Half Way Projects…

Last year I offered a series of designs for our new church’s windows. They were to be done in stain glass and I let a few people look at the designs. And no, the subjects aren't copies of the the windows of the Cathedual at Chates France wherein heavenly bodies looking heavenly. How about a duck? a sunset? a waterfall? The subjects were of the wonders that surround us. All of a sudden within two weeks I had 9 windows “sold” and was out on the street getting quotes from glass studio’s around the country.


We (the board) received the first 2 quote and recovered from heart failure (literally) Then a small shop in Iowa sent theirs. Bingo! They were half price. SOLD! Now we are in a waiting game.

This little shop is in the middle of a southeastern Iowa corn field and they are swamped. Not due to the summer rains but swamped with work that they are trying to finish. They are full bore into revamping windows of a San Francisco Cathedral.

Our wait is going on three years but there is light at the end of the tunnel… Next month the first 4 windows are due with the balance to be set in November…. Maybe. Guess what I’ll be up to? Overseeing. I’ve taken lessons from Rosebud for the last 40years.
And no the window subjects aren’t of Saint Ralph and the holy mother Edina