Oh What A Night
Jane is finished cutting all her glass save for her border. She cut her sky and her sun today and also got half of it ground and fitted. I have a sneaking suspicion that we’ll have the border on next week and be ready to solder.
Christine had emailed me a picture of a painting that she had done and wondered if she could do it in glass. Of course she can. I printed the picture out, traced the outlines and made a few adjustments to make the glass easier to cut and the pattern was set to go. And then when Christine walked into class sheshowed me a pattern that she had drawn up on her own of the same painting. In the end she went with the design with the easier cuts. She also understands what is possible and what’s not when it comes to drawing up a pattern. Hers was a wonderful design, just not quite what a beginner should tackle. Here we have the original painting and then the glass pattern with her green leaves and some of her sky cut out.
Lastly we have Amanda’s Tropical Fish window. We’ve gone with a colorful design that will compliment the doors she’ll have stained glass in soon. Amanda called about having a window made 3 weeks ago and when she dropped by to give us the templates for the windows she decided that she’d like to get in our classes also.
Here’s her Tropical Fish with the green leaves, the black sections of the fish and some of the coral cut out.
We closed up shop around 9:30pm and after Jane, Amanda and Christine left we went in the house with food on our minds. We ate while watching TV and then I sat down getting ready to write this update. Our pregnant cat Ethel was acting a bit odd so I was sort of keeping my eye on her. Just before I was about to turn in for the night I looked outside and there she was, not moving at all in the box we had on the back porch (She’s an outdoor cat) I got worried went outside and there she was with two kittens nursing on her.
Needless to say it has been a long night for us and Ethel alike. Ethel is only 9 months old and all our students know her as the cat that’s ready to explode. Tonight she did. At 6am she had her 7th and final kitten. She didn’t have an easy time through it and unfortunately she lost 4 of her kittens. All were black save for a single yellow one.
We’ve cleaned up the mess and are preparing for our noon class as I type this. As tired as I am I can’t imagine how poor Ethel feels. She’s passed out in a box in the bathroom while the 3 black kittens are nursing.
With that out of the way I’d just like to end this with a Happy Birthday message to both my mother and father out in Pennsylvania. My father’s birthday was Monday and my mother’s is today (Wednesday). Happy Birthday! Now, I’m going to have a cup or 2 of coffee…
Paul