{"id":295,"date":"2011-05-16T08:42:36","date_gmt":"2011-05-16T13:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debramaerz.com\/?p=295"},"modified":"2011-05-16T18:28:33","modified_gmt":"2011-05-16T23:28:33","slug":"launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debramaerz.com\/?p=295","title":{"rendered":"Launch  . .."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What a beautiful morning for the Endeavour to launch from the Cape and\u00a0 how lucky we are to be able to walk out and view the launch from our dock . \u00a0 Clear, cool sunny and very little wind\u00a0 &#8211; Godspeed Endeavor!!<\/p>\n<p>The last craft show was on May 7th and it was a very nice show.\u00a0 We had lots of visitors for May, which is usually not well attended.\u00a0 But the weather was beautiful and sales were good too, a nice end to the 2010-2011 season.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a photo of my latest gourd.\u00a0 I completed this Yellow Hibiscus gourd on the Friday before the show and it was purchased at the show the very next day.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_297\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debramaerz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Yellow-Hibiscus-Gourd-3.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-297\" data-attachment-id=\"297\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/debramaerz.com\/?attachment_id=297\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debramaerz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Yellow-Hibiscus-Gourd-3.jpg?fit=300%2C304&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,304\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Yellow Hibiscus Gourd 3\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Pyrography and acrylic &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Yellow Hibiscus Gourd -pyrography and acrylics&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debramaerz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Yellow-Hibiscus-Gourd-3.jpg?fit=300%2C304&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-297\" title=\"Yellow Hibiscus Gourd 3\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/debramaerz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Yellow-Hibiscus-Gourd-3.jpg?resize=300%2C304\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"304\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-297\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yellow Hibiscus Gourd -pyrography and acrylics<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I have found the pyrography or wood burning so relaxing.\u00a0 I just purchased a new tip for my pyrography pen and it really burns beautifully.\u00a0 I plan on creating more of this type of gourd art for the January 2012 show.<\/p>\n<p>Already started on my Christmas ornaments also &#8211; 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