High of 74 and cloudy.
Sunset last night. There was a severe storm warning going on at sunset, heavy rain, thunderstorms, large hail etc. I was running around covering my tomatoes' and basil. We had a huge storm, but fortunately all we got was 2 inches of rain, and lots of lightening to watch to the east. There was 3 inch hall to the east and drifts of hail in Estes park. Tonight John made smoked pork tamales with home made pico de gallo and I made the kale basil quinoa salad last night. Really good dinner.
I am going nuts in my studio. I have glass on all flat surfaces. I am playing with the jaws technique that I make the river pieces with. These are some variations I am working on. Takes forever. You place a piece, glue it down, wait for it to dry, then place the next piece. This one has taken me 3 days so far.
Another new piece I am working on, same technique. It will be filled in around the center piece of dichro. Same as the other piece. Place a piece, glue it down, wait for it to dry, then add the next. Finally after 3 days I got all these put together. They are firing in the kiln right now. Not sure I will make many more of these, they are really time consuming and tedious. But they look cool.
John cooking me birthday dinner. We had smoked pork tamales with three home made sauces and green beans. Delicious. Sunset tonight from my bike ride. I have not ridden my bike since I injured my back in June. Was fun to be out.
Look Ma, no lens! I am getting cataract surgery done on my left eye on Wednesday. With luck, after that I won't need glasses. Fresh out of the kiln. These came out very nice. Going to smooth and polish he edges and slump some of them.
I have these 6 pieces to smooth and polish the edges. Some will be slumped too. I am loving being in my studio. Sun on the bike path from my bike ride.
Sunset. I cut up this pattern bar piece on my wet diamond ring saw and am going to use it in another piece, not sure what yet.
ARRRRGGGG! This broke in the kiln when I was slumping it. I suspect it had some water in one of the nooks and crevices from when I was washing it. The water probably expanded in the kiln. I had hoped I dried it enough, but I guess not. Sunset Monday night. Looks like we have a bit of smoke from the fires west of us. The sunset is a bit orange.
Our hotel room at Court Yard at Marriot. We are in town for my second cataract surgery. We had dinner in a Thai restaurant, this was in the case by our table. Did not know there were Thai mermaids. Dinner was very good.
I had my second cataract surgery on my left eye. My right eye went from 20/400 before surgery to 20/40 and my left eye from 20/200 before surgery to 20/60 just the next day.. Both eyes are expected to continue to improve as they heal. I don't need to wear glasses anymore!! Sunset in Denver Weds night.
Back in the 80's I used to go to the Riviera in Glendale. We saw the sign and checked it out. It is now named Las Delicias and is remodeled. Back in the day there were piranhas in the fish tank. Looks like now they just have tropical fish.
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