Picking up new skills when you're over 50.

Didn't need to, left it under a chilli plant so the aphids dropped honeydew all over it

 

I learned to drive when I was forty and passed my test first time!!! I also learned to ride a bike "after a fashion" I was safe in car parks and places like that but I would never cycle along the road as I was inclined to fall off!!! What I would really like is a Trike!!! I was over fifty when I learned to use a computer.
Good luck with the cycling.

 

I've taken up stone balancing and dry stone walling

 

Ye of little faith

You'm not allowed glue anymore after the incident with the office fax machine and Fat Controller's Butterfly Nursery

 

That's not the only thing you've blamed on the cat

 

The elephant being otherwise engaged on a trunk call?

 

As some of you know, i've been setting up a small leaded light workshop.



Rounded up a few tools, ordered some materials, some of which arrived yesterday.

Cut the 2 rectangles and the circle from old glass as a practice (not done glass cutting for some years)

Not done much soldering so yesterdays practice was a bit of a mess.



Had another try today.



Bit fiddly but I reckoned if I can do something quite small then bigger stuff will be easier.



Got to work on getting the soldering tidier, but i'm learning the best temperature so I can work it for a few seconds.

 

What a great project to be starting out on Ziggy. I love coloured glass panes . Saw a great one of Koi carp once...
wishing you continued success,
Jenny

 

Practice makes perfect Ziggy, you'll soon be onto church windows!

 

Taken enough of em out Sheal, thought it was time to learn how to fix em and put em back in