glassblowing

On our way home from the maple farm on Saturday, we stopped by the Simon Pearce shop/restaurant/workshop in Quechee, VT. It's one of three workshops where you watch them making the handblown glass pieces sold in the stores. Zach had gone before so when he suggested we stop by and check it out all together I thought, "Ok, this should be neat." I don't know what I was thinking or expecting, but this was really, really friggin cool. D and I were both transfixed watching the glassblowers at work, turning red-hot molten glass into vases, drinking glasses, etc. (We were also glad to get in and out of the shop without the kids breaking any of the very pretty and very expensive things on display...)