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href="http://rosemarytravale.ca/blog/pitt-brush-pen-tip/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Pitt Brush pen tip">Pitt Brush pen tip</a></h2> <div class="entry"> <p><a onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/daleof.livejournal.com');" href="http://daleof.livejournal.com">Dale</a> pointed out this <a onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/reyyy.livejournal.com/98289.html');" href="http://reyyy.livejournal.com/98289.html">post Corey Lewis</a> made about cutting a brush pen and using it to draw. It reminded me that not many people seem to know that you can reverse the tip on a Faber-Castell Pitt brush pen. I totally agree that you can’t really get good lines out of one of those pens for long, but at least I can get a bit more of them by doing this trick.</p> <p><a onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.flickr.com/photos/rosered/4765298174/');" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosered/4765298174/" title="PItt Pens by Rosemary Travale, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4098/4765298174_8c6911f756.jpg" width="444" height="500" alt="PItt Pens"></a></p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> <div class="post-210 post type-post hentry category-uncategorized"> <span class="postmetadata"><a href="http://rosemarytravale.ca/blog/category/uncategorized/" title="View all posts in Uncategorized" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a> — <a href="http://rosemarytravale.ca/blog/happy-captain-picard-day/#respond" title="Comment on Happy Captain Picard Day!">No Comments</a></span><br/> <small><span class="date">16</span><br />Jun 10 </small> <h2><a href="http://rosemarytravale.ca/blog/happy-captain-picard-day/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Happy Captain Picard Day!">Happy Captain Picard Day!</a></h2> <div class="entry"> <p><a onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.flickr.com/photos/rosered/3632206820/');" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosered/3632206820/" title="Captain Picard Day! by Rosemary Travale, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3549/3632206820_9f55f856d7_o.jpg" width="500" height="500" alt="Captain Picard Day!" border="0"/></a></p> <p>I’ve started posting up the awesome tributes that people have been sending in over at <a onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/picardday.wordpress.com/');" href="http://picardday.wordpress.com/">http://picardday.wordpress.com/</a> Go look at them! Make it so! I’ll be adding more every day for the next week, so keep checking back for more Pic-arts! </p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> <div class="post-207 post type-post hentry category-uncategorized tag-photos tag-ukulele"> <span class="postmetadata"><a href="http://rosemarytravale.ca/blog/category/uncategorized/" title="View all posts in Uncategorized" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a> — <a href="http://rosemarytravale.ca/blog/ukulele/#respond" title="Comment on Ukulele">No Comments</a></span><br/> <small><span class="date">10</span><br />Jun 10 </small> <h2><a href="http://rosemarytravale.ca/blog/ukulele/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Ukulele">Ukulele</a></h2> <div class="entry"> <p>I’ve wanted a portable instrument for a while now. I played piano competitively for ten years or so, but I stopped once I went to college because I was just too busy. When I saw this ukulele in the window of a store a couple weeks ago I just knew I had to have it! It’s so much fun to play and it’s so relaxing to just pick up an instrument for fun this time around.</p> <p><a onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.flickr.com/photos/rosered/4688551437/');" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosered/4688551437/" title="Ukulele! by Rosemary Travale, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4041/4688551437_4217f4a8db_b.jpg" width="500" height="711" alt="Ukulele!" border="0"/></a></p> <p>I stuck these awesome stickers my pal <a onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/linzb0t.blogspot.com/');" href="http://linzb0t.blogspot.com/">Lindsay</a> gave me on it. So now they watch me play. The fish probably cheers me on, and the starfish is all “WHAT ARE YOU DOING, PLAY BETTER!!”</p> <p><a onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.flickr.com/photos/rosered/4689184012/');" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosered/4689184012/" title="Ukulele! by Rosemary Travale, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4008/4689184012_a2dc79b709_o.jpg" width="500" height="402" alt="Ukulele!" border="0"/></a></p> <p>The first song I learned was Postcards From Italy by Beirut. Today I taught myself the theme from Adventure Time! I need to make myself a <a onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/frederatorblogs.com/adventure_time/2010/03/24/finns-hat-is-awesomeeeee/');" href="http://frederatorblogs.com/adventure_time/2010/03/24/finns-hat-is-awesomeeeee/">Finn hat</a> to wear when I play it I think. With my fake beard. YEAH! </p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> <div class="post-198 post type-post hentry category-uncategorized"> <span class="postmetadata"><a href="http://rosemarytravale.ca/blog/category/uncategorized/" title="View all posts in Uncategorized" rel="category tag">Uncategorized</a> — <a href="http://rosemarytravale.ca/blog/captain-picard-day-project/#respond" title="Comment on Captain Picard Day Project">No Comments</a></span><br/> <small><span class="date">30</span><br />May 10 </small> <h2><a href="http://rosemarytravale.ca/blog/captain-picard-day-project/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Captain Picard Day Project">Captain Picard Day Project</a></h2> <div class="entry"> <p>Captain Picard Day is coming up on June 16th and I’ve started up an art project to celebrate it over at <a onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/picardday.wordpress.com/');" href="http://picardday.wordpress.com/">picardday.wordpress.com</a>! I’d like for people to contribute art and craft that honour my favourite Star Trek Captain, and a role model to us all, Jean Luc Picard. 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