This spring, the weather has not been too good in the Paris area… However, it did not sprevent various plants to bloom: roses, rhododendrons, iris, clematis, columbines…
Here are a few photos taken in my garden over the last few weeks: enjoy!
In a few weeks, it will be the eighth anniversary of my hematopoietic stem cells graft… time is flying! I do not forget the people who made “this miracle” possible: the team at Saint Antoine Hematology Department and in particular my wonderful graft doctor, my anonymous donor, my great family and my friends… I love them all!
Today, I would like to present one of my hobbies: using “glass” for my “artistic” work! I made several night lights to use both in France and in Canada (the plugs are not the sames!).
The first step is to make a small piece of glass covered with some “drawing”. Using special glass suitable for fusing, I made various objects. The key step is baking at high temperature to almost melt the glass, so that the different pieces are “glued together”….
Here are some examples:
The next step is to glue a small metallic piece to the back of the glass piece using an epoxy glue special glass.
Here comes the tricky part! This piece is not available in France! Why, I don’t know! But it can be bought in Canada! Since I have strong connections with Canada, I was able to buy some from a shop in Quebec! Moreover, I needed another piece to build the night light:
Fortunately, this piece was also available in Canada! So I bought a few of them, and picked them up during one of my trips to Toronto!
The last step was just to connect the two parts together, et voilà!
I am enjoying this “artistic” activity! But now, I need to find a way to get ride of some of them… I already gave some to people in my family, but I saturated all the houses! Maybe, as suggested by friends, I should try to sell them…
Or maybe, offer them to my friends from the Department of Hematology at Saint Antoine Hospital :-)! They saved my life! I love them all, and in particular my great graft doctor! And my donor and family members too!
Back from Toronto! We spent 3 weeks there with our family. It was good to be part of their life! We tried to help as much as possible, so that my daughter and her husband can have some rest. With two young children, and a limited sleeping period, it is kind of hard…
The weather there was as bad as when we left France: rainy and cold! Little sun! Even some snow!
It was just the start of the Spring there, with flowers which were already gone at home but were just starting to bloom.
Back home, we found the same rainy and cold days we had when we left 3 weeks before… But new flowers were blooming…
Soon we will have roses, peonies, iris…
I started again “my artistic work”, both clay modeling and stained glass. Work is in progress…
I am now in my eighth Spring since I got my stem cells graft! I will never thank enough the people at Saint Antoine hospital, and specially my fantastic graft doctor, who made this miracle possible! I don’t forget my anonymous stem cells donor, and my wonderful family and friends! I hope, one day, my anonymous donor will read this blog… I miss her…
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