tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16379333062730465512011-07-28T08:36:15.855-07:00Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09454889312954978360noreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1637933306273046551.post-8791656034566214852010-01-08T11:04:00.000-08:002010-01-08T13:10:53.817-08:00

I guess I'm listening and observing and then somewhere down the road my subconscious kicks in about a thought I had, on that thing I heard or saw, and I'll head out on an idea to make it my own. I have learned, (I'm old enough to have learned hopefully) that a little study on any subject before jumping in will usually keep one from putting foot A in mouth B! I've discovered that research is fun

Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09454889312954978360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1637933306273046551.post-81222601085945724852009-09-21T10:49:00.000-07:002009-12-12T14:41:58.559-08:00

I have been remiss in posting to my blog. As I recovered from the loss of our dog, I just got busy taking care of me and focusing on the shows I would doing this spring, summer and fall. I am here, do have a life with my husband John, am making beads and doing shows. This blog thing is somewhat like climbing Mt Hood. From a distance it looks beautiful and covered in snow most of the year it kind

Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09454889312954978360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1637933306273046551.post-79274790953738782572009-05-11T12:28:00.000-07:002009-12-12T14:41:58.577-08:00

Boomer, our beloved dog8-3-95 to 4-23-09I've been dragging around for two weeks now trying to put this post together so that it would be meaningful to me and possibly helpful to others. I had no idea this would be so hard.It was 1996 when Boomer came into our lives. I had not finished grieving for our first Lab, Snickers. She died very unexpectedly at 13; from breast cancer that had spread to her

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Administration

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When you're leaning over a torch melting glass, sometimes it's hard to know how quickly your bead is cooling. Most of the time you don't want it gooey hot when it goes in the kiln, but it shouldn't be too cool either. Flame polishing always brings out the shine on the exterior of the glass and you want to do that before it goes in the kiln. It was late into the night and I really misjudged this

Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09454889312954978360noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1637933306273046551.post-13499400492072304452009-01-05T10:14:00.000-08:002009-12-12T14:41:58.601-08:00

It's officially the first Monday work day of 2009! Whoo hoo! As I was moving through my morning rituals with 3 cats and a lab I saw this glimmer of yellow out of the corner of my eye. Lo and behold my little rose is blooming. My kids are always trying to keep me young, and for my birthday last year they gave me a VW bus planter with the word "Hippy" on the back license plate.It was a lot of fun

Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09454889312954978360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1637933306273046551.post-6246327832553965422009-01-04T14:12:00.000-08:002009-12-12T14:41:58.608-08:00

This seems like the perfect day to start a blog. There have been more exciting days recently with this wild weather we've been having in the Pacific NW. There was at least 18 inches all around our house. It was beautiful. A bit of a challenge to get out of our steep driveway, but it forced me to stay home and melt glass! My favorite thing to do. Boomer seemed to enjoy it outside!

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