It's weird how time seems to fly by so fast when it comes to keeping up on email, updating websites and especially adding new jewelry. It flies by quickly but in reality everything is in slow motion. I can't explain the feelings. I lost both of my parents suddenly this summer, three weeks apart. This was some of the hardest heartbreaks I've ever felt, the people who put me together are no longer here on this earth. I was put back yet again with the smithing and photography, I can't seem to catch my breath anymore. I am getting better though, I'm healing as best as I know how and with three years of PTSD therapy post our homes and town burning down, and now this. Good news, our home is up and due to be finished by spring sometime, one more year in the cabin at Lake Almanor. During the passing of my parents, the Dixie Fire started, it burned all around Lake Almanor sparing the town of Chester, the Peninsula and Lake Almanor West. I'm grateful we still h
