r ransom

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an insomniac misanthrope who enjoys cooking, textile arts, farming and eating delicious food.
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I probably got it from the dollar store as it's usually the best price.  Disposable paper palette for acrylic and oils.  I use it mostly in class or if I'm mixing an extra big mess of paint.  Anything where cleanup needs to be quick or would take multiple rags to mop up.  This review goes for all disposable pallets of this type as all the ones I've tried are about the same.

The paper is flimsy and attached on one short edge, this makes it move easily and wrinkle under the palette knife. Much tinner than wax paper used for baking.  It needs tape or clips to hold it down.  Wood is much nicer to work with.

But ease of cleanup is sometimes useful.   I have a few more almost finished paper palettes, from there, I will want to decide if I want to keep on with this for class, or find a more portable wood palette and way to transport it full of paint.
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15 hours ago
Finally dipping my big toe into lesson 5 of Solo Guitar Playing 1 by Noad.  I am feeling somewhat comfortable with the exercises from lesson four, but still transpose a lot of the notes when confronted with the pressure of the metronome.  
17 hours ago
My library is helping me learn the ukulele. they have so many books, it's hard to know where to focus.
1 day ago

Jay Angler wrote:This thread started 8 years ago and my library has made some big changes. Are they better or worse: we will wait and see.

The thermal imaging camera sounds like a great idea. It's not a 'today thing', so waiting on the reserve line wouldn't bother me.

But today I got *very* important news!!!

In just less than a week, I can go to the opening of their new seed library. The seeds will be free, but they are asking people to learn how to save seeds and donate them to them, so I will see if I have some that I labeled well!

I'm suspicious that they won't have much that isn't common like lettuce, easy to start like beans, or that is perennial. That's OK. Local permies can help it morph over time. I have no problem with them starting with a gateway drug seed.



Exciting

I wonder if saltspring seeds will donate to this one?  I heard they helped start my libraries seed library.   We aren't too far away from eachother.

The years i did it had sunflowes, beans, peas, dye plants like maragolds and hollyhocks, ...that's all I remember borrowing.  I still keep the snow peas and maragolds going as I love them.
1 day ago