Recently finished a few projects I thought I'd share................

and my next project is waiting for me.

Sue off to break dishes

Beary scary: Black bear removed from tree in Rochester

BY AMIE PLUMMER
Article Date: Monday, June 9, 2008
A black bear clings to a tree in downtown Rochester Sunday


ROCHESTER — Authorities late Sunday night tranquilized and removed a black bear after it climbed a tree downtown in the early morning and refused to budge all day.Wakefield Street was closed starting at about 6:30 a.m. Sunday and stayed closed late into the night after the bear climbed into the tree. According to Rochester Police Sgt. Gary Boudreau, a caller reported the bear heading up Main Street toward a tree near Citizen's Bank on the corner of Main and Wakefield streets."He has climbed right up there," Boudreau said during the day Sunday. "And I don't think he is going to come down any time soon."Authorities were on scene into the night to monitor the bear and keep crowds away. They tried to wait the bear out before ultimately deciding to tranquilize it."We really don't have too many options," Boudreau said during the day Sunday. "We don't want to harm the bear or any of the people here. Usually a bear will come down when it gets quieter or wait until dark."Police officers were armed with nonlethal PepperBall guns, which can be used on humans or animals. The gun is like a paintball gun with powder instead of paint in the pellets.Boudreau, adding that he was no bear expert, estimated the bear to be at least 2 years old with a weight of 150-200 pounds.
Rochester Police Sgts. Anthony Bossi, left, and Gary Boudreau stand by as a black bear clings to a tree in downtown Rochester Sunday "This is definitely a bigger bear than you would normally see downtown," he said.Police had their hands full keeping bystanders a safe distance away from the wild animal during the day. "If the crowd left, the bear might come down. We could be here pretty late, though," Boudreau said.Conservation officer Justin Ferland cleared about half the crowd away Sunday when he announced no one would be shooting the bear down from the tree."As far as we can tell, the bear hasn't been injured or hit by a car," he said during the day. "There is nothing physically wrong with him, so we can't euthanize him, and we can't use any tranquilizers on him in this heat. It would be too much."He stressed the risk to public safety. "Once the bear comes down, we won't be able to control what happens next, so we want people as far away as possible," he said.The area was taped off and barricaded with police vehicles. "He's moved, stretched and napped a little bit," Ferland said of the bear before it was tranquilized.

this is a great slide show of bears in NH
http://www.wmur.com/slideshow/news/13479665/detail.html

Weekend Yardsale Finds

It was a good yardsale weekend here in Southern NH and Maine. I bought a few tables for mosaics as well as some new dishes. Also got a few things for the shop and maybe a ebay auction or two.

my latest

Show and Tell

I've been working with broken china and sea glass this week.......just need to mosaic the drawer and paint the base. So far I think I like it

Finally finished my suitcase

The first always takes me the longest. I paint, repaint, vamp, revamp. But I am thrilled with the outcome and will definitely be making more. The kids have picked out the colors they want. The girls want a suitcase for their doll clothes. My daughter wants one for her guest room. My Mom wants one just because.
I painted the outside a cream color then sponge painted it all with a green paint. I used coordinating fabric for the inside and created stripes on the outside. I used modge podge for the fabric outside.
This one is for sale on Ebay (seller sueb19).

First Yardsale Finds