I know – it’s been a bit. But I am alive and kicking, and enjoying summer pool time, along with Chloe … So, to hit some highlights over the last few months: Our oldest son graduated from law school, and is presently in VA for tax law. Our youngest (the twins) turned 25, and we …
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AND I am! I’ve started the long-list project of turning my old studio into a ceramic studio, clearing out a large (which now will be 8 foot long x 7 foot tall x 2.5 foot deep – THIS is the BEFORE photo) area in our ‘storage’ basement for hydroponic growing; reorganizing the mini-closet/tanning bed space …
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Lots to share! (Yep, the picture post I talked about…) I’m so excited. Our garden is producing: Oh Summer, I love you!!! We have Cornish chickens (meat chickens) … So, hear me out. I researched and grew into this phase, FOR A WHILE – on my OWN. One …
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What a great week! We made some changes to the garden this year, adding five 4’ x 4’ raised beds, instead of the one 15 foot bed that I thought I had successfully negotiated for … Why? … Because, DH found these ‘ready made’ containers – and thought they would be easier/cheaper … Silly man! …
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The weather was beautiful, our daughter was gorgeous … We had a great day! Moving on … I have a whole week to play in the studio. I have my garden starts growing … and I’ve roped DH into building one more (of the two requested) raised garden beds. It’s all about moving forward! The …
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and catching up to date. So, the good news – I was off work this weekend. The bad news – it was supposed to be our oldest daughter’s wedding weekend. The good news – she has already chosen a new date for 2021. The good news, I’m feeling better. I saw my doctor and we …
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Well no. But they keep you moving forward. Our time is so segregated these days – but it’s all good! So, I’m reporting on a little of this and a little of that! I have managed to do a couple of things in the studio. Speaking of which – here is a reverse view from …
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I keep going back and forth with this creative rut. I need to do a MAJOR deep clean in the studio, and I’m not looking forward to it. But it has to happen, so … Next week! In the meantime, DH and I have played with some hot weather desserts. We tried some homemade (no …
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I cut some glass for a few vitrigraph pulls. Tonight we did an aqua pull. Here’s the stack, and the murrini results. I also plan to do a repeat coe90 beige pull. And I’m trying to recreate the coe96 Carnival pull, but in coe90 colors … We’ll see how well I did mixing the …
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We had a great week! Lots of afternoon pool time, lots of puppy play time, some computer work and a bit of studio card time! But first … Chloe’s posse turned 7 wks old. They are so fun to play with and too stinking cute! If you want to see more of our bulldogs, …
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