End of the Dog Days of Summer
September 28th, 2008I’m looking forward to Fall, aren’t you? We’re just getting a touch of color here now. Some of you living further north are definitely into the swing of things. I even noticed some changes on our trip to Mackinac at the end of August. A any rate it inspires me to change my color schemes around my studio, as well as, my home.
The change of weather always effects me. Inspires me. Gets me off dead center.
I don’t know about you, but the heat and humidity of Summer makes it very uncomfortable cutting glass and working with a soldering iron. That’s one of the reasons I switch to leading in the summer. My glass studio isn’t air conditioned, and because it’s in the basement, it can get very sticky down there when the heat soars.
I spend more of my time perusing magazines in the summer, sketching, and even checking out new ways of expressing myself, often trying out new (to me that is) crafts that I haven’t explored yet.
One of the new magazines I’ve added to my virtual book shelf is Astarte’s Mega-zine. It’s truly lovely and if you haven’t already seen it, why not check it out here. You can pick up a free copy to read at your leisure.
Now that we’re past those dogs days, I can move my kiln back in from the garage since it gets much too cold to work. It’s also safer cutting and constructing stained glass pieces downstairs where I have an off limits sign up for the cats. (Yah, like they can read!) I can spend more time playing with my ideas downstairs in my workshop, too.
I think my cats miss me when this happens… after having me around the house more in the summer, but I look forward to being back in my glass studio. Now, I can put all those ideas I’ve been wanting to try to work and see what comes up. I’ll also be working on gifts for the Holidays.
Well, there’s just a couple more weeks or so to go of hot weather (let’s hope). So, keep cool and while you’re at it, why not leave a response to this blog, and tell us how you cope with creating in the heat or how the change of seasons inspires you.
Happy Fall.


