Last Sunday was the spring opening of the Extreme Dreams gallery here in Haines where I have my bead embroidery on display.  The opening is really more of a gathering of friends of the gallery for wine and snacks.  The past two years it's involved lots of warm sunshine and hanging out on the back porch looking at the Rainbow Glacier, but not this year. Brrr!

 I found some excellent pink beads in Anchorage, the Japanese bead makers have figured out how to make a colorfast pink!  Two Sitka Rose cuffs on display, the above on a rectangular form and below on the new curvy form.  Below are two of the others, ravens  and one with a big ol' rock and some pearls for wearing to that big soiree.

 I also made a new kind of neck piece on a brass form...compound curve makes for a crazy pattern shape!

 And when I'm not sewing beads, I'm coaxing plants to 'just make it a few more days'. It was warm in early April and now it's not so warm... the zucchini (below left) are gone now, it got too cold for them and their little roots gave up.  Thank goodness they're easy to sprout so I planted more seeds.

 The sprouts are in a small hoop house I made using pvc irrigation tubing and visqueen.  There are carrots and broccoli that aren't in a hoop house... I just hope it gets warmer soon so I can quit fretting over the babies.