While flames and heat are a great thing in my lampworking world, fire and flames in our neighborhood is not!
Geez, this has been a big year for fires in the Reno and Tahoe areas so far and it’s barely July.
Had another highly visible, smoky blaze in the Caughlin ranch section of town today. We lost a couple dozen homes earlier this winter……..pray you’re all staying safe! (and keep a defensible space around your property!!)
So, I really never check CraigsList very often. I am thinking of listing some of my catering supplies as my life has definitely moved into the glass direction!
But yesterday, I thought I would see if there were any listings for the type of stuff I wanted to list, and check prices. Somehow my hand slipped (!) to the Arts & Crafts section, and naturally I didn’t want to waste any time by not looking…!
Lo and behold, there was a listing for 2 boxes of Boro tubes, colored and clear. These babies were in a wide variety of sizes and diameters in the clear and colored. Two emails to the lister later and still no answer. The listing had an out of state phone number and I luckily, I decided it was worth calling, and soon got the answer I was hoping for–the glass was still available!
Now I only had to take my very life into my hands and travel across the city, through the Summer Construction Zone of Hell, on one of the 2 the major highway that passes through town.
Seriously, the 395 and I-80 highway interchange construction area has so many squeal marks from fast braking cars, it is visually scary to drive! Most folks don’t want to change from the 65-75 miles an hour speeds they have been traveling before entering this slaughter section to the reasonable 45-55mph advised until it is too late and they come flying up on someone’s bumper and …………ahhh, I digress.
I managed to avoid the tangled highway mess, only got lost once finding the place, and finally arrived. The glass was a steal of a deal (I think!) and so now I am the proud owner of a box of boro glass my current equipment is not able to handle as of now, but I know it will be happily used and incorporated into my designs when the time comes (and when I can afford a monster oxycon!) It joined the other boro stuff I have collected, waiting for that hot flame day…..
I justified the expense as less than what we would have spent on my birthday dinner, if the hubby hadn’t been ill. Plus I can go out to the studio, open that drawer, and let out a contented happy sigh as I just enjoy the view! (Try doing that to last night’s dinner…….not so pretty…)
What is it about glass that can turn a rational person into a raving “gotta have it” junkie? I am afraid to go to the Gathering in Seattle this year with any money in my pocket–and I know I’ll need to save some for the stinkin’ overweight baggage fees!
Ahhh, but to dream of all the glass I might buy there, though……..ooooh, now where can I store it?
This morning was beautiful here in my neck of the world–gorgeous blue wide open sky, light breeze, perfect walking temperatures, dog trotting ahead, cat trailing behind….really really nice morning!
Hope the weather is friendly where =ever you are at!
I had an order for some 4th of July beads that needed to be made and delivered before the customer went out of town on a holiday. It was so nice to play with these 3 vibrant and stiff transparent colors–red cobalt and clear, while using white for accents only. I used the white core on a gravity swirl bead, since it “runs” easier than other colors.
Of course, it always helps to take off the glasses when choosing red glass! I made about 3 or 4 beads before I realized my goof. (Having my friend Jenn over for the first time to my studio, chatting and distracting me, drinking Capri Sun fruit punch Cosmo’s didn’t help much either……….but we sure had fun!!!)
Hope your day was fun too!
I got to spend most of my birthday torching! I also ran an annealing load of beads–catching up on all my testers and sample beads.
I even had a brownie for breakfast, along with my favorite breakfast burrito from Super Burrito!
Brownies are way better than cake any day! What’s your favorite dessert for breakfast??!!