We understand Joyce. I hope you are able soon to live your moving words: "life is short, very beautiful, so live it with fervor." Your brother and you uncle would have wanted that for you too.
And I wish I had more that a couple of teaspoons of that Zimmerman "Silver Lake" white. Alas, other than a fair stash of Purple Rose, Lilac Rose and some Coral Pink that I can't give away even though it is a pretty color, I have no more than 3 or 4 oz. of a few other Z frit colors and maybe 2 kilos of cane.
I'm going to try the base and frit-dipped cane as a top layer sometime this week. I'll post pix if I get anything half as pretty as Kalera's set.