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A Sewing Machine Restoration and Auroras

 

Photo by Lightscape on Unsplash

Happy Tuesday!

Have you seen any auroras lately? A few days ago there was a solar storm that caused these beautiful lights to appear in the sky. According to an article from Space:

This time, skywatchers around the world were treated to dazzling aurora borealis displays that reached as far south as Colorado and New Mexico. In Europe, auroras were spotted as far south as France and Germany. At the other end of the scale, the aurora australis was spotted as far North as New South Wales' central west, Australia. 

Definitely click on that article link, it’s got so many gorgeous aurora pictures. No auroras were spotted here above the castle, unfortunately.

Even though we didn’t see any astronomical light show, we did have a unicorn sighting. I have the pictures to prove it too: 



Three legs, a tummy, and a tail. So far so good! Hopefully by the next blog post, I'll have started stitching the head.

I have a confession to make- I really love watching restoration videos! When YouTube recommended this to me, I knew I had to share it. The before and after is nothing short of remarkable. Such a beautiful hand crank, it’s wonderful that it’s getting a new lease on life. 



It’s a bit mind-boggling to think about how old this machine is. The video says it’s from 1894. That means this machine is 129 years old. To put that in perspective, here’s a list from Wikipedia that shows what was going on in the world in the year 1894.  

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