Kim's step-sister and her husband retired to Mexico a year
or so ago. They were back in the States
for several reasons and they usually call us up and we meet for supper. Friday was the day that happened. They picked one of their old haunts in
town. Friday's traffic is just super
crazy compared to the usual crazy and we had to be there by 5:45 PM. Rush hour, oh joy. Peak supper time at a popular restaurant usually mean
waiting. Also the place they picked is
a high end Mexican "Cuisine" sorta place. Which mean they charge 3-4 times what a good plate of enchiladas
or carne guisada would normally run.
As it turns out things went much better than I
anticipated. The traffic was unusually
light, the restaurant wasn't crowed either.
The food was OK, a little to much 'gringo' leaning for my tastes. We visited a while and caught up. Kim showed a ring I had made out of a Sacagawea
Dollar she was wearing. So her step
sister breaks out a handful of Mexican Pesos.
She wanted me to have them and make a ring for her also. Those were some really nice looking coins
and had great potential for rings.
As
you can see they have two different color metals. Should be interesting.
Started work on one and just as I suspected they are
two-piece coins. I got the hole punched
just fine but when the folding process began the center 'yellow' metal just
fell out of the surrounding piece. Was
able to use the out piece to make a very thin band that has the markings I like
on it. I just don't think there is
anyway to keep the inner piece with my method.
A dual colored ring would have been interesting.
I did win a couple ebay auctions for some more Swiss
Francs. Looking forward to making a few
of those. They really make nice looking
rings.
Garden update. It is
still going pretty well. Much better
than anyone else I know that had/has one at this point of the summer. This was Monday mornings' haul. 143 tomatoes.
They plants are still full and green. The yellow pear tomatoes have not slowed
down at all. The regular sized ones are
not producing as much as the heat makes it hard to set fruit. No idea why the yellow ones are so
prolific. by now most folks would have
pulled their plants and planted new ones for a fall crop. I am pretty sure mine will produce until the
first freeze in early November. We
shall see.
Happy Trails
2 comments:
Glad it turned out to be a good day. I'll be interested to see what you do with the bi-metal coins.
Not sure how I am going to be able to use them without them coming apart. the one I tried the interior, I think it's brass, popped right out when I applied my press. I will be able to make rings out of the exterior but will be limited on size. Will have to try things but not sure what at the moment.
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