The Sparrow’s Nest — silversmith

Wrapping up 2020 It is such a weird concept to me. 2020. And now here we are at the end of it. This year has been the craziest yet. Never in my wildest dreams did I think our country would find itself in the middle of a pandemic. On lock down with so much unknown. Panic setting in only to lead to a toilet paper shortage?!?!  When it all started happening I was terrified. Not so much of the virus but not knowing, and not feeling safe. It definitely pulled me out of my bubble. Not enough for me to...

This week I’m coming to you from Florida. We make our yearly trek here to visit family and stay at their beautiful beach house on the inter coastal waters. It’s one of my favorite places because of the view. Every morning I sit out on the back patio, soak in the warmth, smell the salty air all while I sip my coffee. I leave my phone inside and sit with my thoughts. Did I mention the view of passing boats and dolphins from this patio? Last year this time I wasn’t that far into my silversmithing journey. It really started...

2018 – What kind of blogger would I be if I didn’t recap the year? Probably not a very good one. So here comes the obligatory year end post. Phew, and what a year it has been. We started off by adding a second dog. We are a rescue family with a pension for pitbulls. Apparently white and black spotted ones as we now have two of them. I call them my cow dogs. I am sure they will make their blog debut soon, as they love to keep me company while I smith. Except when I start my acetylene...