Falling Frog

A true Story-

I worked for a boyfriend guiding rock climbing for a couple of years in Tennessee. A regular client was a retired physicist in Oak Ridge, TN. He had moved to America from UK and was a really interesting fellow. Very matter of fact & precise. The first time they went climbing my friend recanted that the physicist had calculated the number of seconds it would take to reach the ground from the top of the climb off the cuff. Obviously he had a very well exercised brain.

So one sunny day we are out at the Obed Wild & Scenic River on a guiding trip w/ him. The chosen climb was not working out so we decided we needed a new route & began hiking deeper into forest. This particular crag was very long & we had been hiking along it's base for maybe 1/2 mi. It was a lovely day, not too hot. There was still run off water trickling off the top of crag, making rainy spots here & there.

I will never forget the bizarre nature of what happened next. I was the last in line & paused to look up at the water b/c this particular trickle was heavier & it was neat to look up & see the individual water drops sparkling as they were coming down at me. Then I heard a sound. A sound like something falling out of the sky.  Piiiiissssuuu...

A frog--falling down...

        From the top

        To

A rock... Right in front of me!  A couple of miles in the middle of a forest!

Splat.

How bizarre indeed.

By this time the boyfriend has noticed & stopped, the physicist kept going a few paces.

I just stood there frozen. Was it dead?! Could it have survived? The physicist stops, turns back, looks down at splayed out frog & says, "Frogs. They don't look before they leap" turns & hikes away.

Still aghast, I checked, the frog was dead. So I hiked on wondering to this day at how fascinating it was to see such a spectacle, to be in exactly the right place at the right moment.

What does his story have to do with Amber's Glass?

I am going to look before I leap. I am going to anticipate as much as possible and take the plunge, which means perfecting the plan, meeting with investors & borrowing money to buy a permanent facility. 

The last blog was a long long time ago. Life moves on. (seasons cycles) end & begin anew. The situation at the building has not changed much, but I have. Welding course is finished--I am a certified welder! And I graduated! And finished the new sculpture for the national competition in Kansas City on June 19.

I want to let you know all about everything & I will! Right now I am majorly focused on the details of Amber's Glass Business Strategy & final preparations for the competition.

Thank you for your continued support and hang in there! I am!

In it to win it!

Amber Carman

Hot Sculpted Artiste with a Vision

www.ambersglass.com