Balthazar the Cornered.......

It is official, at least the first name is. The Steampunk Man is to be known as Balthazar. Zar for short. He is alive......Kind of. He has a face and hair, however there are no clothes yet. He is running around in a piece of striped fabric, trying to keep himself covered at the moment. He still needs a trim on his hair and some shoes."Why is he running?" you ask? Yup. You guessed it. Tessie is in chase mode. It has been horrible.

I painted the kitchen(miniature) and put the light fixture in the ceiling to see how it would look. I used Ceramcoat Trail Tan and plan to use cream or ivory for trim.

For once, Tessie did something to help. She wandered in and immediately went for the cappuccino machine. I think that she is addicted. She bumped her head on the bottom of the light. Well.....It was helpful. Now I know that it needs to be a lot higher.

I asked what she was doing and she said that she needed to regain her strength before continuing the hunt for Balthazar. He must have ducked in a closet or gotten out of the house somehow. Hmmm.....I wonder if he would fit behind the bookcase in the living room. I also wonder if Tessie has thought to look there. Evidently not, or he didn't fit there, one of the two.

She only stayed a little while and then she continued the hunt. I heard a yelp from upstairs. It was Zar. Tessie had him cornered in what will be the secret room. Some secret!

She was bargaining with him for his piece of fabric, trying to talk him into exchanging it for a few fig leaves(they were really geraniums) He wasn't going for it. He may be new to the world, but he's not stupid. I guess I am going to have to intervene.

First I have to find a way to distract Tessie and then Steampunk Man quickly goes into hiding. Wish me luck. If everything goes right, I will see you tomorrow. If not, you will probably find me locked in a closet somewhere. I am going to hope for the best. After all, I am bigger and smarter than Tessie.......Maybe.

See you tomorrow.

Give the Girl a Hand!

Tessie broke some fingers on her right hand a couple of day ago. I think it was when she was sliding down the stairs in the bathtub. Her right hand has been repaired a few times. The nice thing about someone like her is if need be she can have a hand transplant at any time.

This morning I decided that, instead of patching, she should have a new hand altogether. I rummaged around and found the Super Sculpey, some toothpicks and other tools and got to work.

I was on a roll, so I went ahead and finished the second try at Steampunk Man. No Katie, he doesn't have a name yet. I have started a list of unusual names. No decisions so far. Most of the Steampunk people have weird pseudonyms. He will too.

This is what I have so far. The first photo is Steampunk Man going into the oven with the spare hand for Tessie.

He is going to be about six inches tall and younger than the other one that turned to basket making.

After I got him out of the oven I stood him in the secret room to see how he looked size wise. He looks much better than the other one did. He looks like he will be capable of doing all kinds of scientific experiments.....OK.....So he doesn't have a body or a face or clothes yet. Have faith. He will be done in a day or two. Want to know how I know?

Tessie caught him in the secret room. She even brought him flowers with her new hand to show it off......Mind you, he is not aware of his surroundings or even alive yet. That didn't matter to Tessie. I am not going to show you the rest of him. Right now he is just skin and bones, literally.

She is soooo fickle! Forget about the basket maker that lives next door. She likes the start of the new Steampunk Man and can't wait for me to finish him. Did you ever see a five inch tall, redheaded witch drool? It's not pretty. I had to walk away and do something else. I couldn't watch her cooing at him.

Change of subject. I got the kit from Greenleaf for the Spring Fling yesterday. It went together in about a half hour. That's including the extra hole that I cut in the side and a couple of other additions. I am not going to show you any more until I decide if I am going to enter the contest. I have good intentions. I do every year. Sometimes, like now, I get as far as ordering the kit. Other times, I don't even bother, because they are just not of interest. I have never entered.

I like the unusual shape of this one. I think that it has possibilities. Now all I have to do is get Tessie off of my back so that I can work on it.

I have to go now. She is nagging me to work on "her man"......I am inclined to think that there is trouble ahead.

See you tomorrow.