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I have had "frame artwork" on my to-do list for an eternity. Last week I finally took a second look at what it would take to construct frames by hand, instead of buying frames. I also looked at different kinds of mats one can get for framing artwork. After all that, I went back to a site that makes magnetic hanging frames, and ordered some. They are not equivalent to museum archive-quality framing, but none of the things I want to hang and display are museum archive-quality works of art anyway. While they weren't cheap, they weren't overly expensive, either.
I have owned this print for around 20 years, and have never displayed it before, because I didn't want to just stick it on the wall like a poster in a teenager's bedroom.
I also got to put up a print of a watercolor of Mt. Rainier that I received as a Christmas gift, and in my office I have now finally hung up a print showcasing ant diversity.
It feels pretty good to get that checked off my list. And I like that I can easily change out the prints if I feel like it (assuming I have other prints of similar dimensions, ha!).
This afternoon I'm heading to the boathouse to help unload dock pieces, which also means I will have a chance to look around and gather up a couple more items that should come home with me. For that purpose, I hitched up the bike trailer this morning. But since I have the bike trailer for the day, it also made sense to run a lab errand that is tempting to put off: buying and hauling bags of sand in to work. I use the sand for several different things, most importantly for egg-laying substrate for the crickets.
The new hitch seems to have held up fine under the weight (100 pounds of sand). I remain glad that Frodo has a granny ring.
And now I should have enough sand for the year.
Frogs are due to arrive tomorrow, so I'd better get to work setting up their cages. They are sweet and silly creatures. It will be a relief to have them settled in, assuming all goes well. Usually, it does, but one time I received frogs that experienced some sort of unknown shipping trauma, and that was just awful to deal with.
I have owned this print for around 20 years, and have never displayed it before, because I didn't want to just stick it on the wall like a poster in a teenager's bedroom.
I also got to put up a print of a watercolor of Mt. Rainier that I received as a Christmas gift, and in my office I have now finally hung up a print showcasing ant diversity.
It feels pretty good to get that checked off my list. And I like that I can easily change out the prints if I feel like it (assuming I have other prints of similar dimensions, ha!).
This afternoon I'm heading to the boathouse to help unload dock pieces, which also means I will have a chance to look around and gather up a couple more items that should come home with me. For that purpose, I hitched up the bike trailer this morning. But since I have the bike trailer for the day, it also made sense to run a lab errand that is tempting to put off: buying and hauling bags of sand in to work. I use the sand for several different things, most importantly for egg-laying substrate for the crickets.
The new hitch seems to have held up fine under the weight (100 pounds of sand). I remain glad that Frodo has a granny ring.
And now I should have enough sand for the year.
Frogs are due to arrive tomorrow, so I'd better get to work setting up their cages. They are sweet and silly creatures. It will be a relief to have them settled in, assuming all goes well. Usually, it does, but one time I received frogs that experienced some sort of unknown shipping trauma, and that was just awful to deal with.
