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Family Reunion

Family Reunion

Every two years my family has a reunion. This year was really fun, several of my cousins (many of which I had never met before) came to the reunion. It was wonderful, I really enjoyed meeting my cousins. The picture on the left is my brother, sisters, nieces, nephew, daughter, […]

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My Granddaughter

My Granddaughter

While I was in California, I was lucky enough to see my son, daughter-in-law, and of course my stunning granddaughter. I must confess, when I held her in my arms I had tears in my eyes. She’s so beautiful, smart, and amazing. My son and daughter-in-law have done a fantastic […]

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AirBNB in Bonny Doon

AirBNB in Bonny Doon

In my last post I talked about my fused glass class with Laurie Spray. In this blog I wanted to talk about the Airbnb I stayed at while I was taking the class. The airbnb host was Nancy and she was a true delight. We had a wonderful time together. […]

by × November 15, 2019 × 0 comments

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Second Cooking class

Second Cooking class

After taking the cookie class (see previous blog) Lela and I took another cooking class (BTW I don’t enjoy cooking). The class was at the French Kitchen in Colorado Springs. They gave me a nice bag because I signed up for another class. I made chicken and dumplings. I so […]

by × October 27, 2019 × 0 comments

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My love of learning - cookie class

My love of learning – cookie class

So I really love learning new things so recently I took 2 classes… Cooking classes!! The first class was a French Macarons class. This was more of a demonstration but I still enjoyed it. The class was in a local shop. Nice shop and instructor. What I learned from this […]

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Fused Glass for My Brother

Fused Glass for My Brother

My baby brother recently came to Colorado to hunt for elk (yes he eats it, he is not a sport hunter). Anyway he stopped by to see me, I haven’t seen my brother in 4 years so it was a wonderful visit. He also came back after the hunting trip. […]

by × October 24, 2019 × 2 comments

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Fused Glass Ornaments for my Family

Fused Glass Ornaments for my Family

In my DYK I’m going to talk about my family reunion. I’m going to give them is various types of Fused Glass artwork. One of the things I’m giving my brothers and sisters is fused glass ornaments.  I love my ornaments with fused glass decals. Which decal is your favorite? […]

by × October 16, 2019 × 0 comments

Art, Family, Fused Glass, Home Decor

My Fused Glass Clock

My Fused Glass Clock

I made myself a present last year, a fused glass clock. What made it extremely special is the interchangeable pictures of my granddaughter. She has grown so much, so I decided I’d update my clock with new pictures. I love this clock it’s so beautiful. I just love being able […]

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So where was I?

So where was I?

As you know I wasn’t able to go to my Rockledge Ranch show this month because I was on a business trip.  So where was I?  That’s right I was in Alabama again. I was working 10-13 hr days and didn’t get much time off but I did go to […]

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What did I buy in Prague?

What did I buy in Prague?

As I mentioned in my DYK below I recently went to Prague in the Czech Republic. I also wrote about my trip to Ruckl Glass Factory in Nizbor (close to Prague). Anyway I wanted to share with you some of the things I bought while I was in Prague. Below […]

by × August 26, 2019 × 0 comments

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St Elmo - Colorado Ghost Town

St Elmo – Colorado Ghost Town

On our way home from Breckenridge, we stopped by the “Ghost town” of St Elmo. It was a very cool place, but I’m not sure if I would call it a ghost town. Plus the disappointing thing is they there were cars parked downtown, there wasn’t other places to park […]

by × July 31, 2019 × 0 comments

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Relaxing in Breckenridge

Relaxing in Breckenridge

In my last blog I wrote about my activities in Breckenridge. I also wanted to talk about some of our relaxing activities. First Breckenridge is a great little town. It has a beautiful river walk. We walked around the town an river a couple of times. So many beautiful flowers […]

by × July 24, 2019 × 0 comments

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Breckenridge Vacation

Breckenridge Vacation

Last week, my husband and I went on our first week long vacation in very long time, we went to Breckenridge Colorado. Breckenridge is such a beautiful place. The reason why we took the time to go on vacation alone is last Christmas, my husband and I agree is we […]

by × July 24, 2019 × 0 comments

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Glass eMotions in Ottawa

Glass eMotions in Ottawa

In my DYK (below) I wrote about my trip to Ottawa Canada this month. When I travel (for work or pleasure) I try to see something that’s glass related. When I asked my fused glass Facebook group they told me to visit Glass eMotions studio outside of Ottawa. The picture […]

by × June 29, 2019 × 2 comments