Staying near my aunt meant getting to see family again. We were sick the last time we rolled through town, and my cousin's baby was new to this world at this time, so this was our first time meeting the baby. Such a sweetie. Totally unsure about us, though. We come in like a hurricane, though, so I understand. We enjoyed dinner and a great evening with them all. After we left, Bill got a text saying we had left our chairs, so we did a repeat the next night. Two nights of fun, who can complain?
On the way to my aunt's house, we saw a billboard advertising the Arts on Fire festival, so that's how we spent our day before hitting her house for the second night. This cool train was the first thing we saw, so of course we had to take a picture. The website had mentioned glass blowing and iron pouring, but not much else, so we didn't know exactly what to expect. We had a good time, though!
The glass blowing was cool. Since we had been to a studio and watched glass blowing in VA, we had already learned a bit about this art form. This gentleman, though, made a vase, which we had not seen done before. We got to see new (to us) techniques, which is always exciting.
Those little squares are sandstone, which people carved to form their own design. The iron was then poured over it and cooled, and you got to take home your own hand designed iron block for only $5. A bargain I say!
Bill did the carving on ours. The kids had input on the design and even helped draw out ideas. I think it turned out very nice.
We also got a nice little trinket from one of the artists there (Steel by Victor). Not sure how we're going to use it just yet, but we'll come up with a way. Great to have something to remember our journey to Scranton!
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