25 June 2008

Take That Kidneys!!

Calming

I love looking out over the water. More, I love being in a canoe and being surrounded by water. In homage to canoes, I created this treasury on etsy.


24 June 2008

A Slippery Encounter

Today, morning rain gave way to warm temperatures and sunny skies. Faced with the choice of cleaning the bathroom or taking a short forest hike, I grabbed my shoes and headed out the door. I drove to Irishtown Nature Park, another new-to-me Moncton experience.
A treed trail follows along the Moncton water reservoir. It was quiet and peaceful. The hike, well walk really, could have proved to be quite lovely, if it hadn't been for one very terrifying and traumatic encounter. It happened not even 100 metres into the trail.
As the walking path was quite wide and even, I had no need to really watch where I was walking. So daydreaming and gazing out over the waters of the reservoir, while walking the path, I was brought back to reality as my foot slid out from under me as I stepped down. Thinking "Oh great, was that moose poop?" I took a glance back to see what I had trod in. Oh how I wish it had been moose poop. Shock and horror! A mere two steps away a snake was slithering and writhing on the ground. It was the snake I had stepped on! I have a complete and utter fear of snakes, so much so that I become absolutely irrational when faced with one. And I had stepped on one! I shrieked, leapt 50 feet in the air, and as I landed I waved my hands with an "oh my God, oh my God, oh my God" Homer Simpson style, and ran away as fast as I could.
I was so worried that the snake would lie in wait for me and get me as the trail looped me back around to my car. I did however make it back safely. I don't know where the snake went, and I hope to never find out.
The trailhead warns of bears, and to be honest I would much rather have enountered one of them.

16 June 2008

Settling In

I know that at some point I had made a promise to my blog that I would no longer ignore it. But this time I actually had good reason. Life has been a whirlwind lately. I already mentioned that big change was headed our way as we took to the road and moved to New Brunswick.
Surprisingly, the moving went off without a hitch. Unsurprisingly, things like blogs and crafting had to take a back-seat. But, with about 90% of the boxes unpacked, and a little bit of exploration time under my hat, I am ready to settle back into some sort of groove. And it was with great happiness that I pulled bead container after bead container out of a box and put them on their deisgnated shelf in my studio space. Yep, I actually have studio space.
It was with greater happiness that I actually found a few quiet moments to sit down and make a few pieces. Here are some of my new items:


Dyed Mother of Pearl and Copper Eternity Earrings


Mother of Pearl and Peruvian Opal Necklace


Lava Stone and Peruvian Opal Earrings