yesterday my parcel arrived from the Seattle Glass Blowing Studio and Gallery… we spent a wonderful hour there after the cruise where I made a float and Cyndi made a beautiful glass bowl…

I had been blown away by the gorgeous Chihuly Garden and Glass, and had great fun making my piece… Ron came along and took pictures while we worked… the three below were taken on my iPhone by Cyndi…

really difficult to blow the bubble and you need excellent teamwork…

when we talked with Dale Chihuly he said he had 90 people on his team and after making one little float I can see how you could use many hands…

very hot glass melting onto float to make weighted bottom…

our instructor was excellent…

flattening the bottom of the float…

they put the pieces into a kiln where the temperature comes down slowly over 24 hours so we didn’t get to see the final product until it arrived…

my outfit is particularly lovely as they recommended wearing cotton clothing… I found these pants with crabs on them the day before and as they were way too long we cut them off and I rolled them up…

Cyndi and Crystal were texting back and forth about how embarrassed they were that I was going out in public dressed in such a fashion, lol…

while at the Glass Blowing Studio I splurged and bought a stunning bowl…

my float looks pretty good… it is round and purple and will go into the pond…

float that I made in Seattle…

what more could a person want, lol…