Late notes but a FUN anniversary

melting the colors into the glass

blowing the bowl

shaping the top

The glassblower with his bowl the next day

The finished bowl

The day after when we picked it up

A BIG thanks to Terry as it was so so much much fun.

Terry and I celebrated our 5th anniversary on March 27th.  Terry surprised me with a great gift.  She made a reservation at the Ritz Carlson, not to stay or eat but rather to make a glass bowl.  An artist sets up shop there 2 or 3 times a week.  A person can then make an ornament or a bowl.  I got to pick my colors and then make the bowl from a blob of hot glass to the finished product.  It was a blast and I think the finished product was quite nice.  You probably can see that I had SOME help!  Making a glass bowl was not on my bucket list but after I found out how fun it was I put it on the list and then checked it off!  If I need to be truthful I really don't have a bucket list.  When the bowl was finished and we were ready to leave we looked at the outdoor patio menu to see if we wanted to stay for lunch.  I looked at the $20 burger and we decided we would find another place for lunch.

The winter has flown by.  In 5 1/2 weeks we will be hooked to the camper and headed north to a graduation, eight states, some presidential libraries and our last national park in the lower 48 states.  We have not visited the NE states so we also want to take in states like Delaware, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine. I think it is really IMPORTANT to stop in Vermont for at least a 6 pack of Heady Topper!

I have been able to say to myself over the last several weeks, "My back feels almost normal".  Of course the proof is when I head out to the tennis court after I put my knee brace on, put on my thumb brace, take my pills and IB, put my hearing aids in and grab my FP.  Actually I do things in kind of that order!  I have been very good at daily stretches and that helps a lot.

We have been experiencing almost perfect weather for several days now.  I think yesterday the wind was light, the sun was bright and the temp was 80. Doesn't get much better than that.

I am afraid I am starting to show my age more and more.  I think I have taken a couple of naps the last week and yesterday I sat and watched the hour before and then the entire Master's Golf.  In all it was pretty much sit and watch for 5 hours.  I doubt I have done that EVER.  Some would probably say that is normal but I think that is way too much sitting and watching--I did enjoy.

Things are quiet here as neighbors on the south and on the north are gone for the season.  I would say that by the end of next week a half dozen couples will be up north or on their way and when that happens things seems to settle down in a quiet way.  Terry and I will put on the last of the 6 Villa pool parties (November-April) this Wednesday.  A couple who have lived here for 20+ years will say good-bye as they have moved to a different living situation because he has serious health problems.  I think there are a hand full of couples who have been here that long.  I am guessing that over the next 1-4 years several villa's will change hands.  Like I have said hundred's of times, the only constant is change in life.

Ten minutes ago I got up and poured the last of the FP.  It is now down to the last few drops!