Some Summer

Things are smokin' around here.... quite literally.

It has been one mostly hot and dry summer here in Interior Alaska.

I have probably had more time to sit down and have some solid studio time with large chunks of alone time this summer

It was kind of cold at the beginning of the season but it went from winter to full on summer in a matter of weeks. ( That's me trying to keep warm at the farmer's market)

Enjoying new drink concoctions in the late night sun.

Mate infused vodka with pandanus leaf flavoring.

( Asian meets South American fusion)

Lolling about on the lawn

Smoking fresh caught salmon

Seeing my honey and my son off on their archaeology expedition

Cass-man, my son... yeah I have a 30 year old son now!

A  Hay-lo

Making lots of crusty beads

and a focal bead or two

Glimmer daggers

Unreal orange crush fruit loops Tang nuggets

criffling along

and then some torch fired enameling

I was very excited with the results of this combination

Shiny ridgies

Crusty ridgies

crusty focal

Misbehaving beads that were taught a lesson

and just a few headpins

I had been feeling like I had been blogging more than I actually did here. That's because I had been blogging over at Love My Art Jewelry Blog a few times and maybe I just ran out of time with things to say here  but here's what you may have missed from me.

30 Beads Later

Not Enough Headpins

A Good day To Thanks Your Hands

Now it's going to be the busiest week ever with my stepson getting married and we're hosting the reception for 100 or so at our place and the very next day I fly off to Maine to visit with my folks and my brother from Bali with his family.

So sorry if I haven't been visiting and commenting on your fine blogs, I've been a bit of a lurker lately.

Ciao for now, Kim