LAMPWORK BEADS
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The walk to Seaside went very well, it took us just a few minutes over 30 hours! We had a great time and as you can see from the photo...the weather was absolutely fabulous! We will be having our post-party a week from Sunday and heaven help the pub at Edgefield! Butterfly Babes (gone bad) were quite a 'happening' at the Tiki Lounge in Seaside.....I feel a repeat performance coming on! (Too bad we won't get a repeat of the man who jumped off the bridge into the river in front of the Lounge....totally in the buff.....talk about a double take~! )
It looks as if I will have a couple of months to concentrate on torching....the last couple of weeks have been too busy with other activities including a trip to Paris (Las Vegas......darn!) for business (and the yummy bakery at the Paris!) We don't gamble, so, we didn't win! In fact we didn't even put a lowly quarter into a machine....how sad is that? But I did get to watch the fantastic Fountains of the Bellagio....one of the best things in the World!
I have auctions scheduled for every day except Sunday.....but I do have some dazzling transparents coming up for Monday including a set of 16 Ruffles with 3 exciting tube beads (one sized for a focal and 2 smaller ones matched for earrings).....the set is called Waterfall Ruffles and is a mix of blues and greens... don't miss it!
And I do have things happening all the time....a week ago tomorrow the condo building just 2 away from me had quite a fire...a two alarm. From what we have been told it was electrical, one too many plugs in the wall, the straw being an old air conditioner. There were 8 trucks on the scene and though no one was hurt, one condo was gutted (we saw the flames come through the roof) and two others have extensive smoke damage. They have started the cleaning process and it seems to be moving along at a nice pace. Still it makes you think about what is really 'valuable' amongst your 'stuff' and just how valuable is it.
The weather has been beautiful and we have been enjoying it with another evening at Cathedral Park for a concert....Classical this time. And again they made it enjoyable for everyone, including the children. There were kazoos for all the kids and they joined the orchestra for the last piece. Then Wednesday we went to Sandy for their 'Music in the Park' with our favorite Pepe and the Bottle Blonds. The remarkable thing about these concerts is that you can take your picnic, your bottle of wine, chairs, your pet and settle in for 2 hours of entertainment for absolutely no cost! They do pass the 'hat' in Sandy and they do sell raffle tickets for the Classical Shows for some great gifts.....but donations are not required.
I'm taking a quilting class at the "Heart to Hand" quilt shop with my dear friend Ann. The quilt is a hum dinger ...a 'twisted bargello' and it is going to take a while even if the class is only 3 nights. The quilt shop is really cool, they have some of the most interesting classes and something I would best call 'gatherings', my favorite being 'Strip Poker'. You bring a pile of 3 inch fabric strips (a pretty conventional size for 'strip' quilting) and play poker using your strips as 'money'. Usually there is a color theme so you can go home (if lucky) with the makings of a nice quilt! Go check them out at Heart to Hand On Line.
Well, that is enough for now...I have to hit the torch!
Last night we went to the Cathedral Park Jazz Festival....a marvelous free concert which lasts the entire weekend. The Park is underneath the St. Johns Bridge which casts its shadow over the park. A really beautiful spot. And it is so much fun watching the crowd have fun. Everyone brings a picnic or purchases some of the great food available there. It just amazes me that such incredible entertainment is absolutely FREE! The children dancing to the music is always the most entertaining!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!
The weather has turned foul again. In fact, when I was at the grocery today I became thoroughly drenched just in the time it took to get the packages into the trunk of my car! I think our high was 61! And they expect this to hang around for the weekend...too bad for everyone with normal jobs! Walking the dogs is a challenge as you can imagine, they come home looking like drowned rats and smelling abot the same. But somehow the flea season has started anyway! I took care of that today also....
There, I'll bet you thought I fell of the face of the Earth! Yesterday just got away from itself..... I had to finally leave and go to the River before the traffic got much worse and the parking worse than that. Fort Vancouver, Washington has the biggest 4th of July Fireworks show west of the Mississippi and we can watch it from our side of the River (Columbia). The trouble is that everyone wants to see it, so if you don't get there early it is a madhouse and if you get there late you are out of luck because the police close off Marine Drive! Well I decided to put down my work and go. And if that wasn't bad enough I even decided I deserved to eat fried chicken! The weather was the best I could remember in the last 15 years or so......the evening cooled down, but it wasn't cold....and the wind wasn't blowing.... and it wasn't raining!!! The show was fantastic! Last February we went to the Pyrotechic Convention Fireworks in Lake Havasu City....that is where all the manufacturers go to sell their product...the last day they really show (shoot?) it off. We went...the public is invited...and it was spectacular! And let me tell you...for last night Fort Vancouver bought nothing but the best of the best that was available!
