Nothing sagged, nothing busted, nothing etched. Not bad for a first try. The first batch of beads through the kiln. Effetre White with blue/purple twisted dots melted in. Effetre clear wrapped with Effetre Grass vine, melted into tubewith raised twist-flower unknown light blue. My white fish with the Nyx dots that developed a neat silverline…
I guess it’s all in the angle. The actual bead doesn’t really look anything like an owl, but I can see what everyone is talking about. The reflection of the center hole between two of the dots absolutely gives appearance of two owl eyes. This gives me an idea for a bead I want to…
Got a call this morning from a head-hunter who had seen my credentials and thought I’d do well at a 3 year contract position opening up about an hour from my home. The pay is better than I made before, my prior experience working with the Feds is a huge plus, and it would get…
The Little Kiln’s First Run After weeks of reading up on how to do it, I’m running my first batch anneal this afternoon. The reason to batch anneal is to prevent fractures resulting from micro-cracks related to rapid cooling. I’ve been using hot-mats to cool my beads in, which is sufficient to prevent major cracks…
The hummingbirds have made their return, although their nest is definitely history. I’ve spied them in the garden among the Liatris and Physostegia. The bees and butterflies all seem to prefer the Liatris, but I’ve only seen the hummingbirds at the Physostegia so far. Since the plants are a scant two to three feet from…
I came home from running errands Tuesday to find the next door neighbors parked in the spot I’d left next to our garage. Yesterday The Prof told me he’d spotted the neighbors outside late at night with a small black puppy, trying to get it to attend to its business. I quipped to The Prof…
Anybody interested in a little irony? Remember back a little over two weeks ago when I took over both parking spots by my house because the next-door-neighbors kept taking both spots? Well, the day I did that the neighbors apparently left on some protracted trip. They havenât been back since. By the time they return…
It’s pouring outside right now as a band of nasty thunderstorms pass through. For the first time in a week I feel relatively human again. I put three more resumes out last week. The one I have the highest hopes for is a two-year temp position for a veterinarian to work at a Pharm incident…
I spent a little over twenty minutes outside watching the hummingbird nest with binocculars from the deck. There was no activity. It’s too early to tell, but I have a bad feeling.
It’s too hot to do anything except occasionally rotate to present the other side to the fan. Philadelphia peaked at 102°F (38.9°C) this afternoon. It’s just after 6:00 now, and 101° in the city. I put a 9″X13″ pan of water out in the garden with ice in it in the shade this afternoon for…