Building With Your Hands
Quite a few things, actually.
I wrote this post with you in mind :) Do tell <3
@jesusredeemedme2425 I'm flattered, thanks...
- wooden things: canes, tables, squirrel feeders
- small clay vessels (I made a smoker's pipe two years ago)
- fairly good realistic illustrations, mostly of women
- fast impressionistic ink paintings
- flat & round braids, mostly from hemp twine
- relaxation (in female upper back muscles)
- kebabs, with my grill
How does a squirrel feeder differ from a bird feeder, in structure?
How did you learn all these cool skills?? <3
Ooh kebabs. Gonna need some deets hehe
- A squirrel feeder is not a small house with a hole in the front. Basically it's a wooden shelf with a screw through it upward, so that you can stick an ear of corn on it. (The feeder can be much more elaborate than that, depending on how you build it)
- A few different sources...For my art, my first teacher was my dad (he was an artist too). I took classes in high school & college. For the woodworking my first teacher was my mom's 2nd husband--he got me into it, in fact...later I met a woodworker who was trying to start his own school. It didn't get off the ground but I did take some classes from him. When that fell through he went on YouT.ube & found success that way. YT itself was a good resource for me until recently...the current trend there is short clickbait vids, so it's not as good. Now you have to really know what you're looking for before you start watching (or downloading) videos. And of course, there are instructional/how-to books for almost anything you want to do.
- No, dear...you're not going to get all my secrets. 😎
Ooh that’s cool, I never thought about using a whole ear of corn! Does it attract rats?
🤔 I've never seen that occur... If you attached a squirrel feeder to a wall in an alley in NYC then presumably yes. I think it depends on where you put the feeder. While squirrels are urban animals to an extent, they don't hang out in the areas where rats go. Rats usually prefer human-built structures or other hidden areas...places where it's dark & enclosed, where no one will see them. Squirrels tend to be more public & higher up; they hang out in trees & scamper along roofs, rain gutters, etc. In my experience squirrels prefer trees above all. Put a big tree next to your house & the bushy-tailed little beasts will come.
@jesusredeemedme2425
Nothing revolutionary 😂
A Sandcastle.
A snowman at a stretch 💚🤗
@jesusredeemedme2425
Well let's see... I take after my dad who was as they say "Jack of all trades, master of none" 😁 and tought me most of what I know.
- Decks, Fences, have built a few in my time
- Framing, torn down some walls and rebuilt a few.
- Electrical, have been known to run wiring for lighting, outlets, sub-panel
- Laid flooring, hardwood, laminated, tiles, heated flooring.
- Complete Bathroom renos, a few in my time.
- I like to tinker with cars as well but they have to be built prior to 1986 (before computers were introduced into cars) this is my place of solice, where I can be at peace with myself.
- built a heavy duty woodworkers bench
There's probably more but all I can think k of for now. 😊🤗
You and Slow would get along great <3
@jesusredeemedme2425
Maybe, but I am very much a loaner and too big an introvert to carry a convo in real life.
I think he’d prolly agree more or less about himself, but I’m not sure <3
@jesusredeemedme2425 Am probably not as introverted as @QuietByNature --in some of my past jobs I had to deal with the public, so as a necessity I had to talk to people--but as a rule, I do prefer to just work on something without having to constantly carry on a convo. Depending on the project, Quiet here might have to tell me what to do. Have worked with electrical stuff on one job, but that was yeeaaarrrrs ago...I barely recall any of it.
