Returning to an old hobby after 50 years
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Over 50 years ago I had a model railway. A steam locomotive with some wagons in the N track scale. A nice little track built from a MiniTrix starter set and some additional sets. It was a wonderful hobby, not only to play with the train 😁, but also the construction of the track was a lot of fun. Now that I am over 60, I have started with model railways again. On an even smaller scale...🤨
Motivation has returned, but...
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Sometimes you have a period where you have very little or no motivation to get started with your creative projects / hobbies. And the last 6 to 10 months I was in such a period. Little or no desire to create, continue or finish anything. Most of my free time was spent on the computer, a bit of distro hopping from one Linux distribution to another, a bit of listening to and searching for music, etc... But now with the Christmas holidays the urge came back and I picked up my pencils, magnifying glasses and watercolor stuff again. And I'm also going to take up pyrography again...
Merry Christmas
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We wish you all a Merry Christmas!
Finished embroideries
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There are various types of embroidery fabrics: linen, evenweave, and dyed embroidery fabrics. Pre-printed embroidery patterns, fabrics, and patterns where you have to count yourself. Plenty of choice for every embroidery enthusiast.
For my most recent projects, I embroidered on Zweigart evenweave fabric. I also used patterns I had left over from old magazines. Waste nog, want not, right? 😉
And the last four projects have become quite diverse.
A quest before the real quest.
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One of my hobbies is researching my family tree/~history. A hobby that starts with asking questions and recording information about living relatives and recently deceased people whose memories are still fresh. Then begins the quest for dates, information, sources, photos, etc.
But what is the best practice of processing and storing that data?
In other words, a quest for software with the right features and that works for you!
So we've moved!
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Lately, it's been very very quiet here. But something has changed! Until recently this site was hosted at Combell, but this provider became very expensive and with the last few support request we felt they didn´t take it seriously and nothing got solved.
So we started looking for another hosting provider and ended up moving our site to Theory7.net.
And here we go!
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Well, it's taken a while, but we're slowly opening up our new site!
After quite a few months of learning to work with the Joomla CMS script and searching / learning the necessary extensions, we started filling our webshop with our second hand stuff and a few things from our hobbies. .
Of course there were a few things that came in between, such as life, work and health... But it should now be at a point where we can open things up.
Music Maestro, Please!
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As a child, I loved listening to music. I always found my father's record collection very interesting. Although I could not really appreciate classical music at the time, I was impressed by the country albums and also a live album by Rod McKuen (Later on in life I found this album on CD).
www.danifra.com
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Welcome to DaniFra.com!
The renewed site where Daniella's second-hand shop is combined with Frank's weblog. Hence the name DaniFra. 😉 A site where we will also try to sell some results of our (creative) hobbies.
Canadian pea soup
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This recipe was sent to me a couple years ago by Twitter (now X) friends.
A variation on our dutch pea soup. Just as firm, just as tasty but just a little more spicy. And something different for a change! 😄
What is pyrography
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The word comes from the Greek “pur” (fire) and “graphos” (writing), meaning writing with fire. In modern practise, this is more drawing than writing, with some artists creating truly fantastic pieces of art.
Danny Kaye
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An artist who has been at the top of my list of favorites for years is Danny Kaye.
A born entertainer in the field of movies and music. Even his presence in programs or concerts brought at least a smile to many people's faces. For example, I mention his participation in the muppet show, which has been captured on video by many fans. And of course his commitment and added value to Unicef will never be forgotten by this organization.
Time vs Love
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Just the other day
in the corner of my eye
I saw something passing
't was time flying by
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