I got the stamp "Jenny" done for the "Face of a Time Lord" in MA. First time I had ever carved a human figure. Well I have carved a human image before but it was a cartoon image. I was hesitant about carving jenny since there were any animated images of her that I liked so, I had to create lines on the picture of the actress. After carving the stamp it looked pretty good! I am going to make some limited LTCs of Jenny before I send it out to be planted.
If you don't know who Jenny is, which not many do... She's a character from the British TV show "Doctor Who." The best TV show ever, by the way. She was seen in the episode "The Doctor's Daughter" that aired on May 10, 2008 and was only in this one episode. She was created from a genetic sample taken from the Doctor's hand and was literally born to fight. In a sense she is his daughter but the Doctor doesn't want to accept it. Throughout the episode a war is being fought between the humans and the Hath(half fish, half human creatures). Well they almost come to peace and Jenny gets shot and dies and they soon find out she is a Time Lord since she regenerates! That's why I carved Jenny for the series.
Speaking of LTCs... I did my first set of LTCs! I did them for the LTC trade "In Honor of our United States." I did the stamp for Ohio. I think it looks pretty good. If you want one join the LTC tracker (if it isn't closed yet) or just AQ mail me for one.
The next day (8/21/12) I also didn't get to hang out with Tyrus because he wasn't given his meds till late the night before. My plan for the day was to just work on my LTCs. Then my grandfather came over to take my brother out for sushi for his 8th birthday. He also said he would take us up to Prospect and Radnor Ohio to letterbox! We left about 2.5 hours after he came over.
I quickly printed and carved a stamp to hide in the cemeteries we were going to. I carved out the Welsh flag. It was slightly challenging and had little time to get everything together, but I did it!
I chose the Welsh flag because I come from a long line of Welshmen. I love my Welsh heritage and my favorite soup and cookie(well... I think its a cookie thing) are Welsh! I am VERY Welsh. If you go back at least 8 generations on my mother's side you will find Welshmen. On my dad's side they are Welsh and Scottish.
We first stopped in a little town called Prospect and stopped at their cemetery. Mostly Welsh and Germans are buried in the Prospect Cemetery. My great grandparents are buried there as well as some cousins and other relatives. My grandparents will be buried there when they pass. There are some places you could hide some boxes but it was right by the Scioto River, which floods.
Shot I took at Prospect Cemetery
My great grandparents
My little brother Gavin. He just turned 8!!!!
After that (and a stop to a relatives house, that I didn't know) we went over to Radnor, Ohio. I thought Prospect was a small little town... Radnor... if you stand at the right spot you can practically see the whole town. They had a very large cemetery in the very small town. Not as big as Greenlawn... but still quiet large. Radnor Cemetery is made up mostly of Welsh. My Welsh relitives that first came to the United States are buried there. My great, great, great, great..... grandmother was the first person who was buried in the Radnor Cemetery.
At Radnor Cemetery there is a Lynch gate, which are found though out Wales and England.
It was pretty cool there. I got to see a lot of stones that belong to my relatives. Well, Radnor Cemetery, being made up of mostly Welsh, was the perfect place to hide my box! There were tons of places to hide boxes. I found the spot (no spoilers!) and put a mental puzzle to find the box. I also included two of my relatives in the clues!
Me and My Brother
I wasn't lying about the tail!
The box I hid is named: Y Draig Goch Ddyry Cychwyn
it is in Welsh and means "The Red Dragon Leads the Way"
It was a noswaith dda!
~Catchow
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