Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Traveling Three Amigas

Our new Black Mountain Glass Shop has a glass blowing workshop available to viewers through windows at the back of the gallery. Unfortunately, only tall people like myself could look down directly to the work being done just below the window (I'm 5'5" and neither of my friends could see through the viewing window like myself.) Oops!

I forgot to post this from a month ago...Helen and Teresa and I met for a local lunch and then visited a shop that had recently opened, the Glass Shop. (It probably has another name).

I made a purchase of course. Gotta support the local artisans. Not one of the beautiful blown glass creations, but a little necklace pendant.

The store also gives a bio of each of the artists. I love the back of the fused glass, where the pendant loop (I guess there's a name for that, which I don't know.) has that cute little heart.

The traveling three amigas!

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OK, here's another topic:

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When I picked up my lunch last week I stopped for this photo of the pool. Unfortunately Memorial Day had been cool and rainy, so I dare say the kids will come this weekend to enjoy it.

Incidentally this was a favorite lunch catered by the Moose Cafe' in Asheville; they are known for their meat loaf but this time we had baked potatoes rather than mashed. And their famous biscuits with apple butter as well as green flat beans (do they have another name?) and pear slices.

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Today's quote:

This is very appropriate for me, who woke up at 4:30 yesterday, and couldn't get back to sleep. So I got up at 6 am and had a couple of cups of coffee, then breakfast with the birds. Six is first light here so it is a normal time for me to just roll over and take off the C-Pap for an hour. No luck that morning! I kicked off covers and said, well I can always take a nap! And by 8 pm, I was really tired, and determined to not fall asleep at least for an hour...so maybe I can sleep 9 hours and not wake at first light.

Change will come, whether we wish it to or not. To fight it is like fighting the sunrise. Better to say, ‘Ah, welcome old friend. Here you are again.’

Bruce Coville

A thrown small vase, altered. I found this as a bisqued pot last year, and it was one of my last pieces to glaze.

Friday, September 6, 2024

Around my town

Good news. The permits have been figured out and the building of our new gazebo is scheduled to start this week. We sure do miss our old one.

Early after it's installation, without the tree being very big behind it.

Taken from inside the old gazebo in 2023, where there was obvious graffiti.

Also this week, I glanced out my open front door, it was cracked to let in the wonderful cool air, and who should I see fluttering around but this lovely little one, (photo from the internet) either female ruby throated hummingbird, or juvenile. He/She kept trying out what blooms were available, and it sure wasn't much! Sorry little one, I didn't plan for nectar producing flowers this year. I should think hard about it for next year.

The geranium has nothing blooming, and they never have nectar that I know of. A sad little guy.

But wait, speaking of wildlife! My neighbor on the same courtyard told me that as she walked past my porch yesterday in the afternoon, a bear came out from under the porch next to mine. We both have these raised porches to get up to our apartment floor levels. Apparently it was a small bear, because my neighbor just stood there and didn't know what to do she was so surprised! Bear meandered off around the building.

Either that one or another proceeded to get into two different garbage cans that were full last night, so the maintenance man had to pick up what wasn't eaten. I think I'll put my garbage out in the morning when it's about to be picked up. Maybe having only an hour or two will be safe enough for my trash to be collected as intended.