Elser Family Blog

Just relaxing.

This at the “Palms at Pelican cove” resort right behind Kathi’s apartment. We walk over there for a beer and a swim on a whim. Gotta’ like a steel drum player. This guy was pretty good. Sitting listening to him and watching the water. The beer in my hand helps.

 

 

 
How about a little video?

 

In the VI.

Had a good flight in. Tried to surprise the kids, but they just sort of stared in shock… So much for the surprise! Melinda has taken a bunch of good pictures while she has been here. Let me share a few with you. … Just. as. soon as I figure out how to share Chromebook pics. 🙂

 

 

More Projects. (Firewalker, Rose)

Hannah’s finished firewalker shoes using the Adafruit Flora (round) microcontroller. It’s meant to be sewn on things. Hey, they turned out way better than we expected when they where gluing them, I will tell you that!! (Can I get a witness, Cor?) See the previous post for the sewing and gluing session that happened the day before.

Here is a video of them in action..  The LED’s on the perimeter are individually addressable, and move a animation from the back to the front at each step.  Sorry for the cruddy i-video.. Iphone is all I got.

 

 

Here is a picture of Hannah’s third rose from two days ago… It is the best yet. practice makes perfect, what do you know.

Edo And Cori Visit!

Cori and Edo are here visiting! We like their company. We have gone to the clubhou.se a couple times, and we have eaten out, and we have made something in the forge: One more time.. Copper Roses!, They are so satisfying to make, even for beginners, that it makes it fun with out trying. We worked on these Wednesday. Here is Cori is hammering out the copper to make it flat. Edo is marking where he will cut with the plasma torch.

 

Here is Cori, cutting out her patterns with the plasma cutter!

 

Cori, Brazing the petals onto the stem.

 

Lets take a break and feed the chickens while everything cools off. (OK, I’m making things up now.)

 

Edo getting artistic on us.. you can tell by his expression.

 

Cori and her friend Amber made some roses too! I think this is rose number 3 for Hannah.

 

Definitely perfecting the petal shaping process.

 

ANNNND, somehow, I don’t have pictures of he finished products! I will make sure to get a picture before they leave.

Last night, while Edo and I sort of “jammed” (I played two chords on the banjo, and Ed played things around those two chords that made it actually sound like music.. very satisfying) Cori was helping Hannah create her “firewalker” shoes. They are going to be awesome! Here they are sewing the Flora microcontroller circuit board onto the shoes. I have to admit, we where all ready to hurt someone after trying to glue the LED strips onto the side of the shoes…. OMG.

Oh.. Cori fed the chickens too…

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Happy PI Day!

Happy PI day today.

 

Its so hard to get one. single. picture.

Really People? How hard is it to take a picture? I think Dale is dreaming of pi.

Lets eat!
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I had a team in the “Heart Walk (and run) this weekend. Arturo and his family joined us in North Augusta for local hospitals “Heart Walk”. It was an odd distance at 4.3 miles.. but OK! I ran it at a 8:40 pace. Still working up my speed from winter.

I made a light fixture and small logo for a local resturant, “Craft & Vine”. Turned out pretty nice.

Hannah joined us for the First Friday Hackathon at the clubhouse, and learned to make felt.. It’s much more interesting than it sounds..
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