BRACELET MANDREL

For months now I've been walking around with dozens of ideas for bracelets in head.

They all required a tool I didn't have. Every time I placed an order with "Rio" I place the mandrel in my basket only to end up removing it before payment because the total of my order just grew way out of line. Last week I finally decided to just order the mandrel and nothing else and so I did.

Putting ideas into tangible objects does not always go so smoothly.

Nonetheless, here is my first bangle and and it turned out exactly as I wanted.

I opened a new door...

NEW LACE AND SILVER WORK

Just a quick update with pictures. 

Very busy today.

Gotta run.

TURQUOISE, TURQUOISE

Today is just another miserable wintry day.

I am trying really hard to remember why I live here.

I think long and hard and can't find a reason except for just one thing.

The truth is that all this sacrifice is for my son.

We live in an area with a killer school district and that is why I suffer through this weather year after year. 

For him. 

Funny, it is all about this little person.

I get up way earlier than I would ever allow myself to get out of bed.

I make breakfast and pack a lunch. 

I go outside and brush the snow off my car then drive across train tracks every day. 

All for him.

He stole my heart.

Here by the way is the new RAW ring.

Turquoise - Tony's favorite color - blue.

ARIZONA VARISCITE

New Necklace boasting a beautiful green Variscite from Arizona.

THE AFTERMATH AND SOME SPRING

I think the pictures tell the story.

I'm glad we have room for all this snow.

I choose to think Spring for now.

IT IS STILL SNOWING HERE

The streets are completely empty. There is not a soul out there and all is white.

LITTLE MORE SNOW

Probably a foot and a half of snow by now. The scary thing is the lightning and the blinking light.

I really do not want to be left with no power.

FLOWERS IN THE BLIZZARD

It is supposed to be the worst in the last 50 years. They are saying that the lake will stand 25 feet tall spilling onto the streets. It is indeed getting worse. The snow is coming down faster and faster.

 

I took this after 2.00 pm

There is more snow on the street right now as the traffic keeps growing. I haven't seen one salt truck yet.

You can hear the sirens and the emergency vehicles are busy 

going back and forth.

Today's flowers.