chased and repoussed things

Fish on bikes 

showed up in my Cross Plains Road Construction Survival Map, 

and so, 

in answer to requests for them to be REAL, 

I've been busy.

There will be more.

The houses are 7/8" wide and 2" long,

with a homemade pin back I fashioned with spring wire.

I"ll get better photos a little later.
(I changed the look of this one with some new chemistry. 
The previous photo is more like what it is. 
I just have to learn how to take better pictures of shiny things)

Right now I'm just fired up about what these are!!

Yes, there will be more chasing/repousse of something.

Creative Cartography

So, sometimes one must get creative with what one does with their abilities.

The News-Sickle-Arrow  Editor, Erin Vander Weele, wrote a good article to accompany the front page map.

A work in progress, the Black Earth Creek wasn't yet blue.

 

On May 21st, a full page of map was published

in the Summer Times pullout section

of the Isthmus. Wisconsin's alternative newspaper.

55,000 of them!

Map deciphers road construction in Cross Plains Wisconsin

I've been working on deciphering

the road complexities 

of the US Highway 14 (Main Street) Reconstruction

that began this month.

Not knowing it was happening, 

I wound up getting very lost just trying to get a cup of coffee,

and then got lost again on the way out.

Since I've got this ability to render visual order to chaos,

I thought I'd make a small, easy to understand map for CrossRoads Coffeehouse,

which grew, and grew, and grew some more,

until now it's almost officially printed.

I want it printed by Trout Days!!

Linda Kelen Draws BurgerGuy for Weber's Big Book of Burgers by Jamie Purviance

  It's out!!  It's available!! 

Jamie Purviance's recipes and my BurgerGuy!!

I've got to give big credit to Peter of Blogger Tips and Tricks

where I found the instructions for posting a gif animation.  (Hmm...he's not doing his somersaults for me....not sure why. Click on him, see if he'll do it for you)

I'll be replacing this BurgerGuy 
with another 
having an up-to-date email address.

Weber's Big Book of Burgers: The Ultimate Guide to Grilling Backyard Classic