Rainy Sunday Trip to School

Last cups, unpacked, and ready for glazing...

Dropping off, and unwrapping three boxes of pottery...

Even a little bit of rain helps...

Carsick pup...

The berries are all uncovered to receive the rain...

5th Annual Cup Swap Progress Report

Just some clear glaze and these are ready for the last firing...

These are from the first round of cups...

Carved fruit, with inset color...

A loving cup, and the perfectionist's mug...

Festive, spotted heart cup...

Mama Needs a New Bike

The purple is great, but only has foot brakes and no speeds...

I use my old Schwinn beach cruiser to ride around our large school campus during my work day. But, since I live forty minutes away from the school, over a mountain road, composed entirely of tight curves, I think it's time to get a home bike as well. I've missed riding around after work. Lately, I've been looking at many stores and comparison shopping. This is NOT at all in character. Generally, I'm an impulse buyer through and through. I had narrowed it down to a few choices. But then, the kindly salesman gave me a big, fat catalog. This blew all of my ideas out of the water…

Love the coral with blue rims, and it has hand brakes and speeds...

This navy blue one has a saucy book rack…

Is the frame too short for my long legs?

This blue deluxe one is quite a bit more dough...

Hold the phone!  Lime green with white tires...

Feeling the Love

It's time to get started on the Valentine's Day festivities in Room #19. The candy hearts and the stuffed penguins carrying hearts have been purchased. Each year, we make ceramic heart ornaments, decorated with red, pink, and white glaze. The hearts have all been rolled out, and are almost ready for the bisque firing. Usually, I buy large white file envelopes and glitter student names in sparkly red on the front. Then, the kids get to decorate the fronts of their envelopes with doily hearts, and construction paper hearts of their own making. These envelopes will be hopefully filled with valentines from classmates. I'm going to start the glittering this week, so that we'll be ready!

  

The store was out of Spanish conversation hearts...

Heart ornaments, soon to be bisque fired...

Soon, this will be stuck to my hair, because it goes everywhere...

Anasazi-ish Pottery

Saucy handles and polka dots...

Spots and stars...

Lunchtime helper, disguised for the interweb...

Argyle patterns and stripes...

Striped handles with polka dots...

Third shelf from the bottom...

Trades and Belated Presents

Bought some wire tonight, so that I can put hangers on these...

A wall heart for Elaine Pinkernell: heroine, neighbor, and friend...

This is way overdue from an internet dare with Mrs. Bowers...

A wall heart for Betty Spindler, also a clay heroine...

Arti always gives me the best fudge.  Seriously, the best...

Worlds Collide

Bottom shelf of three shelves of Anasazi pottery...

Cups for the first round of our "Cup Swap"...

LuLu angrily looks on while I unload the kiln...

More cups, and this is only round one...

A record setting three boxes from the bisque firing...

These belated Christmas presents are going into the kiln...