Ginko Organic Designs

Georgia is a relatively new customer of mine and we share many of the same interests, like jewelry design, lampwork beads, dogs and hiking. She lives in Colorado and also has an etsy shop. I thought I'd put a little plug in for her shop as she has some wonderful pieces of jewelry. Here is a link: (you'll have to copy and paste)

http://www.etsy.com/shop/GinkoOrganicDesigns

And a photograph of her.


And since I am a bit crunched for time this morning I'm just going to post some pics of beads from a few days ago that are already in my etsy shop. Have a great hump day!

The perfect mindset, if your from WI

I have a problem with the mindset of the people in this part of the state or maybe even the country. I don't know if it's just here or statewide but today I was listening to a local radio station. I rarely listen to the radio, instead I listen to music of my choice, my cd's. Big mistake listening to "live" radio today. About every 10 minutes when they would take a commercial break it was about winning beer. If you go to some certain store and buy 60, yes, 60 cans of beer, you will be entered to win a vending machine full of....drum roll please....more beer. As someone who had an alcoholic father, was married to an alcoholic and then made another mistake of living with someone for 7 years that was also an alcoholic, I abhor beer. Period. Can I just say WTF this one time? I mean, really, it's pretty much what people around here think about all the time. Beer, booze, bars, etc. You get the picture. I hate it and I find commercials giving away beer offensive, especially when you have to buy 60, SIXTY, cans to even be entered. It's offensive to me and anyone that has had to deal with alcoholism. I almost feel like going to buy the dumb beer in hopes that I could win and then in front of the camera's, dump it all out! Oh yeah, that would make everyone scream! But I won't. I don't have the money to waste on the 60 cans of beer I'd need to buy to enter. Bleh, I need to just forget about it and focus on something positive. But really, I must get moved away from here and this midwest mindset. There is way more to life than beer.

I've made a lot of beads the last couple days. Some for etsy and some for custom work. Both yesterday and today I started early so I could finish up early and get out to do some late afternoon hiking. The weather has been phenomenal and I want to enjoy it as much as I can. The dogs are loving it too. Rosie has been so pooped out that she sleeps all the way home.




On my way home tonight I saw this irrigation system with the sun setting just as I was passing by. I had to back my truck up to get the perfect shot. This just kind of epitomized the country I live in, (just need a can of beer tucked in the corner somewhere, huh?), ok, ok, I'm being facetious. But really, it's flat here and lots of farming. I just thought this was a cool photograph.


I'll post more pics in the morning, maybe of beads and more scenery.

Big Sky Country

As you can see it is flatter than a pancake here. Maybe that will help you understand why I miss Alaska so much.

It was a splendid day for a hike yesterday. I worked most of it until about 2 in the afternoon then loaded the dogs and off we went, exploring unknown places once again. And at the end of the day I stopped so the dogs could swim.

Juno or Juneau?

Juno, a new set on etsy. I LOVE LOVE LOVE these and not only do I love using them they are my most favorite to make. Named after another beautiful Alaskan place.

Beautiful BEAUTIFUL day here today. I don't want to work, I want to go hiking but the ticks will be out like crazy. It's supposed to be in the low 60's. I've been working all morning so I guess I could take the afternoon off. Anyway, have a great weekend everyone!

Back to eBay

I hate to do it and I swore I'd never return but, there ya go. I have to eat my words. I have 4 auctions currently running on ebay now. A girl has to do what she has to do. Etsy has basically stalled out. I have no idea why all of a sudden (well, 3 weeks now it's been pretty stale) things have turned off. I have a strong feeling ebay will not be much better, but I have to try.

Yesterday I made some beautiful murrini. So then I made some beads to use them on. This morning, after they are cleaned and strung them together I go to photograph them and I just can't get it. In my hand the murrini is beautiful but the lighting conditions were not condusive for photographing those beads. If I can't get it to work there goes a whole day of work down the drain. Sucks.

Here is a strand of beads I made the other day. I love them. They are quite large and took me a long time to make.

SHIMMER

Reflections on water in the evening light...

I Saw a Silver Moon This Morning

I saw a silver moon sliding down the Western sky
I stood upon the frozen earth and watching the image fly
Then turned around to see the sun
Rising red against the East
And there they hung, the the moon and sun
And I the falcrum in-between. -Gary Thompson


I grabbed this shot this morning and the poem that Gary wrote so many many years ago seemed so fitting.

And a bead from the other day.


The rest of my day will be spent with my daughter who is visiting for a few days. Yesterday was her birthday. Gosh how time flies by.