Good-bye Santa Fe Dawn

A little hummingbird buzzed in a loop right next to me as I leaned out the window to take this photo.  John's mom loved hummingbirds and when I see one I figure she is looking out for us from above.

I am featured on Beading Arts Site

Extra, extra, read all about it:  My Precious Metal Clay work is featured on Beading-Arts.com. 

Santa Fe

This is the sunset out my window. I am at the Glen Workshop sponsored by Image : Journal of the Arts & Religion.  It has been so fun being around so many creative people and hearing from professional writers and artists. I am taking a drawing from life class and final drew something decent today. I want to live in Santa Fe!  Wednesday was my 31st anniversary. I went to chapel in the evening and the first hymn was Praise to the Lord the Almighty.  I went down the aisle to that hymn 31 years ago.
Praise to the Lord , the Almighty the King of creation!
Oh my soul , Praise Him for He is thy health and salvation!
All you who hear, Now to His temple draw near;
Praise Him with glad adoration.

Praise to the Lord, who o'er all things so wondrously reigneth,
Shelters thee under His wings , yea so gently sustaineth!
Hast thou not seen How thy desires e're have been
Granted in what He ordaineth?

Praise to the Lord, who doth prosper thy work and defend thee;
Surely His goodness and mercy here daily attend thee.
Ponder anew what the Almighty can do,
If with His love He befriend thee.

Praise to the Lord, O let all that is in me adore Him!
All that hath life and breath , come now with praises before Him.
Let the Amen Sound from His people again,
Gladly for aye, we adore Him.

Auction Necklace

I am leaving tomorrow for Santa Fe to attend an artist and writer's conference. They are having a scholarship auction so I made this necklace especially for the event. Now I want to keep it. I boxed it up nicely so I won't be tempted.  I am taking solace in the fact that I took pictures of it.  I think I will make another necklace similar to this one.

Copper Time!

I finished up working in silver and needed some copper pieces for my new web-site. It was like coming home, which is what working with silver felt like when I had been working in copper for a while. This one is so yummy.