Sunday, March 22, 2009

Glass class


So I've been taking a stained glass class from a very talented artist. She's also a very patient with students, otherwise she would have kicked me out the first night.

This is a class where I learned to use a sharp instrument to cut glass, a whirring grinding wheel to smooth the edges, a hot soldering iron that made lead and nickel melt whereever I let it drip and pliers, lots of different one.

And, I walked back and forth to the sessions with a bag of glass over my arm, only once slipping and falling on a thin sheet of ice, probably the only one left in town. The glass and I survived with no cracks or breaks.

This is a costly habit/hobby/art which I'm not likely to pursue rabidly. But it might be fun to use up the glass, solder, tungsten frame and sticky foil I bought,

Anyway, here's the sunrise I made.

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Another adventure


Sometimes a person just gets lucky. Saturday was such a day for me. The self-assigned adventure involved covering a cross-country ski race at one of the more beautiful spots in the winter, Harriman State Park.

So, beauty combined with skiing combined with the drama of weather and sunshine to make another perfect adventure. Winter may be long and hard, so when the opportunity for adventure is presented, it's best to take it. Otherwise, the days inside can get suffocating.