tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37494983841051750362024-03-06T03:11:03.213-05:00CrabzCornerThings of Metallic Artistry. I will try to keep posted items that I am working on as I photograph them. You may also find some interesting thoughts and subjects of note... ..check them out!Ed Crabtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12410694178145412724noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3749498384105175036.post-63657766159395478392017-05-01T10:14:00.001-04:002017-05-01T10:14:03.561-04:00Sunny and Healthy: cashew snackSunny and Healthy: cashew snack: Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live in. -unknown I made a snack for my granddaughter Violet's baby s...Ed Crabtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12410694178145412724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3749498384105175036.post-52736935721342833762015-04-24T18:59:00.000-04:002015-04-24T19:03:50.642-04:00Military Space-A FlightsCheck this out for Space-A flights from North Carolina Ed Crabtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12410694178145412724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3749498384105175036.post-57381654177839211902015-02-13T06:49:00.000-05:002015-02-13T06:49:04.703-05:00Salsa, Salsa, SalsaSince July one of my favorite pastimes has been learning the Salsa Dance. What a trip this has been. From walking into Artistika Nightclub cold for free lessons to today its been a fun filled journey. Good music and new friends make the dance fun and great exercise, too. When I walked into Artistika that Saturday night I had no idea what it would be all about, but was determined to go throughEd Crabtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12410694178145412724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3749498384105175036.post-23437558262604225452014-01-20T09:58:00.000-05:002014-01-20T10:01:59.281-05:00To the Soldiers of the Confederacy
My favorite Civil War monument of them all. Geographic coordinates, Wilmington, NC,
34.234350 , -77.945910."Erected to honor the courage and self-sacrifice of New Hanover County's Confederate soldiers, this monument presents two bronze sculptural figures framed by a tall granite stele. The figures represent two Confederate soldiers as the figures of courage and sacrifice. The Ed Crabtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12410694178145412724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3749498384105175036.post-82172835306268486472012-05-09T10:47:00.001-04:002012-05-09T10:47:53.946-04:00Laura Bracken Designs Blog: More Patina Experiments... This Time: SealantsLaura Bracken Designs Blog: More Patina Experiments... This Time: SealantsEd Crabtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12410694178145412724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3749498384105175036.post-49320943605492986172010-11-30T11:23:00.003-05:002010-11-30T11:50:07.136-05:00Lillian Jones in Art Jewelry MagA big congratulations are in order to my friend, fellow North Carolina Society of Goldsmith member and artist extraordinaire, Lillian Jones for making the January issue of Art Jewelry Magazine. I attended a workshop which Lillian taught about using the texturing technique she demos in the article. Afterward, I made a collection of beautiful copper earrings using this and customers loved them.Ed Crabtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12410694178145412724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3749498384105175036.post-62701435700677299672010-11-30T11:10:00.002-05:002010-11-30T11:22:01.867-05:00Time to Get Caught UpWell, we've finished the house and moved back in already. I'll upload some finished pics later. Just wanted to let me "fans" know I haven't forgotten this blog and will be working to get it up to date over the next few weeks. After finishing the house , moving was a chore. We wanted to use as much of our existing furniture as possible but in some cases it wasn't and we had to get something Ed Crabtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12410694178145412724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3749498384105175036.post-23577090919007661002010-03-20T00:28:00.008-04:002010-03-20T00:43:46.151-04:00More RenovationThe projects are moving right along now. Framing done, sheet rock up, floor down, cabinets in, with lots of finishing left to do. This is a pic looking toward the back of the house during the sheetrock phase. These guys were masters at the trade. Fast and professional. The darker shot is looking to the front before the cabs are in. Then, presto, here's the cabs and the peninsula separating Ed Crabtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12410694178145412724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3749498384105175036.post-62399608264499685202010-02-11T11:06:00.001-05:002010-02-11T11:13:22.455-05:00Home Renovation Here's the results of almost six weeks of work here at the house. After searching for a nw home we decided to do some major renovations here instead. We didn't need extra square footage but to carry us through our retirement years (thinking positively) we need to so some updating of things here. We've moved out completely as you can see. The sub flooring particle board was removed and Ed Crabtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12410694178145412724noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3749498384105175036.post-66284731004998563972009-12-20T12:16:00.006-05:002009-12-20T12:24:35.854-05:00New InsideHi Blogosphere! Notice the outside of our town home. Well it will look like this in the spring, but the inside will look like new. After months of looking for a new or different home we have decided that we do like the neighborhood and can't seem too find what we want elsewhere so let's just give the inside a little face lift. We'll be redoing the floors which means we're moving out for a Ed Crabtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12410694178145412724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3749498384105175036.post-68386767268183257952009-10-30T00:27:00.003-04:002009-10-30T00:30:22.451-04:00I love Facebook and Twitter...If you follow me on Facebook you'll know where I've been. Where are you? Make a comment and tell me. For those anxiously awaiting the Bahamas 09 pics, just check out the slide show on the right side. If you click on it you'll be miraculously transported to my Picasa webpage. If you don't want to go there, just enjoy them right here. We had a great time on Tilloo Cay just off Marsh Harbour, Ed Crabtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12410694178145412724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3749498384105175036.post-54280935159701949182009-07-24T05:00:00.006-04:002009-07-24T05:22:34.064-04:00The Brandywine Community GardenHere's what's keeping me busy lately. Our plot in the Brandywine Community Garden. With an unbelievably small amount of work we have reaped some big rewards. Early this year one of the residents, Claudette Krell, informed us of a community grant program through the city of Greensboro for community gardens. She polled our residents and found there was enough interest and applied for the grant Ed Crabtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12410694178145412724noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3749498384105175036.post-56508472251259564632009-07-18T18:24:00.004-04:002009-07-18T18:31:06.442-04:00Leannes New WorkSome new work from my friend Leanne. I love her subjects. They have a way of transporting you to a story hidden within the subject. You can follow her work on artandlife.Ed Crabtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12410694178145412724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3749498384105175036.post-5262138573755252212009-05-05T13:34:00.006-04:002009-05-05T13:48:16.428-04:00Auto Makers BailoutBTW. Even though I work for an auto supplier, this ad sums up what I really feel about using our money to bail out the big three. Just in case you can't read the fine print in the ad, "You probably thought it was smart to buy a foreign import of superior quality, with better mileage and resale value. Maybe you even thought that years of market share loss might prod us into rethinking our Ed Crabtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12410694178145412724noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3749498384105175036.post-60963392513101430032009-05-05T12:53:00.000-04:002009-05-05T12:54:08.630-04:00I'm Back!What a great trip! Will write more and post some pics later.Ed Crabtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12410694178145412724noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3749498384105175036.post-64029841648949605612009-04-27T13:53:00.006-04:002009-04-27T14:03:01.918-04:00Off to Abaco Island .....Off to Abaco Island, Bahamas for some fishing. This time we're renting a boat and hoping to go deep on the Atlantic side along with the usual bonefishing in the Marls. We'll be staying on Tilloo Cay in the above picture. Hopefully the wind will die down! Probably a headwind the whole way. I'll have some more pics when I return.Ed Crabtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12410694178145412724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3749498384105175036.post-15707095221717481222009-03-16T12:07:00.004-04:002009-03-16T12:19:07.461-04:00Arts & Crafts at the MarketThis will be the biggest showing I have this spring. This year I'm concentrating on getting my work out through galleries and some craft sites like Etsy. One such gallery is the Marshall Art Gallery in Greensboro. An exceptional place with super friendly people and exquisite items for sale. I consider my self very lucky to have shown and sold some of my Beggars Bowls there. Here's the writeEd Crabtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12410694178145412724noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3749498384105175036.post-37641021911102264662009-01-29T09:33:00.003-05:002009-01-29T09:46:58.417-05:00Mokume CuffsI've had these for a while but only recently taken photos. These are copper and german silver with a sterling liner. Customers have been interested. The earrings have sold well but the price on the cuffs have been a little high for the Saturday morning market customers. I'm sure they will move at the shows.Ed Crabtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12410694178145412724noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3749498384105175036.post-17587174226463808002009-01-15T10:17:00.005-05:002009-01-15T10:34:27.069-05:00Atlas Shrugged: From Fiction to Fact in 52 YearsAs it became more and more evident that Obama was going to be our new president, I kept hearing commentators, and reading journalists referring to Aynn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged". It made me put a copy on hold at the public library. That was more than a month ago. I don't know if the delay is because they had so few copies or there were so many folks waiting to read the book. Here's an other Ed Crabtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12410694178145412724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3749498384105175036.post-54084820273671114102009-01-12T11:26:00.002-05:002009-01-12T11:30:05.221-05:00"One-Man Movement"Facebook | One-Man Movement - washingtonpost.comA One-Man MovementCary Grant Set a Pace for On-Screen Grace That's Left His Followers Mostly in the DustThis article is so right on about Cary Grant in particularly but older movies in general. It speaks to a time when special effects didn't dominate the stories but rather the characters themselves. I saw a little bit of this when Sarah and I saw Ed Crabtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12410694178145412724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3749498384105175036.post-60412452339724236602008-12-17T09:37:00.011-05:002008-12-18T13:34:47.441-05:00"Outnumbered 8 to 1"My hats off to these "guys" fighting for their lives, over the holiday, in Iraq and Afghanistan. What a story as told in "One Marines View" blog about a firefight in Afghanistan. What started out to be an ambush of a Marine patrol, turned into a fight with the junkyard dog and some bad guys paying the ultimate price."During the battle, the designated marksman single handily thwarted a Ed Crabtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12410694178145412724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3749498384105175036.post-73194585789036944042008-11-14T10:38:00.007-05:002008-12-13T14:33:26.298-05:00Holiday Arts & Crafts at the MarketDecember 14th!! This Weekend!! At the incredible Greensboro Farmers Curb Market on Yanceyville Street, across from the old War Memorial Ball Park. This market, which can trace it's roots back to 1874, continues to serve the area well with locally grown fruits and vegetables on Saturday and Wednesday mornings. Come by for some good coffee or tea and pick up something there for breakfast too, Ed Crabtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12410694178145412724noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3749498384105175036.post-69831999026556009392008-10-29T12:12:00.012-04:002008-10-29T13:45:57.436-04:00Mokume Gane: Wood Eye Metal"Mokume Gane", translated from Japanese means "wood eye metal. Philip Jones, of the Jones Brothers Custom Knives, recently taught this at Montgomery Community College. His twin brother,Barry, came along to help. Phillip's self taught method of making this interesting and colorful metal is a terrific addition to the skills used in knifemaking and is of course used in jewelry and other crafts. Ed Crabtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12410694178145412724noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3749498384105175036.post-59837598045459534412008-10-20T10:47:00.003-04:002008-10-20T10:56:30.122-04:00"A new spin on the perceptions, procedures, and principles of flight";Love this site! John Denker's online book, "See How It Flies", gives an in depth and interesting (to aviation enthusiasts especially) look at how an airplane flies and how to make one fly better. As he puts it, "This book is intended to appeal to pilots and everyone else who is interested in how airplanes behave. The idea is to concentrate on ideas that are useful in the cockpit, and to Ed Crabtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12410694178145412724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3749498384105175036.post-25867337559298029072008-10-14T12:14:00.002-04:002008-10-14T12:18:46.563-04:00Holly Arts & Crafts Festival 08I'm wide open for the Holly Arts & Crafts Festival this Saturday in Pinehurst, NC. Downtown with the golf carts whizzing by and plenty of people, hopefully with lots of disposable income to spend on quality arts (like mine). Look me up if you make it down.Ed Crabtreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12410694178145412724noreply@blogger.com0