[Nfb-krafters-korner] Hello from Dick!

[Dick Carlson]

Oh sure.  Makes sense, and that's what I've wanted to do anyway, but like I 
said, with both of us getting sick and not having a lot of time these past 
few weeks, we're finally doing more with it.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "River Woman" <riverwoman at zoominternet.net>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2010 2:58 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Hello from Dick!


> The Elmer's Glue is much better and it dries clear so no problems with 
> overuse of it. It will hold the things down tight, and when dry it will 
> look very good.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dick Carlson" <dick.carlson0428 at earthlink.net>
> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 10:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Hello from Dick!
>
>
>> Oh, by the way...I wanted to also let you know that there's going to be a 
>> slight change when working on the collage tomorrow.
>> The glue stick is gone.  I decided that as long as it was there, he'd not 
>> use it so well and I'd have to put all of the stuff onto the construction 
>> paper.
>> So, Willy will see that it has been replaced with a bottle of Elmer's 
>> Glue.
>> Dick
>>
>> ----- 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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