And we're back!

So, my camera battery has run out of charge and the charger has been AWOL for about 4 weeks now...I keep expecting it to turn up, I know it's somewhere, but it hasn't yet. Anyway, it's really been cramping my blogging style. I got desperate today and put my memory card in my mom's camera.

If you haven't heard yet, I got accepted to sell jewelry at a neighborhood holiday boutique in December. I am over the moon, I'm so happy about it. It's something that's been years in the developing. I'm really excited to see how it goes. So for the next couple of weeks I need to kick the creating into high-gear to expand my inventory. It's been so fun.

I bought this kitchen (aka craft) table at IKEA a couple months ago (when we bought the red couch). I finally assembled it this morning. It is uber, Uber cool. There is the central section with 6 drawers (3 each side) and two collapsible leaves, so I can fold them down when they are not needed, but it is all quite sturdy.
Recently I started experimenting with asymmetrical chain necklaces. I got some extra chains to experiment with. Below is a study in browns.

Gettin' started

Ta-Da!

A landscape that hasn't changed in a while

Up Close and Personal

Although we didn't see many people we did see some occupants of the surrounding ranch, some of whom seemed indignant at our intrusion and were reluctant to give up their positions in the middle of the road.(I'm pretty sure he's giving us a wicked crusty)

The Spiral Jetty

The Spiral Jetty was built in 1970 during a drought, so it is mostly under water right now. It was still cool to see, the next drought year we'll have to go out again so we can go and walk on it.

Weird Things on the Jetty

...the jetty that is NOT the Spiral Jetty, that is

1. Tar (not that that is that odd)
2. Feathers and Bones (lots and lots of bones)
3. Bubbles

The Jetty that is NOT the Spiral Jetty

We passed a family on mountain bikes on the drive out, but other than that we didn't see a soul for hours and it was utterly silent except for the sounds of slight breezes or water lapping occasionally. Looking at the lake and the mist shrouding the base of the mountains in the distance made me feel like this should be the scenery in a fantasy novel. We're at the end of the jetty from the first picture. The lake behind us didn't show up, so it looks like we're at the end of the world.
This jetty is close by the spiral jetty and was used in oil explorations from the 1920's - 1980's.

Our Grand Fall Break Adventure

Promontory Point
As anyone with good taste knows the best adventures start with Coke, Peanut butter M&Ms, and Munchie Mix, AND picnic sandwiches.
Adventure's 2nd stop was Promontory Point, cuz we were there. (Stop one may or may not be addressed in a later post.)
Real steam-engines that that work! They also came with chatty conductors that gave us cool historical facts. (We lucked out this is the last day of the year the steam engines come out of their little house until May.)
Uh...can I say I'm glad I'm not in charge of moving this train?