Mini Vacation

Last week was an unusual one but lots of fun. I spent a week with my best friend, Karen, in her hometown of Sequim. A very, fast growing little burg on the other side of the waters of Seattle. I was greeted with the damp atmosphere the west coast is noted for, thus cleaning out my sinuses but Sequim hardly received any actual rainfall as the surrounding areas were swamped.

Mike stayed home and tended the homefront. He was entertained by several of our friends and, of course, Ruby Ann shadowed him where ever he went.

Karen's hubby went hunting for almost two weeks so us girls had a grand time. Both of us torch glass and this trip, I showed Karen how to use her kiln to fuse glass. She is totally inspired now and having, also, showed her that she can do borosilicate glass with her torch and kiln, she now has bigger horizons to explore.

We managed to make a big mess every day, in some form or another. A couple days of rubber stamping, watercolors, crocheting, shopping, Casino (glad I stuck to the $20 limit I took!!) and and and. Karen is a wonderful cook, so we ate a lot more than we intended. With the husbands out of the picture, we had intended to eat light... HA!!!

Karen lives close to the Olympic Game Reserve and one morning (in the dark) I heard the Grizzly Bear roar. It was soooo loud. It resonated throughout the valley and scared the crap out of me as I was out in the dark looking for Karen's dog. I thought it might have gotten out and got the dog!! Karen laughed at me.. imagine that.

I wish I had a picture. Blogs are so much more interesting with them, I realize.

Wild attempt gone good!

I decided that doing florals in softglass is a challenge but found out doing them in boro is even more challenging!! But look at this! It is about one inch wide.. l boro.... Wahoo...

I actually put something up on Ebay this am. I haven't done that for two years now. Boy, they have made some changes... my sunshine set.. clicking on the picture should take you to the listing....

More fusing projects.

I have been experimenting some more with this technique. These projects came from the kiln. The halo gold really speaks to me but some of the other lustres, I am still exploring..

My little Dragon..

I watched Dorian make this little guy. He is hanging in my studio for inspiration!! Lots of detail in him including his tummy. Tummy is made with dichro glass encased with clear...

My cousins front yard

this is a not too uncommon scene from my cousin's place in Ketchikan.. Their house is to the left of the red one.