. They were the textbooks when I took these classes in 8th grade and 7th grade respectively. I had never seen the other book which is a book on the early history of Auglaize County Ohio. That is the county I live in. When I opened it to look at it, my mother's name was written on the first page. Evidently this was a textbook for her when she was in school. All 3 books are now on the bookshelf in the living room.

Corrie: Have a safe trip (you're probably in the air, already!) Enjoy your family and our beautiful West Coast. Lots of photos!! ✈️📷🌄🌊☺️

I didn’t know of Hardanger embroidery and don’t recall having seen it. Perhaps I didn’t recognize the style or name if I did see it. But, after your comment, I had to look it up. So, from English Wikipedia. Hardanger embroidery or "Hardangersøm" is a form of embroidery traditionally worked with white thread on white even-weave linen or cloth, using counted thread and drawn thread work techniques. It is sometimes called whitework embroidery. Hardanger embroidery gets its name from the district of Hardanger in western Norway, where it was known simply as hvitsøm (whitework). German Wikipedia Sie hat ihren Namen aus der norwegischen Hardangerregion, wo sie hauptsächlich für Trachtenblusen und Schürzen angewandt wurde. Die Technik ist orientalischen Ursprungs. Google Translation: It takes its name from the Norwegian Hardanger region, where it was primarily used for traditional blouses and aprons. The technique has oriental origins. Now, if I see it, I'll recognize it! 🙂

My mother-in-law says that if people want to talk, they will talk no matter what. True. 😄

Thank you Cristina and maybe you have heard about Hardanger, because when I was doing it there were many pattern books and the special Hardanger fabric available in Germany. We traveled to Germany a couple of times with our children, many years ago though, and brought back fabric and pattern books for my sister in law, which we shared.

Thank you so much Cristina. I am not actually a very good storyteller. In person, I am quite shy. I think the Campus has improved how I write and communicate (it was always a struggle to find the right words). And I'm older now, so the world isn't as scary as I once thought it was, or I it doesn't matter as much, what people think. ☺️

What a beautiful work, Corrie! They sure don't deserve to be hidden in a drawer.

I love your work, Susan, and the stories that come with it. They are so interesting! I am sure you are a great storyteller. 🙂

Wow Corrie! These are stunning pieces. I have never heard of that before. The patterns are so interesting. I cant imagine the work involved in doing that. Does it take a long time to complete a piece? It's wonderful that you keep some out so you can see and love them.

The H is for Hardanger embroidery. It is an old embroidery technique from Norway and my sister in law was very skilled in this style. I have done it too but when I got troubles with my hands had to give up on it. I still have a collection of her and my work which I draped over a chair for this photo. I have one of the pieces on our dining table and change it frequently because I think it deserves to be shown instead of locked away in a drawer.

H = Horseshoe Here is a horseshoe from a young racehorse that my husband had a part in the breeding process and through to her training years. The shoe is from her first race where she broke her maiden (won her first race, which incidentally was also her first race). Her barn name was Pinky, which is reflected in the title. Her race name was Three In Step. Pinky retired early and went on to be a sweet little hunter/jumper.

Today's freebies from C F inspired this. The background paper and the middle pic are from today's free downloads. I did add the Osprey and the splash on the pond. The font is also today's free download called SPLASH.

Thanks Susan

Corrie, Before I forget, I wish you a safe trip to and from your destination and a wonderful time with your family!

How exciting of a find Rene. It must have been a travel through time to have a look through the books. The one that was your moms is a great discovery. It must make you imagine your mom using it and what it was like in the time she did use it.

I'm planning to take a package of chocolate Easter eggs and I already have made a thank you card to go with it.

This looks so nice, Sharla. It's a good idea to go through the Bootcamp lessons again, and I should do this too, but I have too many things on my plate already. I'll wait for the next one. 🙂

Wow that was a good deal and your risk with giving you cardnumber went well. Just last week I had a good experience at the opticien where we always go if we need new glasses. After my yearly eye check at the hospital I again needed new glasses and I got a new frame took, but it turned out that I was allergic for that frame and the opticien exchanged it with one of titanium and of course the glasses didn't fit and because all of this was within 2 months after buying they ordered new glasses al well. Great service! I never have my sunglasses with prescripton glass in them because after my eye surgery I need new glasses almost every year and if I would have those as sunglasses as well it becomes way to expensive! Therefore I use sun clips that you put over the glasses. Naturally those didn't fit over my new glasses, but I let it go for a while. Now with the sunlight getting stronger I need new ones and went to see my opticien and they only could offer as a solution, after trying everything they has in store, were custom fit clips that are made for the frame I have. Therefore they need my frame for a week, but luckily the opticien still had the same frame and could send it. So far so good but the next problem is, that it was not possible to guarantee that the clips were back in time because I travel coming Monday. The opticien then arranged that one of his staff goes to the manufacturer to fetch them and I can collect them Saturday. Service!!!!!!!!!

I’m trying to get serious about learning to use Affinity Photo so am going through the lessons that Carole has already done. I’ve started with redoing Bootcamp. I really haven’t got any new photos at the moment so I’m using AI generated images. I’m taking part in a weekly challenge where each week we have a different theme - as we’re on week 14, I’ve a few images ready to use. The theme for this image was ‘What Lies Ahead’. The font I used is Zain. The papers and elements are from a bundle by Rachel Martin called ‘Lydia’.

Same thing for me. The bottles of ink were different (and I had JUST bought a new bottle of black). The "new" printer came with four new bottles. I still had some of the older ones, so I posted on a Facebook group for free stuff and found someone who could use those leftovers (there was about 1/4 left in each bottle).

During yesterday's masterclass, which inspired me. An idea sprung to mind, well two in fact. I am going to use this neon word in a page, as part of the title. From subtle to shocking. Where colour enhances the beauty of the natural world, where colour is a language to many creatures, including birds. I will probably break up the word, in order to tilt, and move the odd letter. At present it is in it's reliminary stage. I can see this technique will have many uses. The other page, would be a night sky page. As I love shooting the moon, and other planets.