wandering along, sun shining, waves lapping, staring into space, slow, calm, peaceful, little vignettes present themselves, wouldn’t these be perfect as a small image in a picture frame on a hallway wall?

it’s florida, it’s march, it’s 39 degrees F (4C). tell me, what colour is warm and cozy? i’m thinking of reds and oranges, the colour of fire. deep green of ripe leaves. rich reds and browns of wood. i’m seeing…

lovely leaf. wouldn’t this be fabulous table mats? or picture this as a piece of a mosaic. small dots of texture. i like texture.

it’s splotchy, salt stained, sad looking. time to oil the teak. small boat but lots of teak down below, as in walls. the trick to oiling teak is to clean it really well first. every bit of dirt and grime…

kind of a run if only i were in better shape, did i mention goals? there’s a triathalon in my future, a very distant future. a small armadillo snuffling in some palm leaves on the side of the road. pinky-grey…

“everybody dresses like a pirate and your goal is to collect beads” the Knight Parade, part of the Gasparilla Festival in Tampa, Florida. there were pirates on the dock, pirates in the hotel lobby, pirates on the trolley car and…

just call me Bloody Morgan Vane.That’s my secret pirate name. Find yours at www.piratequiz.com

so what do you want for dinner in 3 months time? in normal circumstances i’d give you a wierd look if you asked me that and tell you to ask again in 3 months. however when getting ready to go…

i awoke this morning to birdsong. and green trees. and sunshine.

one of the last tasks, load up my ipod with cool audio books. turn on the ipod and… OH NO!!!!! it’s blank. nothing. nada. WHERE IS THE HAPPY LITTLE APPLE SMILEY FACE????? i can’t live without this ipod! ARGH. especially…

oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy!!!! i’m leaving any day now!!!! it’s vacation time!!! yipppeeeee!!!!! WHEEEEEEEE!!!!!!! of course before leaving comes the clean up, after all, there’s people staying in my house. (oh god, someone is going to…

right now i have a thing for orange and red. strange because i’ve never been a fan of red. my biggest dilemna tonight is do i put this up on the website or take it south with me?

i cannot wait to get south and go sailing! this winter wonderland stuff has worn thin. today as i was packing i came across our planisphere. a planisphere is a star chart. there’s 2 plastic wheels that you set with…

trying to get round beads to stay put in just the right position to get a shot is like herding cats. and finding a prop where they’ll stay put is hard, it has to be a solid colour and hold…

i admit it, i have a thing for notebooks. there is nothing so exciting as a spiffy new notebook and this one is the king of notebooks. my sister gave me this and i LOVE it! it’s the airstream travel…

in between the fish counter and the butcher, on my way to the eggs, on a cold and grey day i was halted in my tracks by the smell of spring. the aroma of daisies, chrysanthemums, tulips and freesia created…

AN EVENING OF COLOUR! It’s grey outside. It’s white. It’s beige. ARGH!!! I need colour. Well, in case you missed my post of a couple of days ago I’m getting my colour fix soon – I’m going sailing down south…

she needs a name. certain pieces really do look better on a model, it’s just so much easier to see how they fall. i tried using the self-timer and scooting around in front of the camera to a spot marked…

not bad is it? you know, if you shoot enough of these they start to look okay. i’m busy busy busy taking shots to update the webstore. sigh. the webstore. when i first decided to sell online i researched shopping…

oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy! OH BOY! oh boy oh boy OH BOY!!! I’M GOING SAILING! for a brief interlude in time we debated on staying the winter in the tundra we call home. it…

don’t get me wrong, i seriously love my job. i play with liquid glass and make pretty baubles and then cruise around blue waters on a sailboat staring at pretty coloured fish. this however, i think might almost be better….

one of the coolest features of this blog thing is the world map of recent visitors. everyday i am blown away and amazed that my little words travel so many miles. and how does everyone get here? how did you…

on a sunny day we walk down to the lake. the sound of the waves lapping is nice to hear although i have to take off my felt hat which is under my wool scarf which is wrapped around my…

it’s lousy outside so i’m tackling a job that i really need to do. photos. i really really really need to update the website and all the jewellery is sitting beside me in a big bin.all i have to do…

we had to get new passports this week. a passport is a snapshot of your past 5 years and a wealth of possibilities for the next 5. you’ll notice i’m not publishing my passport photo. oh no. it was a…

is this not the coolest thing ever? can’t you just imagine gliding over a coral reef in this? wow. seriously, i could spend days floating along in this looking at pretty coloured fish. reefs are amazing. i need a bigger…

I call this one the Snow Queen. This bead disappeared in the fall under the impending deadlines of the One of a Kind show and Christmas. Those combined with a huge stash of excellent tea (caffeinated) and my natural hyperness…

Greetings, salutations, best wishes to all. While I had grand plans for blogging daily in the brand new year I find it is already 4 days into it. Grand plans are already being thrown aside I have decided that resolutions…

nothing like a deadline to stir the creative juices. it’s midnight and i’ve just turned off the torch. you’d think that with the enormous stash of beads on my workbench that i’d be fine but no, i’ve got to make…

love love love these mini gourds, especially the one that looks like a mutant rocketship with acne. scattered around the dining table they just amuse me. and that is part of the point of a large thanksgiving dinner, amusement. this…