Wishing all of you a very Merry Christmas and a Bright & Happy New Year… from all of us at Nellyglass Studio.
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Merry Christmas ’25
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Father’s Day 2025
The weather was perfect on the back deck for sipping summer cocktails and munching yummy tapas. Monica prepared it all while I enjoyed it all. Thank you, my darling wife. Happy phone calls from my children inspired me to remember my own father. I still have his airplane propeller. It was a good day.
Spoiled? YES! … Grateful? Oh, YES!!
I floated through 66 with joyful ease, buoyed by a loving family. These pics will prove it.
It all began with the completion of my final stained glass project as an anniversary gift for Monica. A lamp inspired by one of her favorite paintings by one of her favorite artists, Vincent Van Gogh. If interested, you can read the story of the making of Almond Blossom Lamp.
Then it continued with four wonderful days in Sackville NB, spent celebrating Monica’s 66th birthday, Our 40th wedding anniversary and Canada Day. We had so much fun retracing steps across Mount Allison University campus where our story began 47 years ago, exploring back roads searching for anniversary momentos, eating lots of great food and enjoying celebratory drinks with good friends.
It ended with a beautiful 40-year memory scrap book that Monica made for me… one she can continue to add to for many more years (God willing) and I will cherish it.
This is our weekend in photos. Thanks for viewing. Happy Canada Day 🇨🇦
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Father’s Day 2024
It was a wonderful weekend full of blessings.
It started Friday night when our daughter, Sarah, and Son-in-law Matt, took us all out for dinner at Casa Latina. Fantastic food! Awesome atmosphere! Such proud parents!
Saturday was a quiet rainy day spent in the studio as I worked on my final stained glass project; an anniversary gift for Monica. It’s our 40th at the end of June. One we will both enjoy and hopefully remember for many years to come.
Sunday started with an early Happy Father’s Day phone call from son Ryan. It’s good to hear from him… wish he lived closer. Then a tour of the backyard gardens in the morning sun with breakfast smoothie in hand.
Next, Sarah and Matt dropped by with homemade sushi for a Father’s Day treat ❤️ and then we all went uptown to the Queen Square Market to browse the food vendors. Such a nice venue here in the city and on a beautiful day like this, you’re guaranteed to bump into old friends there.
The afternoon was enjoyed lounging on the back deck with a tall glass of Bourbon Slush.
To top it all off, Monica created a gourmet Surf ‘n Turf dinner and that’s when I lost count of my blessings. I am humbly thankful for all my good fortunes.
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Mother’s Day 2024
It started yesterday with a mother/daughter spa day in Moncton. I’m told it was fabulous and it definitely set the mood for today.
Today was a wonderful day of greenhouse shopping, back deck lounging and good food occasionally punctuated with calls and media exchanges for Monica from loved ones. It was a day for mothers to feel they are understood and appreciated. I hope she did. It does feels a bit selfish, however, that this father should also enjoy the day so much!
Monica and I enjoyed three major events this weekend at home in Saint John:
- First time visit to a new restaurant on the West Side… Casa Latina. Fantastic!
- the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby. It was a photo finish and Mystic Dan won by a whisker.
- a Cinco de Mayo birthday celebration for our daughter Sarah’s 36th.
Around all that, we also enjoyed each other’s company and got a little exercise around our yard and garden. If a picture is worth 1000 words, here is the short story of our weekend:
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Date Nite ’24
March 25th, 2024 marks 47 years since Monica and I had our first date at Mount Allison University. We always look forward celebrating the occasion. This year, our daughter and son-in-law gave us Imperial Theatre tickets for Christmas and we enjoyed an evening of fine dining and live entertainment. The show was “Misery” but the experience was marvelous! To top the night off, we raced to the north end Dairy Queen with just 3 minutes to spare before closing. Sweet Dreams, my Love. ♥️
Monica and I fully enjoyed this day. It started with a morning spa at the SJ Aquatic Center (I prefer the term ‘Executive Workout’). Then we picked up a mountain of sushi from Ta-Ke on King Street and raced home to enjoy a wonderful afternoon and evening. There were chocolates. ♥️
Here are some captured moments:
From the studio in my basement to the grand cathedrals of Europe, 2023 was a wonderful year full of glass. Inspiration and creativity soared to a glorious finish for my stained glass career. There is one more approved commission that I didn’t have time to complete before Christmas. I will do that in January ’24 so stay tuned…. It will be my largest ever. Then, please follow me on Nellyglass.com as I pursue some personal projects in my retirement.
I want to sincerely thank all my patrons over the past eight years for your business. I hope the glass you purchased brings you years of joy. Thank you also to my social media followers who cheered me on. A special thank you to Monica for all the support in helping make my business dream come true. I’m talking every day and in every way. ♥️
Now it’s time to retire.
A Happy New Year to all and a Fond Farewell from Nellyglass Studio. Business is now CLOSED.
Long live the art and the artist.
65 is kinda’ special. Worthy of a Grand Bash! We played it down, on a scale of 1-10, but that didn’t make it any less special. A wonderful day for both of us, memories made and captured in photos.
I love food and I love it when people want to prepare it for me! Here is the day-long sequence of shots of the mothers in my life working and taking care of the fathers in their lives. Happy fathers!
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Mother’s Day 2023
Monica got royally spoiled this weekend by all of us… and so she should. She deserves all the accolades. On Saturday, she and her sister, Marlene, were toured around the Saints (Stephen and Andrew) by their daughters. On Sunday morning, she was toured around Fredericton by her son and me. In the evening, Monica made a beautiful meal of Lemon-Dill Halibut, Shrimp and Scallops with rice and asparagus matched with a lightly oaked French Chardonnay.
All of the above was given and received with gratitude. I have the utmost respect for all mothers’ toil and love. Where would we be without it?
- March 25th, 1977, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB
- Our first date: dinner (pizza) and a movie (King Kong)
- 46 years later, we still like to remember and celebrate
- This year at Mimimi authentic Chinese restaurant in the North End
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Valentine’s Vigil
Monica and I spent a lovely Valentine’s Day at home, just the two of us, with a nice bottle of wine and candlelight over a beautiful bowl of Cioppino. It was perfect!
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Happy New Year 2023
As 2022 draws to a close, I send out this heart-felt thank you to all those who inspired me to create. It was a wonderful year with lots of stained glass challenges and personal growth in my craft.
I take this opportunity to announce that 2023 will be the final year for Nellyglass Studio. At the end of the year, I will close my business and retire from commissioned work.
Until then, commissions are welcome.
Monica and I wish for All of You a Healthy and Happy New Year Celebration and a Joyous 2023!
Monica and I enjoyed a week away in Nova Scotia to celebrate her 64th birthday and our 38th wedding anniversary. Four nights in Eastern Passage, one night in Yarmouth and one night in Windsor were just enough to sate our wanderlust. Mixed weather didn’t stop us from exploring more than a dozen of Nova Scotia’s spectacular beaches in search of the elusive sea glass. Great food, quaint accommodations, long walks and peaceful reflections were just what we needed to recharge and reconnect. We didn’t find much glass, but oh, those beaches!! I took nearly 500 photos but narrowed it down to these 130 highlights.
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Mother’s Day 2022
A mother like no other… just ask my children!
March 25th, 2022, marked the 45th anniversary of our first date (1977 – Mount Allison – movie King Kong). Our wonderful children, Sarah and Ryan, gave us as a Christmas gift this year; a one-night stay and dine package at the renowned Rothesay Shadow Lawn Inn. This included the master suite, a welcome bottle of prosecco and a 5-course meal called the “Flavours of New Brunswick”.
This 150 year old historical beauty was built in 1870 by James Robertson, partner in the MRA department store in Saint John. Today, its original grandeur is preserved as a 4.5 star inn and restaurant. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay and raised a glass to 45 years of dating.
Monica and I, at Nellyglass Studio, wish for all of you a very Merry and Bright Christmas this year.
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