Busy busy!
Just finished an Aurora Fox mask with labradorite inlay.
The color on the stone is stunning and inspired the color of the fox.

Kayaking on Lake Ontario/13 mile creek.
A beautiful day. ❤️

A lovely day.
Our first really nice day in a long while. It’s been a chilly gloomy spring so far.

I took Dash for a long long walk by the river, and then Chuck and I went for a lovely bike ride on the new River Road trail.

Dash stayed home alone for the first time. He did great! Good boy🥰

Finished! A client requested a fantasy animal mask; a Raven with deer antlers.

My usual antlered masks are either all one piece (the antlers aren’t as dimensional as I would like) or antlers of resin or 3-d plastic (unsatisfied with plastic look, brittle).

These are entirely made of leather!🥰

I sometimes bite off more than I can chew. Like, I get ambitious ideas (leather horse skull!) but making the ideas work is a frustrating process.

Leather 3-D antlers 3.0.
I might actually have something here.

Shaped, sealed, no paint yet.
I have to let them harden…waiting is torture! 😅🤞

Photo dump of masks finished this week (or so…it’s all a blur).

I’m considering building a new page for my business here.
Meta does NOT have my back. Troll farm account is busy wrecking my brand, and I am a paying account there but that affords zero protection it seems.
Sad.
Making new plans.

Busy month this year.
Things I’ve done:
*got my passport
*froze my credit (since our Treasury Dept data was stolen)
*got 5 Calls app and pestered my reps and AG daily
*renewed my ACLU membership
*cried a lot
*been angry a lot
*weeks of good sales at my Etsy shop
*made lots of art
*hugged my pup

Saving space here.
Not as active as I should be, because I’m panicking about the clown that the nihilists of America have saddled us with, and the damage he is causing.
Here, have some pretty pictures from yesterday’s hike. 🤷‍♀️

Just finished these two super cute harbor seals…my favorite new mask design. 🥰

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Hilarious. Right wing extremism at its most ironic, introducing new anti-trans bill on Capitol Hill to prevent trans congresswoman from “threatening” women in bathrooms.
Have these bigots met Matt Gaetz, Pete Hegseth, next POTUS? Worried about women’s safety from predation? Look in the mirror.

Maintaining an even strain.

Life in this new world, turning round and round.
Making some sense, when there’s no sense at all.

Puppy Dash on beach boardwalks helps the old heart. ❤️‍🩹

Puppies, sunsets and art.
For now.
Because escapism is trending. 👍🏻