A Blue Ribbon & Bawls Guarana

 I recently entered a recycled art contest on a whim. To my pleasant surprise, I won 1st place! The recycled object was a beautiful blue glass bottle containing an energy drink. I made disks and small spacers and put together a necklace/earring set. Breaking the glass down to manageable pieces was a challenge, but the overall process was a lot of fun. I named the set “Something Blue” – I am very honored.

            

How Does Your Garden Grow?

Well, wouldn’t you know it. The woman at our local farmers market was right. Green bell peppers really do ripen to beautiful reds and yellows – I guess I picked them too early in the past. Here are some of the peppers from my garden:

My vegetable garden seems to have managed the worst of the heat this summer. We’ve had a bumper crop of tomatoes, egg plants, squash, and peppers. Now if I could get the family to eat more vegetables…

Here are my little helpers – Koko and Hiro, enjoying the sun on the trellis bench:

Another Birdie Leaves The Nest…

Today, our dear son went off to college…