S'Mores & Glass

Today was a very nice lazy day.  Bill and Leslie picked us up early this afternoon from our motel and took us to lunch at Panera, then we came back out to Raccoon State Park.  No hikes today!  Just a quiet afternoon of working on jewelry (Bill), doing suduko (Forry), watching an inch-worm crawl across her lawn chair (Leslie), or reading my Kindle.  Tonight Forry built a fire and we eventually had perfect coals for S'Mores.  

I think Forry likes them -- he actually ate two!

The best part was that Leslie has the patience to TOAST marshmallows --not burn them!  She did the extra-large marshmallows for all of us.

The last two days, I have had a chance to shatter the glass to finish the set of coasters that Bill is making for me (to replace the set Daughter Dawn talked me out of...).  You take a piece of colored glass;place it between two pieces of paper; then hit it with a hammer.  Then you CAREFULLY slide the broken pieces -- without disturbing the pattern -- onto a piece of clear glass which is already sitting in the kiln.  The top is replaced on the kiln and then it is fired to 1525 degrees.  This melts and fuses the colored glass into the clear glass, making these beautiful coasters.

Nine hours later, this is what you have! They get little clear feet on the bottom and you end up with something gorgeous.