Sunday 27 July 2008

Flash, Bang, Wallop!

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Well, it might not have been quite as spectacular as that, but it certainly sounded like it!

This summer seems to have been a never ending round of thunderstorms and rain, and Friday 18th, was no different.

I'd had a busy work day and was trying to process my photographs when storms started. In the end I shut everything down because I was getting nervous, ...and it was supper time! After supper it seemed like the last of the storm was trailing off into the distance and since I still had a lot of work to do I headed back to the computer. I don't think I'd been there five minutes when there was an ear shattering explosion of thunder and almost as big a bang from the computer. I screamed and I'm sure jumped out of my chair.

The internet had been down since I got in from work, but now the computer was down as well. Ugh! Husband David was nearly down as well, he'd been putting out the compost when that lightning struck - we're beginning to think he's some kind of magnet as that was his second close call in as many weeks.

What did we loose? A motherboard, power supply, speakers, telephone answering machine, internet and part of our satellite tv signal.

One week later - well, almost - internet was finally restored the following Thursday. I was on an imposed vacation from work, which would have been nice except I seemed to be spending hours on the phone trying to get things sorted out, it's so comforting to know I can talk to people in India for the cost of a local call to my phone company :oS

I could write a long story about my horrors of dealing with service departments and technicians, but I won't. There were some stunning moments, like when the satellite installer - a military man by all accounts, told me he'd probably be able to get my 20 year old tv to work with the satellite remote, even though it did not even have a sensor for any kind of remote. I thought he might be GOD. Then there was the instance of the internet cable installer (I thought -by his screams- he'd stapled his eyeball to the house or something much worse), who got stung by a wasp, I've never heard a grown man scream like that before - I'm so relieved that he'll never have to experience childbirth firsthand.

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Please note, this is not the internet cable installer, but you get the idea!

All in all, it was an exhausting week, but we now have a computer and internet again, even if I can only use it for the five minutes a day that the thunder is not rolling through!

Monday 14 July 2008

I missed showing these!

Somehow I missed showing these beads, I like the look of the ivory and silver with the transparent glass.

This one is called Flight

Flight

And here are some more using the same idea,

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Monday 7 July 2008

The Moos Brothers

I couldn't resist....

Moos Brothers

More to come - you know there is something quite comedic about cows...

Oh and the good news of the day is I just placed first in Artistry in Glass' beginner's category for this month!!  Yay!  I can buy MORE glass :o)

Thursday 3 July 2008

I'm still here!

Work and a busy schedule has meant I haven't had a chance to post the previous beads in my Etsy shop yet.  I've got another batch sitting in the kiln ready to be photographed, I just need some free and quiet time!!

The Marianne van Silfhout Gallery at St. Lawrence College in Brockville has an upcoming Art Show, the date for submissions is July 29th.  I have a few ideas floating round in my head and have also decided it's high time I finished my Warring States necklace as that would be worth submitting.  This isn't the best picture of it, but all I can find at the minute.
Warring States Lampwork Beads