Purge, days 1, 2, 3

Three days ago I decided that every morning I'm going to scout around for something to get rid of. 365 days from then I should have gotten rid of 365 items. I'm not putting any restrictions on the item. None, though that may change. They can be recycled, trashed, donated, sold. Could be a scrap of paper. Looking to establish a habit here.

Day one, I agreed to sell the dog crate we first got for our dog, who we got in November. The crate turned out to be small so we got a larger one. Don't know why I held onto this smaller one. Dog's not going to shrink.

Day two: We have two boot cleaners at the back door. One is falling apart. I dismantled it, some parts can be burnt as kindling, the other parts had to be trashed.

Day three: That's today. I have some kangoo jumps that didn't feel right on my feet. Am offering them to a neighbor who's knees have been bothering her, but still wishes to run. If she doesn't want them they're off to Goodwill or Craigslist.

All caught up now. Will try to keep abreast of the great purge!

first day of September

Oh! Look how much time has passed since my last post!
My new-to-me kiln and kiln vent are running, right now. Jerrod Smith and Eric did the rewiring for me, did a fantastic job, passed the inspection easily. The kiln looks like it was born in its new spot. Surrounded safely by concrete walls and floor, nice little corner, shelves settle in around it nicely, I can access everything. Even easier to load than my propane kiln. I will post pics of kiln and will see if I can post Jerrod's info. Highly recommend that electrician team!

Rainy Day in Seattle

It rained most of the morning and afternoon. One of my favorite times to work at my pottery wheel is when it's both rainy AND warm. I push the wheel (it's ON wheels) out to the entrance of the garage, where I can watch the rain but not be in it. As I watched today I thought how good it would be to swim in the lake while it was raining. When I was ready for a throwing break I walked the dog the mile and a quarter to the lake, in the rain, and went swimming, in the rain. Fantastic. The eye level perspective of the drops on the water is stunning. And you have the whole beach to yourself. I hope it rains tomorrow so I can do it again.

Seattle Pottery Classes

Open registration started this Monday for my Sept-Dec 2008 pottery classes.
http://www.bdpottery.com/contact.htm
New things for the new session: New kiln, new glazes and my usual rearranging! This session we'll try out a couple image transfer techniques that I learned from Paul Wandless' workshop.
If you want to see pics of student work from my last session, find some of my earlier posts from June & July!

Pretty Dirty. A pictorial collection of ceramic artists on Etsy

http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=1753

An Etsy Treasury by Walrustusk

Toga Party Must Haves 16,
originally uploaded by Walrustusk.

And now, a picture of our dog.

We adopted this dog Nov 2007 from the Seattle Humane Society. About 2 years old, looks like a small chocolate lab and maybe some English Springer Spaniel, maybe some other things. We think he's just the right amount of smart. We've seen him go through lots of changes, all of them good. He got us out swimming in Lake Washington recently, something we probably wouldn't have done without him. There's a tiny blurry photo of him in my etsy shop. See if you can find it. Hint: Little white bud vase. His name is Russell Opaque Beauregarde.
Anyway, seems that so many of our friends are getting dogs. That or kids. Usually not both.