Wednesday, July 20, 2011

blind pilot part 2

so glenn and i had a fabulous date this week. the ever-fabulous patty had the girls over for a sleepover and glenn and i headed to telluride for an overnight.

monday night we went and saw blind pilot (again). this show was spectacular! the sheridan opera house is such an amazing little venue. it is very old and tiny and wonderful. it is a perfect place to see blind pilot; we saw them year two years ago as well.

we car camped that night and woke up here.

delightful.

we went for a great hike.


but we didn't quite get an early enough start (i sort of like to lounge in the morning when i am camping, drink my coffee, hang out, ya know? glenn is the go-getter and kept encouraging me to get a move on, but oh, well) and the afternoon showers go the best of us.

the wildflowers were fabulous,
a cacophony of color.


even the pinecones were purple.



the reddish peak in the front here, cross mountain, is the one we were supposed to summit.

i am going to leave you with my very first youtube video ever, of blind pilot doing an acoustic version of three rounds and a sound. it was pure magic. and, just as i asked him to when i spoke to him in santa fe, israel dedicated it to my friends doug and casie who were at the show.


we are now heading back up to telluride again. (we've been there a lot this summer.) i am doing the farmer's market on friday and we are staying through the weekend because the deer tick show is monday night! i cannot wait. they will also be playing at the opera house. and, we are bringing lily, who is looking so great. you will hardly recognize her when next you see her.

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the equipment fairy

my horoscope for the year, in my we'moon, said wonderful things about possibilities and generosity this year. one part of it was, "other people's resources will be generously available, from inheritances to bank loans; seriously consider using this support to establish a fresh and enduring base of operations during '08-'09." i had forgotten all about it until all these amazing things started happening for me, making everything possible for me to live my dream as a silversmith staying at home with my children.

shortly after our huge remodeling project was finished, another wonderful thing happened. i was "in the right place at the right time" (another lovely coincidence) and met sharon king. she just happened to have every tool i could ever need for my silversmithing, all top of the line, very high quality equipment, sitting in her garage gathering dust and needing a new home. after talking for a while, we agreed that she would VERY generously not only sell her equipment to me for a screamin' deal, but finance it as well. i now pay her a small monthly payment and my shop is 100% set up! (please see photos.) THANK YOU SHARON!!!

the amazing sharon king. if only there were more folks like her in the world...

the amazing sharon king.  if only there were more folks like her in the world...
this is sharon, who made it possible for me to have all of this incredible new equipment.

the bench

the bench
here is my incredible new bench, with drawers full of fantastic new files and mandrels, and SILVER, and pliers, and hammers...

my magnificent new torch!

my magnificent new torch!
here is the lovely new smith torch. i am still getting used to using it; it is quite different from my old acetylene torch.

my insanely powerful buffing wheel

my insanely powerful buffing wheel
this machine, too, will take some getting used to. it almost threw me across the room the first time i used it!

the foredom

the foredom
and this is my wonderful new foredom, an amazing tool!

the BIG remodel!

my studio/shop is set up in the 100 year old barn behind our house here in dolores. i knew it would be a cold winter out there if we didn't make some changes soon. to make a long story short, some very generous people, including the mayor of our great little town, my husband, and my visiting father, pulled togehter for me and really made it happen. we built a small room in the barn that is very well insulated and has a woodstove.

before

before
here's what we started out with...

dad and glenn, working hard

dad and glenn, working hard
my fabulous husband, glenn, and my wonderful father, jim, hard at work

little helpers

little helpers
simon (canine) and maybe (feline) were a big help throughout the project!

jim rules!

jim rules!
here's the lovely mayor of dolores, jim, who really made the barn remodel possible by supplying the materials up front.

insulation queen

insulation queen
here is katie, one of my apprentices, helping out

moral support

moral support
sarah, my other lovely apprentice, stopped by to offer moral support (and beer) to the workers...

(almost) completed shop

(almost) completed shop
we still need to do all the finish work (tape, mud, trim, paint, add a door...) but here is the "finished" shop!