Busy as Usual

Lyn Foley Jewelry Blog, Uncategorized 2 Responses »
Apr 032009

Two months without a peep from me on the web only means I have been busy. Let’s see:  I’ve been over at the new house a lot, making decisions and dealing with  contractors.  We’re waiting now for the concrete floor to be washed and stained, and for my propane line and exhaust fans to be installed. It is really down to the details!

Our "old" (not really old, its just 6) house is on the market , and a few people have looked at it in the last two weeks since we listed it. That means  I need to keep everything super clean in case the realtors call.

Meanwhile, we went to Dallas for Artscape, A Fine Art Fair in the Garden.  It was a lovely show, and we did well. However,  a few days before we left Jim caught a very bad bug or  had food poisoning. The doctor never figured just what Jim caught, but said he could go ahead to Dallas. We did, but took all our own food just to be safe. Whew! Jim is finally back to semi-normal after a lot of TLC.

Chapter Two  of "Go Anyway" was published in March our local paper, The Round Top Register. Work on the book continues, although I sometimes wonder if I will ever get it finished and published?

And beads?  Beads? Yes, I have been making beads in spite of everything else, and creating some spectacular jewelry if I do say so myself.  I’m glad the customers in Dallas and elsewhere agree with me. Thank you one and all for your support. You keep me going. Here are a few photos of some of my latest.  All of them have been sold, but I’d be glad to make something similar. E-mail me at beads(at)lynfoley(dot)com

B645.115

Special order pink flowers

N4095.385

N4094.435

Posted by Lyn Foley at 11:39 am

After the Hurricane

Jewelry, Lampworking, Lyn Foley Jewelry Blog, Uncategorized 1 Response »
Sep 132008

Rainlillies after the hurricane

We live about 150 miles inland from Galveston, Texas where Hurricane Ike made landfall early this morning.  I’ve been watching the news and weather reports about the storm for the last two days, and my heart goes out to all the thousands of people whose homes, lives and property have been severely affected by this huge hurricane.

The predictions and warnings started coming in via television radio, and newspapers at least five days ago. Forecasts put Round Top directly in Ike’s path, so yesterday Jim and I followed some of the broadcast advice and got to work. We bought extra ice and stockpiled water in case we lost power. The ice  would save our perishable food. The water we could drink  or use to flush our toilets, since our well needs electricity to power the water pump.  We stored our deck furniture and plants  inside, charged our cell phones, prepared our battery powered lantern and flashlights, and cooked a  big macaroni and vegetable salad.

Our new house is under construction next door. Since  winds might blow at up to 65 MPH, we stuffed the lightweight building materials from the job site into our garage – we didn’t want to take any chances with flying insulation. The builder lashed down the sheet metal. 

The storm didn’t come our way after all. Ike veered more to the east, leaving Round Top with only a bit of extra wind and some rain. But we were prepared, due  to all the early warnings. Tomorrow I’ll put the furniture back on the deck, clean out the garage, and turn on my torch again and make beads.

The day after won’t be nearly as easy for so many others – Ike  left a lot of damaged property in his wake.   The strength of this storm could have killed thousands, like the 1900 Galveston hurricane did – but  thanks to early warnings and evacuations, very few lives (if any) were lost.

Property can be rebuilt or recovered – lives can’t. So thank you all the people in Texas who worked on getting the word out, and keeping so many safe – a big thank you. And Ike – Good riddance! I’m glad you’re gone.

P.S. I took the picture of the copper rain lilies after I ventured out into our field after Ike passed over.

Posted by Lyn Foley at 12:55 pm
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