Happy Valentine's Day!

What a day for love and chocolates! My guys gifted me with chocolate covered raisins from the local candy shop and Jacob loaded me up with Hershey's kisses! Plus, Jacob actually consented to be kissed more than once mainly because I gave him the DVD of Mouse Hunt with Nathan Lane. Now that is a funny, slapstick movie. Perfect for boys! More on this day of LOVE later! Lois

Happy Valentine's Day!

A Glorious Day !

Waking this morning to a layer of frost and thin ice, what we call pancake ice, on all the water puddles; we decided to drive to Sequim and do a little shopping. The sun was out and the temperature quickly rose to 46 degrees so we headed down to the " spit " by the Three Crabs restaurant to look at the birds. We saw two bald eagles fishing, seagulls, brant, geese and lots of ducks. There was even a pot-pie in the water where seals have pushed up the fish to the water's surface and the birds all head there and feast on the fish. They are noisy and ambitious and moving, seeming like clowns on the water. It's a sight to see and while they are eating like this, they even ignore the eagles. It was beautiful on the water! Sunny, a breeze over my right shoulder and a definate chill in the air. The kind of day where all seems right with the world and you are happy to be alive! So what if not much work was done at home, office, studio or shop? Everyone needs a day to play and here in the Northwest when the sun is out, you play!!! I did!! And I am a better woman for it! Love, Lois

I'm Home! Yippee!

It feels so good to sleep in my own bed but I had the best time and show EVER in TUCSON. The opening day of the show was my best first day of a show ever and Phil and I worked out our " dance " with each other and had a great time with customers. Everyone that stopped by the booth had nice things to say about my work and it was so neat to meet my on line customers in person, face to face. Judy was a trooper at the show and put up with me and enjoyed all those Baggins sandwiches. thank you to all who stopped by, said hello and made my days brighter. New charms are being drawn up even as I write this and a friend, Janet ( Contemporary Glassworks ) gave me the coolest idea for a series of charms.

I forgot to take my camera to Tucson so I am posting pictures of some of the wonderful treasures I purchased for the shops. A trunk show is in the works and my studio is softly calling me!

Another great discovery in Tucson? Advil PM! Wow - does it work for this achey, tired girl! I'll think of all of you as I play with my new found delights! Love, Lois

p.s. Special thanks to Kathy D for the nut free chocolate chip homemade cookies! Yum! And ... kisses to Whit for all the bagels and cream cheese in the mornings and kudos to Andrea for being such a great neighbor with the most beautiful PMC work and lampworked beads I've ever seen. I can hardly wait until next year!

Here I GO.......

I am leaving you with two final pictures of the snow here at home. I am taking only thoughts of warm, not hot temperatures with me and a bit of sun. The frenzied packing is over and now I just keep my fingers crossed that I and all my merchandise arrives safely and intact to Tucson. It will be crazy for 2 weeks! Have a great time between my blog entries although maybe, I can get Andrea to load images with me and I can send you an on the spot posting!!! Peace, Lois

Whoo-Hoooo! It DID snow!

Here are a few photos of our snow, a big 5 inches! I know all you mid-west, Alaska kind of people are laughing at this " BIG " snow but for us it is significant AND we have no snow removal equipment. What falls on the ground and roads, stays on the ground and roads.

Jacob is standing in front of our tomato plant patch all fenced to keep deer and racoons out. There is also a nice shot of the snow covered Olympic Mountains and the foot hills.Finally, he is an exhausted sledder!

Today there are fears of flooding in the area. The boxes are packed and shipped to Tucson, our house-dog-cat sitter is here and I have pulled out some summer clothes to wear. I have to finish the last of the charm polishing, pay the employees and head out. I will tempt you maybe one more time with snow pictures and then I am taking this camera to Tucson so I can take and load pictures after my show. Have a bright day! Lois

A Winter's Day

I woke up to a morning of snow! I love the snow! I hate that it makes it a slow day customer-wise in the shop but I love the crisp, cold air, the sight of soft flurries and the feeling of being snuggled at home. It was also a weird weather day as it alternated between snow, sleet and rain and tonight everything is solid ice. The drops of water on the car are absolutely frozen in place. I think that I will spend the evening in my studio, packing, packing, packing for Tucson. Oh, and there is cherry pie for dessert! YUM -YUM! Thank goodness for Marie Callendar frozen pies! Have a sweet evening! Lois