http://www.ganoksin.com/gnkurl/ep800h
Wonderful!!! An inspiration!
Lorraine
Lee, Thank you for making my day brighter by introducing me to your
lovely wife. May you have many many more happy years together! Happy
Birthdays, both of you! Barbara, awaiting “the” storm on the Island,
and now heading to the basement to “sleuth out” some frozen pipes and
thaw
Dear Lee, what a great idea, and inspiration, blessings to you both,
respectfully pat
What a great way to spend a birthday!
Happy birthday, Margie
Mary A
Thanks for sharing… Buon Compleanno a Matilda!!! How inspiring and
needed in our Bay Area… Ciao, Jo-Ann & John from sunny SF
For me what we all do is an exercise in creativity. Creativity is a
process by which we make new connections between thoughts, ideas,
people, materials, processes, and other variables. This happens,
regardless of our age, as we are all compelled, by some yet to be
explained force, to be creative. I am 63 and I hope that my last
thought on this earth, whenever it may happen, is a creative thought
that I can take with me on to whatever may come after death. I also
hope to leave behind a lot of evidence of my creativity. Good night.
Rob
Rob Meixner
She just had her 83rd birthday and chose a rather unusual approach to
celebrate it. The video was absolutely charming. What a delightful
way to ‘spend’ a birthday!
Happy birthday Margie. You are an inspiration and a joy. Alma
Thanks for all of the great responses on Margie’s walk. I have
gathered allof them and forwarded them to her.
This is a birthday that she will long remember. At the beginning of
the video, in the background is an image of the house that we have
in Santa Cruz. Built in 1896, it wasn’t designed for the
handicapped, and the front steps are a bit difficult to get the
walker up and down.
So, being the creative sort, I designed and builta ramp that sits on
one side of the steps, and is hinged so that it swingsup and out of
the way. Brian and I wound up the counterbalance spring yesterday
and installed it. The darn thing works very well. She is easily able
to lift it up, or let it down, and it lets her easily get the walker
up anddown. I have to confess that she had asked for it quite a
while ago, buttime slips by.
Thanks again for all of the marvelous responses.
Lee (the saw guy)
Maybe we who have not reached 83 can chip in next year so she can do
this again! Also she needs a bicycle horn on her walker and a nice
drink holder.
Mine has both My hubby wants to put a warning sign on behind it but I
look horrible in triangles.
Keep age at bay! My Grandmother wanted and got a 10 speed bike when
she turned 90.
Aggie Feeling her sagging bits are no longer a problem
Wonderful is too small a word to describe her. Thanks for sharing
this story.
Aggie, don’t forget lights for the walker. Mountain Co-op in Canada
has just the ticket!!! The lights on walkers help the seniors be
seen - God knows that seniors are often almost invisible to those who
are younger! Instead of a slow vehicle sign, perhaps just a warning
backup beepere? Anything to keep us involved, active and doing!!! My
husband is in long-term care now - perhaps I am particularly
sensitive to the need to keep active. Seniors rock - every one of
us! I’d love a jewelry exhibit with an entry age cut off below 75 -
there are so many here that qualify.
Perhaps jewelry-making is a secret Fountain of Youth.
Barbara, breathing a sigh of relief that Nemo+ is over. Nemo mixed
with another storm that came from the west here. Double whammey.
Finishing the digging out tomorrow.
My late grandmother rode a bike 8.5 miles every day when she was 90
and also liked to slide down the bannister in front of church on
Sundays. She was, what they would call in the south, "a pistol."
Aggie- I suspect you are well on your way to being one too.
-Jo Haemer
I’m a mere babe compared to my students, but I teach a group of
ladies, who are in their 60s to 90s every Thursday. The 90+ ladies
are still driving, still making jewelry and still vastly entertain
us. I can onlyhope I’m still functional at 80 and I’m not quite 50
yet. Many of those ladies have been making jewelry for decades, one
of them since the 30’s and she keeps me hopping every week. I have
been working in metals continuously since 1984, a trained
silversmith, repair bench worker, stonesetter and much more, and boy,
I really have my work cut out for me. The majority of my students in
all of my workshops and classes are in their 40’s to 80’s, and they
literally wear me out. I’m exhausted by the time I limp home from
class.
Keep at it, and never stop or give up. Even with arthritis in my
hands, I’m still planishing away. I hope to die with a torch in one
hand and a planishing hammer in other hand.
Joy
Hi, this has filled me with the joy, that you are taking in
teaching… me too hav been teaching for last 13 years. and making
gold and silver jewellery for my customers at my father’s shop. my
best wishes…
Today I tried to catch up with over 529 emails on Orchid. Enjoy all
the discourse back and forth. Particularly interesting were the
comments about “Age Doesn’t Count.” In my opinion, for what it is
worth, “Age Does Count.” Hopefully it makes us still wiser than our
children. It has given us the opportunity of extra years to learn,
love, and listen.
My family from Boston came to St. Louis over the weekend to surprise
me and help celebrate my 82nd birthday. We took in a couple of new
restaurants and visited the Art Museum and the Science Museum. Was
left with lots of bedding to wash, but it finally got done. We all
had a lovely time.
As many of you who are inundated with my emails can attest, I am
still writing my craft book reviews on my blog site at
http://www.ganoksin.com/gnkurl/1xa
The how-to and the wonderful artistic contributions
displayed in many of these books are inspiring. Many of the
contributors have years of experience, but there curiosity and desire
to create overcome many health and age issues.
The metalsmithing guild, “The Society for Midwest Metalsmiths” which
I founded in 1995 as a not-for-profit organization is still very
active. We have established a scholarship fund, and awarded three
$1,500.00 scholarships to students interested in pursuing their
artistic goals. Hopefully, they will continue to explore these
interests until a ripe old age.
Razine
Hi
just as I was thinking I am getting old, all these wonderful
Orchidians in their 80’s posted.
I am not old, only middle aged and hopefully look forward to another
couple of decades on the bench.
Keep it going ladies and gentlemen, I wish you all the best!
Richard