June 4-6, 2020 Fort Collins, Colorado

Busy day. In the 90's and sunny.

Working in my glass studio! Feels great. I am making a special order of a similar one to a previous piece. The previous one is pictured on the TV screen above my workbench. John and I went to McMurry Pond so he could practice rolls and I paddled around the lake. It was beautiful. 

Great Blue Heron in flight. Flowers of an aquatic plant on the lake with cloud reflections.  

Canada goose with one goslings. John rolling. He makes it look easy, I have never mastered it.  

Reflection on the pond. We also checked out the new whitewater park.  

A kayaker surfing a wave in the whitewater park. The full strawberry moon over downtown.

The masterpiece in progress. White aquatic flowers, a metal sculpture made by Craftsman Builders inc, common mallow, golden corydalis, a sign at the water park. It says to stay 6 feet away, making the kayak look 6 feet long. Mine is around 9 feet long, T-rex sculpture in olde town square.

All of the baskets I have made during covid stay at home. Now I am switching to glass.  My glass masterpiece after it's first firing. It is a miracle, there are no bubbles! I always have big bubbles when I make these. I painted some gold on it and it is cooling from it's second firing. 

We had a thunderstorm this afternoon. It was the first time I have seen heavy rain in months. It was wonderful. The special order piece is done. It looks a lot like the photo I posted yesterday, but this one has some gold painted on it.  

Today was the 14th anniversary of our first date. The date is very close to our spiritual wedding 9 years ago. John can only remember one date , 06/06/06, We celebrate both on the 6th. John made these fusion appetizer of bean nachos with pesto on them. I made homemade pizza for dinner. I didn't get a photo of the pizza. Nice celebratory dinner with a bottle of wine. These are some cool galardia flowers I saw on my bike ride this evening.  

I am now working on this piece. I took the photo on the right in Lava national monument. It is on the TV screen above my workbench. It is on a flash drive. It is so much easier than printing the photo and working from it. On the left is the piece in the kiln ready for it's first firing.