Anne and Mike's magnificent osprey

 what a great Memorial Day weekend I have had!  Anne and Mike came to celebrate Anne's birthday, and decided to create a panel together featuring an osprey.  Luckily, Mike had a great photo he had taken that we used as a starting point on their design.  Look closely at that bird - this is the absolute perfect piece of glass that we used for most of his body and one wing.  Anne and Mike searched for the exact right section of this glass and found it - we didn't even realize how perfect it was until we had completed the panel and held it up to the light!

as always, my photography skills (unlike Mike's excellent ones) leave a lot to be desired, but I think you can get an idea of how beautiful this panel turned out.

Thanks Mike for bringing Anne.  Bob and I had a great time with you and we hope to see you back here sometime.