[Nfb-krafters-korner] Hello from Dick!

[Tom]

Tell us about the collage.  How's that going?
Wasn't your nephew hesitant about getting into it?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dick Carlson" <dick.carlson0428 at earthlink.net>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 10:01 PM
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Hello from Dick!


> Hey everyone,
>
> Gosh, it's been a couple of weeks or so since I've written, hasn't it? 
> Much has happened, including a very bad cold that I've had for a good week 
> plus.  It's been a very bad flu season around here, and not only did I get 
> sick, but my young nephew Willy got sick afterwards.  Needless to say, 
> we've not been able to do a lot in the past few weeks.
>
> Anyway, this past weekend, we had a fantastic week!  I'm able to spend 
> more time with him now that I'm no longer sick.  And...the first thing he 
> asked me about doing was to work on that picture.  He calls the collage a 
> picture, and you know, that's what it is.
>
> So, this past Sunday, we had a day that was really good.
>
> We began by going to the park.  Willy sure loves that park.  He loves to 
> swing, so he swung for a while.  We also just went for a little bit of a 
> walk while at the park, and that was fantastic.
>
> Will wasn't very sure about taking his cane.  I asked if he wanted to take 
> it and he said he really didn't because he really doesn't know how to use 
> it.  I told him to take it along anyway and if he wanted to use it, he 
> could.  Is that good?  And, is it OK to just let him hold my arm when we 
> walk?  I don't know how much to have him use his cane by himself if he 
> doesn't know a lot about it.  I know how it should work but don't know how 
> much to make him walk without me.   He used it some to feel how high 
> things were and where things were located though, and I thought that was 
> good!
>
> I then went with Will to a store where we could get something for his 
> "Picture." :-)  We got little stones, beads, etc.  It was kind of fun 
> because we even chose a few small pieces of things I'd not thought about.
>
> We then went back home and he was fascinated by the sounds of airplanes we 
> heard.  And, that gave me an idea.  Willy and I made a paper airplane.  I 
> was telling him how we used to make them when I was a kid.  He loved it. 
> I don't think he totally got the grasp of it, but that was fine.  He 
> enjoyed it.
>
> We finally worked some on the collage.  Tomorrow, I don't work and we're 
> going to add to the picture.  That's going a lot better.  He's picking out 
> the material or paper or fabric and is choosing places where he thinks 
> they can go.  That's great, huh?
>
> This collage idea was a great one!!  He's beginning to swee what can be 
> done.
>
> Dick
>
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