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DragonCon Puppets Day 1

| August 18, 2009

Yesterday I did a number of things but focused on the puppets. Here is a photo of the progress (For my visually impaired readers, it is a picture of my worktable covered in puppet body parts like arms, foam skulls, and half completed bodies. It is a real mess) I have a feeling this is […]

At the Zoo

| August 17, 2009

I loved the song “At the Zoo” by Simon and Garfunkel when I was a kid. I thought it was about the Central Park Zoo but now I think it was about the Bronx Zoo because of the animals listed in the song. Yesterday I took Caroline, Ariel and Ariel’s friend John to the Bronx […]

The Clock is ticking faster

| August 15, 2009

So much for my slower part of the summer. It passed at the speed of sound and we are back to the speed of light. But we have a lot of fun stuff along the way to do before the end of the month and DragonCon. So now I have to kick some stuff that […]

In Memorial for Robbie

| August 14, 2009

Marina, Ariel, and Robbie aka the Scooby Gang at Shoreleave I believe. A year ago we lost Robbie. He fought the good fight but between the cancer and the lung infection that was taking his breath away, it was just too much. And he passed peacefully surrounded and supported by his family. My last words […]

Finding Faux Fabric

| August 13, 2009

I want my puppets and costumes to look close to if not exactly like the original image if I am doing a recreation. If I can’t find the exact match, I work through all the things that look close or could be slightly altered to look like what I want to. For my most recent […]