Obsessive/compulsive- yep, that's me!

I am taking a stained glass class. We are learning the foil method in this class. This is the first stained glass I have ever done, and I love it!

In case you don't know, like I didn't know- Tiffany invented the foil method of stained glass. All the Tiffany lamps are put together with foil, then soldered together. The old church windows are done with lead came, and it is a totally different method. I am going to learn that next.

We learned to make a 'cartoon' first- a pattern. Learned to cut it apart with special scissors, so that it will fit together nicely when you cut the glass according to the pattern. We have learned to cut glass- straight cuts, convex curves, concave curves, and learned to use the various tools. We have learned to use a grinder to smooth our edges, and assure that our pieces are duplicates of our patterns. We have learned to wash our glass pieces and apply the foil to the edges of the nice clean glass.

That is as far as I can go. I don't know how to solder yet. I learn that on Tuesday evening.

I do know how to cut however, and grind, and smooth and prepare to solder, so that is what I have been doing. I now have 11 projects that I have so prepared, and when I learn to solder, I will have something ready to solder.

GOOD GRIEF! Eleven projects, and they are all different, and one gets bigger than the last. I have not done any windows yet, nor large panels, but those things are in my plans. Heheehe. (I am working on a lovely panel of poppies.)

I must be obsessive/compulsive about everything!

I will post pics when I have something to show.

Yellow spiders in my yard.....

You should just see how pretty these are!

These are yellow spider lilies, just beginning to bloom.

I have the red and the white, too, but these are the only ones blooming right now, so they are the most beautiful!

I think Fall has arrived.

My Word, we did have a plant sale!

And it was a good one too! These were taken before we opened the doors, and it was wall to wall plants! All these peoples are our Master Gardeners.....

This was a raffle item. We did very well on our raffle!
Look at that Jackie, thinking she can hide from me!

















We sold everything in the house except for 3 banana trees, which will probably get sold yet.




This is Kenneth, one of our hardest
working MGs.
His wife, Debbie, is also a hard working MG.


We always have fun doing these sales, but we are always so glad to have it done too! I am thankful for so many who are so willing to work so hard to better our Master Gardener organization.