Making glass totems with Pam

When I was visiting family in Ohio, I happened to see these class sculptures in one of the second-hand, artsy craftsy stores my sisters and I explored.  I loved them and decided I could make them myself and maybe make lots of money.  Ha ha to that of course.  I purchased some cool pieces in Ohio like a giant daiquiri glass and a beautiful gold plate that I thought was carnival glass but was not.  I was so excited to make these sculptures I ran down to the second hand store immediately upon arriving home and bought a few more pieces.  I was into this project about $10.00 and they were charging $30.00 for them.  Everyday for a while I would stack up the glass each time in a different way not finding what I was looking for.  The glass sat for three months and I was ready to take it all back to the second hand store when the project was saved by my friend Pam. 

She inquired, "What is all of this?" pointing to my table of glass.  I explained it to her and her reply was,  "Let's get started now."  So we did and here they are.  Cool, huh?

                                      Pam making her sculpture.  We just used hot glue.  Hope it works.

Pam's glass sculpture

Bev's sculpture

Here we are with our sculptures and Lucky watching on.

A Blue Heron and a Bear Butt

I have seen the blue heron almost everyday for the last couple of weeks.  He is fishing the creek pretty hard.  It amazes me how they can possibly fly through the trees with those huge wings.  As big as he is how does he fly from the creek so easily to the top of the biggest tree around?  They are one of my favorite birds. 

Lucky and I had a visitor last week, a beautiful cinnamon black bear.  I have seen him several times this summer so he is hanging in the area.  I got his butt as he was running away.  He is on the right of the tractor between the tree  and shed.  Lucky always stayed his distance and did not try to smell his butt.  Smart dog.  That is a big bear. 

                          My kitties were sunning themselves on the porch.  Aren't they beautiful?

The seedum is beautiful in the garden right now.  I have been busy putting in a new tulip bed and transplanting a few perennials.  Bob and I have been spading up a new garden plot for next spring.  I should be down sizing but.......Maybe I can come up with a cash crop.