This is June???

OK, so I guess I might as well just say that this is my "monthly" blog. Seems like that is just the way it is going... speaking of going, where is June going? This is June? All rain and chilly, drizzly, crap weather. Usually you can count on June to be one of the better months in Central New England! Not this year.

Still, the plants seem to like it; and happily I did most of my planting before the rains came. The pansies are certainly happy - they like it cool and shady. These little blue pansy faces seems to be smiling about it.

I'm in a summer mood for lampwork design and am working out a "Bahama Beach" set. Folks may not realize just how much time is spent by lampwork artists when they are trying to bring an idea in their head to fruition. I have been edging closer and closer to what is in my mind, having gone through progressive experiments with different kinds of glass to get just the right effect. I'm sure that the end result will be just a pretty little bead set to the casual viewer, with not a hint of all the "almost there" beads that have been cast into the "slight seconds" jar.