It has been made apparent to me that this is really a family affair not just what I have orginally thought would be a forum for my glass work...so there you have it. I'm not sure how to redirect the name but thats where I happily fall back on Rich's computer-wizardry. Happy Fourth to you all. K & R
ps. the Tongans are coming
With all the hubub going on in the back, the front began to wimper and demand attention....so I cut up some tables installed some new lighting and built a new table(slate tiles to surface it soon). The result is not too bad. Back to the pavers for the 4th of July>>>>>>>>. Dug....we will be having that summer party soon I hope. The rocket was fun but way to many safeguards....time to disable some and shoot the buggar at local wildlife..LATAH
Rich
We were thrilled to get in a short, one-hour kayak...the river is Heaven!!!
What a treat, Friday night and Sushi at Taro, with Taro. Now you all (ha, all...I mean Brenda and Lori) know we love Mikuni's...we've been to the Folsom, Downtown and Arden locations. But after much debate as to where to go we ended up at Taro's (again) . To our surprise and delight of sitting at the sushi bar, tonight are sushi was prepared by the Mikuni franchise owner, Taro. He was a kick, very interactive with those of us at the bar and even let many of us try his signature made, sake. And look at my dish, omg...when the menu said that its shaped like ???, I would have never guessed that I would have gotten the actual dish that I got! I was soooooooooooooooo embarassed, next time Rich will have to order it! Enjoy your weekend~stay cool!!!
But the ying yang turned out just Okay. I need to buy another stained glass hanger, just a little bigger than the last one. Since I used three sheets of glass, it blobbed out to an extra half inch to inch...and purple is just too dark in my mind. Glass is beautiful since its see-through, so too dark isn't what I want! However this may be a good piece in our fountain, I can see water running over it.
Chores, chores and and more chores. The backyard project had a baby step forward but the heat and other more pressing items required our attention. Once the chores were complete, I was off for a bit of retail therapy. Happy fathers day to Rich (he's our furry family's pa ) and any other Pa Pas out there!!!
Rich's birthday gift in action...plus see our Picture link through flicker...Rich took some awesome City pix.
ps. Rich was appointed to the CorPak Board today, look out!!!
We were right back in the groove working on the backyard and acclimated back to Sac! Rich had the jackhammer and I bought 100 pavers today and topped the day with Sushi, Pops in the Park and RICH's Birthday icecream. And a surprise visit with Juliaaaaaaaah~delicious! Here are some pic.s from the Glen Hall Pops in the Park and the capper of the evening was a perfecto birthday giftie from Scruff....look at the joy on Rich's face!
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I thought a dream vacation would be a visit to the East Coast, (how cosmopolitan) see a “Show,” do some museums, run up to Boston for a couple days and kayak the Statue of Liberty…..well lets just say that it sounds good is as far as it goes. The rain or alternating oppressive humidity really made the entire trip much more challenging than it needed to be. There was little rest and the pleasure was in spending time with our family.
My nephew, Kris lives in the West side of the Village. We enjoyed a great walking tour of “the village” and a killah meal at Extra Virgin. But Rich and I were plagued with a bit of vertigo (not the U2 kind!) after our 4 hour kayak around the Statue earlier in the day and while eating in the smallish restaurant, where we were literally tucked in the back where we where the wait staff had to delivery everything around a pole/column but the constraining surroundings, plus the post “sea legs” we were rocking and rolling until the Chianti hit!
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Well we couldn’t be happier to be home in sunny
We are thinking pavers instead of flagstone. Rich bought a small sampling to see how it will work and we really like it. Plus I tried the hole drilling function on my grinder and it totalllly worked. I love the color in this piece and it totalllly fit this frame purchased on ebay. wooo hoooo, margaritas tonight!
you might ask what we are doing for the holiday weekend, Jazz festival? camping? jumping from a plane? Nope, the home improvement project continues...with a new recruit. Nephew Kurt, open to some "hard labor" in exchange for cash, money. So we spent the morning shoveling dirt out and the afternoon was spent shoveling sand back in! Rich's vision is starting to come together, bring on the Flagstone!!! Then after a hard-days work, we peeled off dirt/mud encrusted clothes...showered until water turned from mud to clear...then we were off! Drove to the theater and perfect timing....walked straight in to DaVinci Code. We would both give it the thumbs up. Then sushi as Taro-yummy! Hoping to have some time to relax and enjoy ourselves the rest of the weekend. PS. Greg is still hanging in there with us, as long there's Togos for lunch!
Long weekend ahead of us...rented tractor...fun for the entire weekend. don't be too jealous...ps make the rain stop ok?
Ian you are my hero! And look at that happy Lynch Fam, proud to know ya all!
I made the most of the weekend, while Rich was busy being a "jet-setter." He was off to LA to see our nephew, Ian accept the award of "Eagle Scout." Quite an honor and we are very proud. I kept myself busy by traveling down to Richmond, to CR Loo. Every second Saturday they are open to the public and I can buy glass at about a 30% discount. It was great and worth the drive...and since I was down there I trapsed around the Omega Salvage yards, in Berkley and spent some time at the Fourth Street shops....love it there, the Pasta shop for lunch, the Stained Glass Garden and Miki's paper store. Also crossed the highway and spent some time enjoying the Eagles Hotel California, watching th ocean and viewing the city from across the bay. Great day and came home, put together a (hopefully) cewl new glass design and watched Shop Girl. Today I enjoyed a bit more shopping with my Mamma for Mamma's day. Love her...glass to follow, gotta watch Survivor tonight, go Danielle...
We had a great weekend, cleaning the house then tripping around town. We went to Pottery World and stole ideas to make our own fountain. Then off to Silverado to buy slate and looked at flagstone, yes the project will get back on track since Rich is feeling better. I'm sad about the Kings game and after today's Adelman news....next year should be interesting. Tig's glad to have her pool back and Allies just always happy. Back to 24, the plane is going down toooo fast, people are screaming...bye
bring on ebay...note Richs pieces transformation...single sheet of glass really doesn't hold its shape. GO KINGS!
We were able to spend the morning in the studio; these are Rich's pieces prior to firing then headed off to A Taste of New York. I saw a write-up in the Sac Bee and their Phile Cheese steaks looked good. So we headed to Elk Grove with the dogs in tow. The restaurant was playing "playoff basketball" and had a lively energy, and when we got up to the counter and I said, that I had read about them in the Sac Bee, and Rich said, he just wanted a taste from home. So the guy at the counter said where are you from, and Rich said
Went to yummy new "Jack's Urban Eats" style, Greek restaurant called Opa!Opa! Yummy, I had the garlic chicken pita, Rich had regular gyro and we shared an Orzo pasta salad. Then, YES THEN....they had another room, a dessert room. Rich had a cookie with chocolate and I had a Mocha toffee cake with dreamy cream frosting. Yeah...the weeks almost over!
link with directions for ARC's production on The Hobbit:http://www.arc.losrios.edu/~arcthtre/images/Hobbit%20PR_PSA%20text%20only.pdf
Best of luck Bryce!
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Rich and I spent most of the night at the Urgent Care Center (close to Aplachian ER here in Sac). I received that call at work that you never want to recieve, "I've hurt myself, I think I need to go to the Urgent Care." Thats all he said and I was off, out to my car. And then a recieve a call enroute from our neighbor, Nelson (who we love) asking when I was going to be there, as Rich was not doing well. I was just blocks away...I wisked in, picked him up and off to Urgent Care. Dude was not happy, and although I tried to miss the bumps in the road the rain has really reaked havoc with our roads and in the Fourrunner, bumpy is part of the gig. So one and a half painful hours waiting to even be igknowledged, once he was in, I was stuck waiting. Then the nurse comes out and calls for "Kris" and I look around, no one knows my name, but she said that I need to help. So Rich flirted through his pain with all the nurses, who I must say were awesome once they were engaged and the Dr. couldn't have been more coordial and calm. He was great and for the first time that night (read three and a half hours later) Rich could breathe a sigh of releif. No broken Collar Bone, no dislocation just an excuriating shoulder separation. We are hoping for a quick recovery, since we have had plans for months to Kayak the Statue of Liberty during our New York vacation in June. But he's tough, you ask how tough...tough enough to know that after he was thrown from his bike behind Cal Expo, that he had to get his raggity arse back on the bike and ride one-handed seven miles home. He is a stud, one who is sleeping under a Viacadan enduced fog right now but a STUD.
ps. sorry for the lack of spellcheck, can't figure the fraking thing out.
No we did not run for shelter or hide in the house all day, we threw the bikes on the car and headed out for some geocaching. Went up to Hazel, biked through the freeway side of Lake Natomas...raindrops came and went but we prevailed. We were on our mountain bikes and did the wussy verison of Single tracking. Lunch at the Cellular Cafe (ok-nothing special) but they have a great toy store. I think the ladies that work there were embarrassed for us, cause we were having more fun than away of kids. We bought fish that light up, finger lights, funny kitty that lights up and insect eyeglasses.
Then off to some of the further away geocaches in the Carmichael area. Our fav was the Lizard's tongue...someone took a plastic lizard and put the cache in its belly....points for being the most original cache. We found a total of 5 out of like 8.
Then off to JB3, sportswear discounters. Lob it. Then off to the grocery store...now we (Rich) are working on fettuchini with shrimp and pancetta....YummmmmmmmmmmmmmY. Great Saturday....no real rain yet.
Rich had to work the levees saturday and I went to the Gem Faire at Cal Expo. I bought a few strands of beads, some cool findings and miscellaneous goodies. Then did a bit of birthday shopping for my mom, her birthday is Monday. After a mini nap, we went to S-U-S-H-I and second Saturday's Art walk. Sushi at Mikunis is always fantastic...the Art walk was weak and a number of places weren't even open...oh well. Today was chore-filled but our girls went to the groomers and came back with two Breck girls!! Check out my first attempt at pendants...
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Our local neighborhood got together for Easter fun and pancake breakfast. I have some easter memorials, as a child I remember a easter egg hunt where I found all of the eggs. I was thrilled only to be reprimanded for not letting the younger kids get some eggs.
Well today I was able to view the other side of the experience and I just ate it up. Cake walk and easter egg hunt. So many excited kids faces and proud parents. And the easter bunny to boot. Thanks goodness for the sun. New glass piece idea floating in my head...stay tuned.
Then dinner from Bella Bru eaten at the river with dogs running free. the River is way up here...the rain will eventually end, right?
Geocaching today in Davis an utter success!! And a visit to Davis' Noodle City, delectable!!! Stressfree and fancyfree! PJs on, fire burning, kitties and movie playing...looks like a great Saturday Night!
Ok, this is a test, do you see what i see???
Write in the comments what you see as the image, yes I'm testing you to see if the image comes through. That is, someone who isn't me or my family.
thanks K
ps. I love this one!!!
Work took me to Oklahoma City and my mom was so sad because all of her OK City family are no longer with us but I did try to channel my inner Oklahomian...I ate crab cakes both nights there, dined on fried okra, there were tornado watches both nights and went to Pearl's on Lake Hefner (yummy) I think when I heard the average home price was like $80,000 I rethought the appeal. The people are super nice and what's this thing called Eskimo Joes?
PS. flew in from OK City today and opted to go into work(even though is should have gone straight home and crawled in bed) because my new mailorder Bulleye glass was in....yeahhhhh!
Natalie Portman rocks! Now I must see V is for Vendetta! Saw Closer recently and rewatched (thanks HBO)
Note the red is Jolly Rancher Cherry red, I saw it at the store and even though red is one of the most expensive colors, I bought it. And just lobbb it. Then there is my custom made sushi plate with a spot for the wasabi/soy sauce...cool, hugh?
Friday night we ventured to my favorite little town, Winters for dinner. I had always wanted to go to Buckhorns Steak and Road House. Well between the moose, deer and elk heads the meal was just o-k. We were really disappointed but you don't know if you don't try...right? Winters is always a treat for me, you can see the stars, smell the almond trees and the pace is just little slower. Saturday Rich and I both worked-oh well. Saturday night we watched Ladder 49-good movie. Sunday we laid low, I created two glass pieces and napped! So the kiln's a glowin...results to come later this week.
went to sushi with our neighbhor, Nelson at Taro, in Arden. Great company but honestly after the week of work that I had, I didn't think I'd make it. I made it home Friday night around 6pm and fell, face first into my bed for a 15 minute nap...glad I got up and spent the time with him. I find it very interesting to meet with your neighbors to find out what their next home improvement projects are and you can always trade numbers for a tree guy or a fence company. Then Saturday I was able to spend time with my sister, Kathy. We tried her new mini kiln for jewelry work....its not a space ship and does get to 1450 degrees in 45 minutes...great for small stuff. Today, Rich and Mark are jackhammering our backyard patio. Our goal is decomposed granite and flagstone....its going to be an "all summer" project.
Great day in spite of it all. Rich and I headed to Casa Blanca for Moroccan~delicous and a bellydancer who looked into our souls and would have made Rich or I rob banks. But we weren't her only fans, her fans came in all shapes, sizes and ages...
so glad to be home
the end of January did a less than 24 hours breeze through in
then we ate localally...mistake!
oh well next off to Folsom lake for the girls...amazing how low it was but the girls enjoyed it tons. it was nice to see them playing and allie did run out of steam early but no limping (yeah!) Where there is water, Tig loves to play rock. She blindly claws to find a perfect rock, holds her breathe and dunks her entire head to find her rock, then pops up with your treasure, you’ll see in one of the pictures that she found a tablet verses her regular 3 inch rock. She’s crazy for rocks! Then we towed our tired pups home, did a bit of chores and heading out to Centro for Mexican dinner DOWNTOWN-muy delicous and did the Artists Collaborative to admire and maybe steal some art ideas. Happy Valentines day and come on spring!!!
Ps. Jolynne-hell yeah, bring it on!!!
Not much of a political animal, taping the stupid broadcast...so we can fast forward through all of the clapping and political masterbation...
I'm so glad to be home, flew in last night just after midnight-ackkkkkkk. one plane delayed because of a broken heating element in the windshield wiper...then on the other plane, there was another mechanical problem, home three hours late...little rummy at work today.
New Orleans was amazing to actually see it, the devastation, the look of lose on people's faces, the closed businesses...so much lose. Some people wanted to talk about it and other just didn't...i brought rich's camera but i just couldn't take pictures of the debris, flood damage and boarded up houses/businesses, its seemed so wrong. i will share my pictures of Lake Pontchatrain(note the 27 mile bridge), the very nice mirror in the Loew Hotel and my view at sunset.
Our friend Edda celebrated her birthday with friends and family and sushi. Her family, little sister Julia and newly betroved hubby Kevin are leaving to venture forward into the wide world. Julia and I became the closest of friends when we commuted together when she just moved to sacramento. She was shy, new to town and a little unsure...now look at her, professional, wife, a good driver :p and confidently beautiful-I will miss her sooooo much...we had play dates together painting ceramics and solving all the worlds ails, we always synched up. Her smile is remarkable and I wish them both every happiness!
yes snowshoeing (sp?) with the Health club today at Donner. We were snowshoeing virgins ! It was hard to manage the lawnchairs on our feet, staying "singletrack" and remembering to look up from time to time to see the surroundings. Ironic to go out of Donner State Memorial, with a group of people...all I can say it the Health Club group seemed a bit stringy! Fun group of people, some new and some repeats. We have officially become the old-timers since we have done five of these outings, Rich has become the group leaders PIA (pain in ass) and great bantering rival. Can say, i was happy to return my rented snowshoes after an hour or two, only to sit down (thank gawd) and consume some middle aged vitamins (ALEVE). We ate our lunch with the group and bid "see ya" and went to Truckee. Theres some great art for sale in Truckee, all with huge price tags, so we steal ideas for things to make ourselves. Truckee is always great and not too big, just like two hours of poking around. Then on the way home, we stopped by the Mikuni's on Hazel-not our favorite but sushi is always good (according to Rich) A great Saturday and I'm looking forward to the wine glass Rich has just offered me and football tomorrow.
ok, my concept of "independent studies" and Sac City's is dramatically different. Frackers! Their definition is you sit in an existing class and do your art(drawing, painting, ceramics, ect...) there, on site. The Art director informed me that no one is interested in glass but there used to be a teacher that did glass and they aren't there any more. So I ask you whats "independent" about that???????????????????
I must have created a perfect class in my mind, since I've taking practically every art class there that I can...and after my last semester, the professor from Art Hell...think i'm taking the semester off, again Frackers! must bite the bullet (if I can do it and stay employed and sane!!! and married) move over to Sac State...scared, scared scared. Either way here's my latest glass-damnit i really wanted a full semester of glass escapades, lastly I'll leave you with FRICKING FRACKERS!
Rich and I balanced a healthy dose of relaxation, a bit of art, major chowing and pet therapy this weekend. Enjoyed meeting some new ladies at Regina's baby shower, very fun. Rich made killer Gumbo saturday night-I know it kinda looks like vomit, but its not!!!! and meeps has been a total shit the past week, so some how this pictures seems like revenge. Hopefully I'll get into Sac City's Special Studies class, and I can have the entire semester to practice glass work-yeahhhhhhhhhh! Then theres the fact that 24's back on, double yeahhhhhh! Lastly mini movie review: Broken Flowers....BoRinG!!!!! thats it for now...glass forthcoming.TTFN
note Allie's on all fours. The surgery was canceled and she's recovering well. Between Meeps hyprothyroidism, Tig's Lupus and Allie's torn ACL all are keeping the vet, in the green. Keep your fingers crossed for her.
Here's the results of our NYE aperture pot pour(read drinking and glass, a perfect union!!!) with dug, lucy, lori, sean and Rich. Sean let us do this in his big kiln and we were all just astounded with the results: otherworldly! More to come! k
Friday night my friends joined me at the skating rink to celebrate my birthday. We all had the best time but left a little sore, stiff and bruised. Then partied at my 80's house with some darts, 20 questions and snackies. Rich had to work the next day, so it wasn't a late night but a most successful gathering of greatness. Saturday Rich road the levees all day and for NYEs dinner, we headed to our friends Sean and Loris, gathering with Doug and Lucy, for a craft experience and PIN BALL. This morning, my actual birthday, we went out to breakfast at the Rivers Edge. YUMMY and whats with no Rose Parade???? Opened gifts when we got home, I'm the luckiest forty year old in the world! Happy new year all, love Kris.
getting close to getting over the holiday cold...hack hack hack. Enjoyed the Roman Candle show in our neighborhood last night at 2:30 am....crazy! We are having a quiet and calm xmas with plans of a Rich especialle dinner of rouladen and spaetzle-yummy. Happy Merry.
Saturday we got verification from our vet that Allie tore her ACL, yes spaz has a sports injury. We have solicited feedback from my sissy who's Jack Russel, Reggie had a similar injury and healed on his own and a coworker with a queensland healer who's had the surgery on her spaz dog on both sides-oy veh! So I'm totally open to any feedback, recommendation or advice?
On a possitive note, SURVIVOR!!!!! Went to our buddies house, ate tooooo much and enjoyed our 10th season pool. RICH won with Dannie!
So one pix of Rich with his winnings, the other pix are my lament to Allie...
ps. 20 days until 4o!
Little Mason has his Santa outfit on and tiger lily has her new festive pet bed...notice Meeps in the outside the slider. A little xmas shopping accomplished! This week's link (double click on the title) is our latest project. Four more art classes, can't wait to get this freakin behind me!!! and 27 days 'til I'm 40-oy!
Here are some of Rich's pix from his family trip...since he went to So Cal with his brother...he took his camera with him...
While I was on vacation during the holiday, my mom and I went to see my sister and her hubby~couple days on the ranch was awesome!!! I'm afraid no glass pix until after the holiday given now I'm working on gifts.
Lastly, for my Family Guy fan friends, if you didn't see the Peanut Butter Jelly dance by Brian, double click the title to go the the link. Happy December~yes Decemeber.
Either way, totalllllly thrilled with my glass project for the weekend. Drove to the glass store friday night with a plan and knew I needed glass to start Saturday morning. So woke up 7am, ready to start...with Lilo and Stitch on, in the background...Rich, Greg and I went to a fun discount sporting goods/clothing store, off to vietnamese for lunch and hair cuts for the guys. Came home to switch on the kiln, a little ebay cruising and watched a twisted movie (11:14). I would recommend to those strong of heart, its not for pansies-had me looking through my fingers, a couple of times. Happily I woke up today and marched straight to the kiln. I'm so happy with the results and got to go to the thrift store to buy dog toys-sign of a perfect weekend.
Wonderful visit from my nephew today, it was great to catch up. Lob Kris....good luck in NY~may all your dreams come true!!!
Hiking was beautiful today with a crew from Natomas Racquet Club. We were able to snack on a quick sandwich on Arch rock, and rest a bit...Rich endulged.
We are now home and pooped. Only two blisters, sore hips and tight calfs but Bruce's famous hamburgers, Tule Elk and banana slugs-made it a successful trip.
drinking with Mark always results in this face...why is that???
ps. post halloween fun!!!
Not to sounds cocky but I too "love it when a plan comes together." And the kiln is fired up and running again....enjoyed my weekend visit with my besty friend, Brenda down in San Jose. We shopped til we dropped and bonded with her kitties.
and the women who love them. Rich had his day in the strobe light. Hundreds of happy/scared kids enjoying the holiday. Its great kids can be kids, then grow up to be well adjusted kids :D. This was the third year and most sucessful at our community barn!!! Happy Halloween!!!!
Attending the Nicholas Sparks talk at Borders today~seen here with Micha, his brother. Cool guy and great author.
ok trying a new technique, fiber board circle on the bottom, next to the shelf paper, then opaque blue, then two strips of fiber board...show you the results to see if my vision came through.
Birthday Sushi for our bestest friend Mark! Edda, Mark, Rich and I went to our FAV place, Mikuni~downtown. Plus Mark was able to spin the Birthday wheel and won the infamous 'Bag o rice' excellent company, sushi and sake!!!
Went to see Wallace and Gromit, Curse of the WereRabbit....love Wallace and Gromit! Then off to do more chores. Greg and Rich worked on Halloween. No football, relaxing or naps...weekends just go tooooo fast but no Wilma here, so I can't do any complaining. Hope all goes the best possible for Florida!
Today was great...went to Target and bought stuff for Halloween decorating. Then went to Michael's and bought stuff for Halloween decorating...then went to Sloughhouse roadside farmers market and yes bought stuff for Halloween decorating....we both have different means to deocorate. Rich installed a flying spider, with a strobe light and shrill alarm sound and I embraced the pumpkin, hay bale and new halloween flag for the house. Either way Rich's eight year old is in touch with his evil genius...look at him in his lair, and if you look closer he is creating a hand held buzzer that will shock you when the button is pushed....doesn't he look happy. enjoying some nice Zin, watch Rome from HBO, then off to bed~a great saturday.
Our Saturday Night was spent at the
College Greens East Homeowners'
Association spaghetti feed to raise funds for park benches at our local community park. All the characters were out, kids dancing, great band and neighbors getting to know each other. Plus a great raffle!!!
Besides that chores and more chores. Tried a glass technique that flopped, I will keep you posted...
a beauti-fall weekend! We did tons of chores and the house is clean for a milisecond, then once again it was covered in hair balls, pawprints and kibble dribblings! Well my Mom and I went to Sutter Creek today and stopped by the Sloughouse vegitable stand and bought some awesome pumpkins. Happy fall!
ps. some day soon I'll do some glass again~I hope!
A fun weekend in Reno. We were able to see Rodney Carrington, live, in-person...whata hoot. He was great but I could have seen hours more!!! Then the next day, Reno was hosting SUPERMOTO, A GO GO! Now we are not moto fans, but the enthusiasm is contagious! Just standing in front of a curve that they are going around at 75mph, is exhilerating. Then the track had two different jump portions, those guys (and gals) get air! Needless to say, we freakin loved it. Then off to
Sierra Trading Post (www.sierratradingpost.com) for a bit o shopping :D...very fun. On our way home we did some exploring of side roads and photography! Great weekend, now back to work cuz I didn't win big on the penny slots!
This year's tourney was another "event" Wonderful food, friends, and sunshine. If you'd never tried bocce, I highly recomend it~just plain fun!
thanks Barnum and Bailey for totally entertaining our work group~if you haven't been lately...let me tell you the circus is so fun!!
two more down the drain. I have no idea why stripey one broke and the other one slumped wierd. I must be learning soooooooooooooooooo by wrecking my own art. Arrested Development's on, going back to that-k
you'll have to deal with the fuzzy picture, i chose this picture because at least the colors were true and then returned the camera (damn) the other is a piece in process. kiln was fired last night and again today to do some slumping. I'll keep you posted. Went to our friends wedding Saturday night (why do women naturally cry at weddings???) Love to our friends Julia and Kevin! Tonights Family Guy. is it sad to be more excited for that verses the Emmys??? No ones asking "what is Stewie wearing tonight?" Well the weekends over, it was a good one~next weekend BOCCE~wahhhhoooo. And I must give props to my Uncle Sonny for visiting my site :D
so we tried to scrap out dipping impressions for the sushi plate for wasbi and such...and i didn't kiln wash the fire brick. so life lesson, i must kiln wash when not using shelf paper. so back on the horse, kiln is going, keep your fingers crossed...
the cactus ones kinda cheesy....this is when kilns do good...stay posted for when they go bad. TGI( almost)F.
ps. I know its retarded but I can't wait for Rich to get home so that we can watch the OC....he he he.
don't go unpunished...
So i had this great idea after seeing that you could take your dogs rafting on the Truckee. the day was filled with drop dead traffic, unhappy dogs and getting bounced outta the raft onto to the rocks. Although I thought the dogs would love this adventure, i was sooooooooooo very wrong. while every raft around us was having a good time, relaxing with a cold one, rich and i were paddling as fast as we could just to get the dogs outta the boat. there were some highlights...allie bounced and bounded along the rivers edge while tiger lily looks on. i lost one shoe in "cement mud"....rendering the other one left to travel alone forever. and yes
Allie and I were bounced outta the boat. i wound up like a turtle on her shell flounder in what rich claims was three inches of water. all in all we wound up laughing all the way home...what were we thinking??? but look at tig and al, poooooped out. happy labor day!
still working on the perfect sushi...
but a sturdy boat and a day on the river. Rich and I enjoyed the American River on his 15 foot aluminum fishing boat, very different than by kayak, gotta say I liked it. If was very relaxing and cool, given it was 95+.
Then it was a shopping frenzy trying to find me a new camera...I bought a Konica/Minolta Z20 after two trips to Costco, Frys and yes Wallyworld.
Today I went to a friend's Bridal Shower, very fun and ended the day in the studio...the kilns cranking away and I hope to have two new pieces tomorrow...i'll share if they don't suck. tomorrow monday but then a long weekend, I can make it!
no glass updates, shopping ebay for stringers, noodles and different supplies. busy with school, drawing class and its so frustrating for me...first project...draw feet or shoes oy, then we moved on to our hands. this is so hard to do correctly and its painful (for me) to actually draw what i see. it requires a great deal of concentration and focus.
i added my latest find from a antique shop in old town fair oaks...now you must know i'm not a antique store shopper, but these chickens must have been pulling me in so that i would take them home. well it worked and i love them, bach, bach bach...more glass soon!
Ok, I'm starting a new vein of glass work...what do you think? I was shocked how the glass fused on the shelf verses bottom of the kiln, on the shelf spreads/blobs more. I am really trying to work smaller to allow for the blobbing factor...plus Im learning that there are different glass thicknesses...a no brainer but taking me a while to wrap my brain around. tomorrow's friday, thank goodness.
did you find the wasabi?
take care all!
five delicous days off, in a row! i started it off right, met sissy in emeryville...a little shopping then off to her friend, Lex's stained glass studio. there was both stained glass and fused pieces. we enjoyed a delicous meal and micro-brewed beer. then the next day off to CR Loo. i found a number of beautiful pieces of glass, some fiber rope and supplies. sissy and I met a very nice lady in a killah new green mustang. then off to Rosamaria's cafe, in point richmond-oh muy gawd, yummy. returned home to head out again for a weekend of camping at kelly's/omega. kelly's land is just out of truckee in the tahoe national forest and usually crawling with people. but we choose to go up there while no one else was up there-kinda spooky. yes bears and critters but we had our brave dogs. we were going up there with the perseid meteor shower. well by nightfall, very few sightings but we planned to get up at 1am. 1am and we got up to find very few meteors-wah! the next day was great, relaxing- reading, scrabble and chess-yeah livin large. then came home, caught up on some tv: Battlestar Galactica-love it!!!! today off to the california state fair, fair food, gotta love it! i love to see all of art, crafts and livestock. started school tonight, part two of begining drawing. thats it for now, chow. k
off to the bay area to meet my sissy. we are going to CR Loo, they are open every second saturday to the public (said like ron white pub-licke). i hope to buy some cool glass and supplies. today we shall catch up and do a bit of shoppin. i am bringing three bracelet blanks to her to have her form them~yeahooo.
these are 6 x 6 and I'm unsure how to present them~any suggestions? The blue is actually gold leaf-crazy, hugh? The red is sheet cooper. I have a total of four. Rich wants me to make a box out of them, but I think three affixed to wood, as a wall hanging would be cool.
enjoyed the 104 degree summer day at Folsome lake. Togos sandwiches, ice cold pepsi, two willing poochies and a couple of good books
Meepers, we are all here to serve him!
Glass Bracelet
David ( The Master ) Bromberg in reno
Chinese new Year in SF
