Here are some pictures around the pedestrian bridges, which crosses the Arkansas River, in Wichita, Kansas. When you see interesting structures and sculptures, you got to take some pictures.
More Polymer Clay Roses
Below are batches 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of my polymer clay roses with leaves and stems.
Batch 2:
I took some white clay and blended one edge with some pink clay. The leaves and stems contains three shades of green and gold clay.
Batch 3:
The center of the roses were made from the clay left over from Batch 2. However, there wasn’t enough for three flowers, so I mix a little red with the pink and white for the outer petals.
Batch 4:
I wanted some flowers that glowed in the dark. I mixed bright pink, yellow, and orange clay with some florescent clay.
Batch 5:
These red roses were also mixed with some florescent clay, but they do not shine as well as the pink roses in Batch 4.
Batch 6:
I had just finished the yellow sunflower vase and wanted some yellow roses to put in the vase. But, yellow roses would just be too plain. The rose color from stem to the petal tips are hot pink, orange, yellow, and lemon yellow.
Batch 7:
Some more vase inspired flowers. I used the leftover clay from the vase. I gently it mixed together to make the roses.
Polymer Clay Roses
Here is my first attempt at adding a stem and leaves to my polymer clay roses. I made my first rose when I was a teenager from my brother’s Play-doh.
The flowers were made from polymer clay that was leftover from previous projects. The stems are made from floral wire and coated with polymer clay. Jewelry wire was other option, but it is a lot more expensive than floral wire.
What I learned from the first set was: How to make the leaves better and how to better place them in the oven to reduce damaging the stems.
Vases with Polymer Clay
I wanted to see if I could put some polymer clay on a vase, bake it in the oven, and have the clay stick to the vase. Below is my first vase experiment. I had a bottle, shape like a light bulb, that was just sitting in a cabinet.
I figured the best way to get it to stick to the vase, was to put a thin layer of polymer clay around the vase and then put the design on it. Since it was an experiment, I didn’t want to waste a lot of time with the design. However, it does glow in the dark.
Since it was a success, I did four other vases.
The Sunflower Vase: I wanted the top and bottom of the vase to look like the petals were coming from the center of a sunflower.
The Gold Flowery Vase: From the beginning I wanted a gold lattice work around the vase. The flower idea come later. After it was baked, I applied paint to give it an antique look.
The Shades of Red Vase: The original intent was to cover the vase in black, then give it a stain glass appearance. That idea change when I saw how nice the reds and pinks looked against the black.
The Flower Vase: I extrudes some blue/purple clay that was left over from other projects. The intent for this vase was to have a delicate flowery pattern.
After the vases were baked in the oven and cooled, I applied polyurentane to seal the clay. Since the clay is not permanently stuck to the vase, I could probably take a sharp Exacto Knife to any vase that turns out poorly to remove the clay.
Polymer Clay Crosses
I spent some time creating crosses from polymer clay, which was left over from all of the other polymer clay projects.
First the pretty crosses:
The difficult cross:
Folding clay and braiding clay is a little bit challenging.
Interesting Crosses:
The weird ones:
Do You See the Butterflies?
Klingon Warrior Kur’Den
Denzil Miracle, who dressed up as Kur’Den, went to heaven on July 16, 2019, after succumbing to brain cancer.
He was the inspiration behind my Klingon Adventure post. He was passionate about dressing up as a Klingon and about his family.
He knew that I traveled 1100 miles in May to see him and to have one last conversation, while he still had most of himself. At that time he called me his sister.
His family brought his Klingon outfit to the Celebration of Life service, parked his Klingon vessel, the Dark Lady (his Corvette), in front of the funeral, and painted dolls green, so the Orion’s Slave Girls would be in attendance.
One guest brought the warrior’s drink, prune juice, instead of flowers.
I do not believe my life will be as colorful.
Do You See?
After many days of heavy rain, the sun finally came out. I parked my car in front of a fence and noticed animals peering from the soaked fence.
Bear
Deer
Do you think the home owner would let me cut them from the wood?
Last one, eye.
Audiobook Recommendation – May 2019
It has been seven months since I’ve updated my audiobook recommendation list. Most of the books I have listened to during that time were written by Dakota Krout. If you like RPG books, you will enjoy these books. So, a shout goes out to Dakota Krout for a job well done, okay six jobs well done. My only dilemma is where to put them in the list, and which series was better. I love the Bobiverse series and the Magic 2.0 series.
Below is my updated list of book recommendations.
- The Ocean at the End of the Lane: A Novel – Neil Gaiman
- We Are Legion (We Are Bob), Bobiverse, Book 1 – Dennis Taylor
- For We Are Many, Bobiverse, Book 2 – Dennis Taylor
- All These Worlds, Bobiverse, Book 3 – Dennis Taylor
- Mogworld – Yahtzee Croshaw
- 14 – Peter Clines
- The Fold – Peter Clines
- Paradox Bound – Peter Clines
- Differently Morphous – Yahtzee Croshaw
- The Authorities – Scott Meyer
- Run Program – Scott Meyer
- Ritualist: Completionist Chronicles, Book 1 – Dakota Krout
- Regicide: The Completionist Chronicles Series, Book 2 – Dakota Krout
- Off To Be a Wizard: Magic 2.0 – Scott Meyer
- Hacker, The Outlaw Chronicles – Ted Dekker
- Spell or High Water: Magic 2.0, Book 2 – Scott Meyer
- An Unwelcome Quest: Magic 2.0, Book 3 – Scott Meyer
- Fight and Flight: Magic 2.0, Book 4 – Scott Meyer
- Out of Spite, Out of Mind: Magic 2.0, Book 5 – Scott Meyer
- Dungeon Born: Divine Dungeon Series, Book 1 – Dakota Krout
- Dungeon Madness: Divine Dungeon Series, Book 2 – Dakota Krout
- Dungeon Calamity: Divine Dungeon Series, Book 3 – Dakota Krout
- Dungeon Desolation: Divine Dungeon Series, Book 4 – Dakota Krout
- The Passage, Book 1 – Justin Cronin
- The Twelve (The Passage Trilogy), Book 2 – Justin Cronin
- The City of Mirrors (The Passage Trilogy), Book 3 – Justin Cronin
- Anansi Boys – Neil Gaiman
- Master of Formalities – Scott Meyer
- The Graveyard – Neil Gaiman
- Will Save the Galaxy for Food – Yahtzee Croshaw
- Jam – Yahtzee Croshaw
- The Time Keeper – Mitch Albom
- Forbidden, The Book of Mortal, Book 1 – Ted Dekker and Tosca Lee
- Mortal, The Book of Mortal, Book 2 – Ted Dekker and Tosca Lee
- Sovereign, The Book of Mortal, Book 3 – Ted Dekker and Tosca Lee
- Run Program – Scott Meyer
- Black: Book One, The Birth of Evil – Ted Dekker
- Red: Book Two, The Heroic Rescue – Ted Dekker
- White: Book Three, The Great Pursuit – Ted Dekker
- The Junkie Quatrain – Peter Clines
- Dead Men Can’t Complain and Other Stories – Peter Clines
- I Can Only Imagine: A Memior – Bart Millard
Sorry, Neil Gaiman but Good Omens will not be making on this list. The book failed to hold my attention. I kept getting distracted by other things like traffic lights. However, I will watch the TV series when it comes out.
Sand Hill Crane
March and April it is prime time to view Sand Hill Cranes in Nebraska. The best viewing time is early morning or evening. In Nebraska, at that time of year it is cold and it can be very cold, and windy – really windy. I cannot envision me taking that particular adventure because I like warm weather and sunshine.
However, when walking through a Mall I will walk through there free display recognizing the Sand Hill Cranes.
My Low-carb Cheesecake Recipe
Here is my recipe for my low-carb (no-sugar) Cheesecake. Several people have asked me to make this for their birthday.
Ingredients:
Crust:
1 Cup Chopped Walnuts
1 Cup Splenda for Baking
2 tablespoons Ground Cinnamon
Filling:
5 pkg. (8 oz. each) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
1 pint Sour Cream
5 eggs at room temperature (3 whole eggs and 2 egg yokes)
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
1 Cup Splenda for Baking
Directions:
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Spray the springform pan with cooking spray. I like Pam from Baking.
Mixed the Walnuts, Splenda, and Cinnamon together and pour into the springform pan. Gently shake pan to level the crust ingredients.
Place the Cream Cheese and vanilla into a mixing bowl and beat on medium speed until it is combined. Add the 1 cup of Splenda to the mixture and beat on medium speed until it is combined. Beat in one egg at a time to the mixture, until all three eggs and two egg yokes are added. Make sure you are scraping the sides of the bowl while adding everything to make the filing.
Add one pint of Sour Cream to the mixture and beat on low speed until sour cream is blended into the filing.
Pour filing into springform pan over the top of the crust. Make sure the filing is level inside with pan.
Bake until the Cheesecake appears to be firm and set on the outer 2″ rim of the cake. The center of the cake will still appear to be soft. The baking time is approximately 1 hour – check cake after 40 minutes and then every 10 minutes. Do not stick a toothpick or knife into the cake to check for doneness.
Let cool and refrigerate it.
There are some people that can’t wait to eat it and eat it warm.
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