Halloween

Halloween- I LOVE HALLOWEEN!!! It's by far my favorite time if the year. The think I enjoy the most I think is walking in the corn mazes. I haven't been able to do that for two years now so I'm hoping this year will be the year I'm able to do it again.

Not being able to Geocache or do Stained Glass kind of pushed me in this direction as I don't like idle hands when they are mine. I decided that I was going to make some stuff after visiting my nephews house and seeing something he made. He had a really neat scene at his house last year. I stuck with something small that I could handle being a cripple.

Her name is Agnes. That's her in the pic on this blog. I started off with a styrofoam head like the one above Agnes. I only needed to use the head for a starting shape. I cut the face off of it and started clean. She's made out of paper mache. Her eyes were simple wooden balls painted white with a little red. An iris printed from paper and glued to each and then two part epoxy painted over both. Gives them a real good look. She stirs a big cauldron and you can see her in action here. Don't forget to check out the other videos of her .

Geocaching

Geocaching- For those that might not know what that is I'll try and explain. It involves a GPSR( r for receiver ) a website, someone else that has hidden something and an adventurous person.

You will start off by going to this website, entering your zip code or the area you are wanting to treasure hunt in and it will give you the coordinates of all the geocaches in that area.

You will then pick the one or ones you want to hunt and enter the coordinates into your GPSR. It will then give you directions on how to get there.

The coordinates are an actual locating to where something is hidden. That something could be as small as a film canister ( even smaller ) or as large as an ammo can ( even larger ). Your GPSR will only get you so close. Like maybe 30 feet or so. From then on it's up to you to spot where it is . Could be stuck to something in the area that's metal like a fence post. Might be actually hidden to look as if it belongs. Could be under a bush or in a tricky area where other people are ( you don't want to be seen getting it as someone ( muggles ) will take it once you put it back ). Once you have found it depending on the kind of Geocache you'll either sign the log or trade for a treasure ( trinket ) Most often you'll take something with you to trade. So you'll take something and leave something.

It's a great family thing to do and gets you off the couch. It's even cooler if you take a trash bag with you and clean up the area a little before you leave. Check into it. Feel free to message me at hardcore1954@yahoo.com with any questions. You can also go to www.geocaching.com and find more info there.