Hi! Im Phoebe Grace and I'm new here.

[phoebegrace]

I'm neurodivergent and was diagnosed Dec 23rd of 2022 at age 52. I'm now 53. My special interests are being creative with art. I do metal stamping and squeegee painting. I collect taxidermy & wet specimens. I love beachcombing and collecting seashells. I'm from Fresno, Ca.

 

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[Human Avatar]

Hello I like collecting shells as well.

 

[phoebegrace]

Hello I like collecting shells as well.

 

[phoebegrace]

Hi there! How long have you been collecting shells for? Are you fortunate enough to live close to the beach? I'm 2 and a half hours away from them.

 

[phoebegrace]

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[Aspychata]

Welcome to the forum. Great hobbies you have.

 

[phoebegrace]

Hi there! Thanks for the amazing welcome!!

 

[phoebegrace]

Welcome to the forum. Great hobbies you have.

Hi! Thank you! What are some of yours?

 

[Aspychata]

I use to do stain glass, l like doing colored pencils,cooking new recipes for friends, and l like to help those when l can. Thanks for asking.

 

[phoebegrace]

I use to do stain glass, l like doing colored pencils,cooking new recipes for friends, and l like to help those when l can. Thanks for asking.

Wow! Stained glass! I can't cook good for the life of me. Lol Helping others is such an amazing blessing!

 

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[phoebegrace]

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Hi and thank you for the welcome!

 

[annO]

I'm neurodivergent and was diagnosed Dec 23rd of 2022 at age 52. I'm now 53. My special interests are being creative with art. I do metal stamping and squeegee painting. I collect taxidermy & wet specimens. I love beachcombing and collecting seashells. I'm from Fresno, Ca.

Hello. I also like collecting seashells (and fossils and rocks). I have also been diagnosed later in life (43) and have so much to learn. See ya around!

 

[Human Avatar]

Hi there! How long have you been collecting shells for? Are you fortunate enough to live close to the beach? I'm 2 and a half hours away from them.

Hello ! I started a few years ago . I only go to beach once a year. I live about 3 hrs from the beach I go to .
So I collect some every year . My other special interests are composing music and recording and history. I also like old advertising stuff too . Also what is metal stamping ?

 

[phoebegrace]

Hello ! I started a few years ago . I only go to beach once a year. I live about 3 hrs from the beach I go to .
So I collect some every year . My other special interests are composing music and recording and history. I also like old advertising stuff too . Also what is metal stamping ?

Cool interests! Metal stamping is when I take aluminum circles or dog tags and turn them into keychains or necklaces. I made the one in the picture. So....the moon, stars, rocket ship, robot etc are each individually placed and hit into the aluminum. Each item it's a somewhat thick solid metal peg and at the tip is the stamp of the item (say the rocketship) I place the picture side firmly against the aluminum where I want to stamp it. Then I take my 2 1/2 pound metal mallet and hit the top of the peg. This sets the imprint of the picture into the aluminum. After I've finished stamping everything on there, I color it in permanent marker. Then buffer the excess ink off and it's finished.

 

[phoebegrace]

Hello. I also like collecting seashells (and fossils and rocks). I have also been diagnosed later in life (43) and have so much to learn. See ya around!

Hi!!!! I just found my first seashell fossils a month ago!! How are you doing/adjusting etc to your late diagnosis if it's okay to ask? If it's to personal I completely understand.

 

[annO]

Hi!!!! I just found my first seashell fossils a month ago!! How are you doing/adjusting etc to your late diagnosis if it's okay to ask? If it's to personal I completely understand.

Thanks for asking. I'm still on the shy side of it and trying to take in more info than I put out while still trying not to avoid interaction completely. I've been reading around the forums nonstop and finding some answers to my questions. I relate to so many things I'm reading and have to stop myself from trying to respond to everything I see. I get into very deep thought rabbit holes when I'm preparing to share a response (written or verbal) to anything in every situation. Blah blah anyway, too much.

Congratulations on your first fossil find! Do you know what it's a fossil of??

 

[Luca]

Welcome, Phoebe!

I’m also very creative, I’m always looking for new art projects and DIY projects (I just spent the past few hours making hat hangers and a purse hanger for my house), and I live right on the coast (and next to a saltwater river) so I’m at the beach a lot!

That metal stamping is so cool!! I have dogs, and I would love to have collar tags like that!

I hope you enjoy it here, there are lots of cool and interesting people with fun hobbies, you already fit right in!

 

[Gerald Wilgus]

Welcome, Phoebe. I was diagnosed late also, at age 60. I like your interests. I collect shells of sorts, the shells are from trilobites of the Devonian, about 390 million years old.