Yesterday

Yesterday, I got the things I needed to finish up my second bracelet. The beads are a lovely blue. I haven't decided what my next piece is going to be yet.
When my son lived in Florida he started an avocado plant. Eventually it got too big for a pot and we planted it (see it behind the scraggly palm) in our front yard. It would only get two or three avocados each year. The squirrels would usually get them. Thursday Walt pointed out to me that there are dozens of tiny avocados on the tree.

Hopefully we will have a bumper crop (I LOVE guacamole!) and we will start another plant.






Yesterday was the ninth anniversary of my Mother's death. I miss her so much. I see things I think she would like and then remember she isn't "here". Same with my son. They both left too soon.

Fire Mountain Gems

This afternoon as I was getting ready to go to class someone knocked on the front door. I peeked out the window and saw that it was Fed-Ex. Since Walt was expecting a package I asked him to go to the door. When he came back into the living room, he told me it was for me. It was from Fire Mountain Gems. hmmmmmm......I haven't ordered from them in a while. What could it be? I opened the package and there was a catalog and.....a package of G-S Hypo Cement. There was also a very nice note from Marlynn. In it she stated she had read my blog entry where I spoke of having problems with my bracelet and sent me the cement to fix it. How cool is that??!!

I have been a customer of Fire Mountain Gems in the past, and received very good service. After this you can believe that I will be a customer again, and again, and again! Since I have exams in my next two classes and need to spend spare time studying, I'll get my order in on Thursday for the delicas to make the tiger amulet bag and beads to make a bracelet.

bracelet

This is my first piece of jewelry. It is made from Dalmation jasper oval snowflake obsidian cabochons. I love these colors and think they will match several items in the SWAP I will be making. I have on order more items from Fire Mountain Gems.

I found some pretty patterns for making amulet bags here. I especially like the tiger and snow leopard. It's been quite a while since I've done beading of this type. I'd really like to get started doing it again. Patterns and beads are so much easier to get than when I was beading back in the early '70s.