T Stands For Trivet

 

I have a ton of real wood furniture.

That's especially obvious in my dining room.  And when I sit at this table, I always have something under my mug, whether hot or cold.

That's where I am today with my new trivet.  It's taken me almost two years to save enough of these broken clothes pins to make this trivet.

Granted, I could have used new ones, but then I would have thrown the ones away that got broken in the wind when they were on my clothes line.

Most of these were half pieces still on the line, along with the metal spring.

I originally planned to show how I assembled the clothes pins, but after I assembled the two legs of each pin back to back, I forgot to show any step out photos.  By that time I became engrossed in how to fit the legs into an assembly.  I found the information a couple of years ago on the internet, and thought I had bookmarked it.

Sadly, I couldn't remember exactly how the pieces fit together and I had trouble trying different ways of assembling them.  As a result, I made a mess with the E6000 I used in the assemblies.   

I'm not sure this is how these pieces are supposed to fit together,

but it works for me.

For Day 13 of 22, I assembled 26 individual legs of broken clothes pins and turned them into a trivet to hold my coffee.

Now it's your turn to share a drink related post.  It can be gifts you received, photos, a place you visited, movies, postcards, mail art, junk mail, catalogs, books, sketches, mixed media, drawings, paintings, tags, scrapbooking, or other art that is digital, hybrid, or traditional, as long as it in some way relates back to a drink, any drink.  Please share below and Bleubeard and I, along with the rest of the T gang will be by to visit.   Please link only your T post and not your blog in general.  Bleubeard would like to remind you that old photos are acceptable because they may be taken any time, not just on Tuesday and not just this year.  

But wait. While you are here, let me take up a bit more of your time.  Many of you saw on Friday I had gotten my Covid shot.  My friend Erika pointed out she wasn't given a choice of Covid shots.  Sally, who got hers over a month ago and has been out of quarantine for over two weeks, got, if I remember correctly, the Pfizer vaccine, which is currently being offered.  I, on the other hand, knew only 1000 doses of the J & J vaccine were available once a month on the 8th, so since I was now eligible for the shot, because I'm over 16, I stalked the Sedgwick county web site and called several times until I got an appointment.  We are the largest city and the largest metropolitan area in the state, and still are only eligible for 1000 doses of the J & J vaccine a month.  There will probably be even less next month due to J & J's manufacturing problems.

Some of you also saw I went to I-Hop for my birthday pancakes after my shot.I love anything free.

This is what I ordered on take-out

and this is what it looked like when I assembled it at home.  Please don't laugh too hard.  It may not have been as pretty, but it sure tasted good.  And it had the most calories of all the pancakes, too.  Did I also mention it was FREE?

Please be aware that Valerie is in the hospital/clinic.  It will be later in the week before she will have a chance to visit.