ackkk... Where did the summer go? We are actually enjoying sunshine and 70's this week. Good thing because I have big beads to make and chilly weather would cause more thermal shock and all, you know. I hate dodging hot exploding glass! Dewey is looming and of course I have a last minute idea Fueled by Sue~ my sis. I am making beads like mad and surely will be exhausted enough to sleep on the flight out, I hope as it seems I won't have a chance to run out and buy a novel for the plane. Maybe I have something in the "Donor box" Books I'd never choose for myself but am trying to read so I can "broaden" my horizons. Whatever... some are really great and then there was "Sex in The City" I barely got through the first chapter not enough to keep me interested I guess, Must've been a heckuva show though? I am excited about the dicro images and can't wait to see what kind of a reception they get. I will be schlepping all the loose beads along as well as the Seattle Lampworks Jewelry. I have a couple regulars in Dewey not like the "famous" people though :) You know who you are!! I aspire to join the club but as long as I have to keep my day job I guess I'll just be bringing up the rear~
Love to you all, see you real soon!

Things accomplished hmm... Today I organized my Bullseye Glass. It is my favorite to work in the flame. I keep wandering back to my first love the wildly exotic and tempermental Effetre but using it just makes me love my stable and steady Bullseye more, I don't love the Effetre less I just love the Bullseye more...
All sorted and tidy just as I like it. I can't cook unless I clean the kitchen first either, wonder what that says about me? Last week I ordered some Dichroic images with my own art on them! I was so excited to have this done. I got them on Thursday and used some today with a new bead press I ordered especially for the dichroic images. They are the biggest beads I have ever made. I keep thinking to myself "That isn't a bead it's a frisbee!" :)

Today is the day~ Perfect for pictures of the Rose that grows because of Grace. A Little pictorial tribute to Grandma and the love of growing things I inherited from her. I'll start with shots of "The Rose" A little pink bud and a rare second blooming for fall~
A Picture of Grandma as a girl~
A picture on the cruise before she passed.
I can see it in her eyes...
I am so glad she got to go to Mexico that one last time she was so excited about it when I telked to her before she left her spirits were higher than they had been in months, the doctor had just declared her Cancer Free for the second time in her life. How ironic that she would die from a massive heart attack. I am so thankful we were close at the end and I talked to her often. I am especially thankful for that last phone call we had :)

Cool crisp autumn air~ Woo finally :) I love a cool feel to the morning air it is so refreshing. Work is still rough as they haven't replaced my buddy yet and vacations must go on. I keep looking behind me to see if I have worked my ass off yet....hmph no such luck, ahh well such is my life.
I took pictures of the monster rose but haven't put them into the computer as of yet so you'll just have to live with bead pix again unless I can find something else of interest to put up.
I have been reading an excellent book I discovered in my grandmas things. It is inspiring in a way that I feel is very personal as if it were written for me. The book is called Simple Abundance I am sure it was popular a few years ago as the title was familiar when I first noticed it. It isn't what I assumed... What I am trying to say is it is helping me see things in a new light and the path is clearer. The entry for September 8th starts with a quote from Helen Keller "Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable." and then further along is this " Perhaps you're skilled in one occupation but not thrilled about using those skills anymore. Some other work does secretly thrill you . But the stakes seem too high."
Yep I am thrilled, not so secretly, by lampwork and glass and some of the stakes are high.
Saturday is Grandmas memorial it has taken a long time for everyone to prepare for this.
She passed away in April and I miss her every day. She was a wonderful woman, a perfect lady
and an awesome fisherman ;)