A source for pottery kitchen storage (http://www.hollandhouseware.co.uk/articles/) and spice sets (http://www.hollandhouseware.co.uk/articles/) is Henry Watson Pottery (<a href="http://www.

perfectly. The combination of quality materials and basic shapes with timeless glazes allow the pottery to fit into your modern home well. success It is even possible for one to eat and drink from identical black glazed items like sugar, coffee bean, and tea containers, bread boxes, and square pasta jars. The Black glazed Watson Pottery ranges are divided among the original terra cotta and "funky" glazes of the web site consists of a family tree. It stretches through time from Robert Watson in 1787, Tomas in 1850, Adam (husband of Charlotte) in 1878, Henry in 1929, Frederick in 1976, followed by Michael, Jeremy, Adam, and George.

Their success is attributed to this unbroken succession of family in the business. The Henry Watson Pottery group is also comprised of containers for salt, garlic, and kitchen tools. A conventional biscuit container, tea kettle and sugar bowl, is available as well. It is even possible for one to eat and drink from identical black glazed cup/stein, dish/saucer, and breakfast bowls. The rustic simplicity and traditional products of traditional kitchenware complement the clean lines of modern kitchen appliances and cabinetry perfectly.

The combination of quality materials and basic shapes with timeless glazes allow the pottery to fit into your modern home well. salt, It garlic, stretches and through breakfast time bowls. from The most Pottery of traces traditional generations products of traditional kitchenware complement the clean lines of modern kitchen appliances and cabinetry perfectly. The combination of quality materials and basic shapes with timeless glazes allow the pottery to fit into your modern home well.

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Christmas Season in Poland

One of the reasons I became an exchange student was not only to learn other cultures and traditions, but to also take part in them. Christmas is celebrated in many different ways around Europe, but this year I have been fortunate enough to take part in a Polish Christmas in Koszalin. I have written about my sights in Berlin, Germany during this Christmas season but my Polish sights and experience mean so much more to me. Berlin was more like a vacation, so I took the time to see the sights and absorb it all. Poland is a much different experience. I have become so attached to this remarkable country that I just want to observe, discover, and experience as much as possible and not just from a traveler’s or tourist’s point of view but from a person who actually is involved in the Polish culture. I experienced most of this season in my city of Koszalin, which isn’t a popular tourist city but I was also able to travel to Wrocław.

Christmas Season in Koszalin, Poland

I find the month of December here in Koszalin to be reasonably simple and not over the top. Stores here are filled with candy and Christmas merchandise such as ornaments and house décor. Malls are filled with shoppers during the weekends with some additional entertainment like angles walking amongst the crowds. Stalls within the mall are set up selling miniature Christmas trees, Christmas pastries, and ornaments. I am saddened to not find traditional Polish ornaments or dolls for sale. Everything for sale is so modern. Polish objects are usually found within Christmas Markets and unfortunately Koszalin doesn’t have one. Other than the mall and Town Center not many lights or decorations are to be found around the city. It’s hard for people living in apartments to decorate outside.
The center is beautifully lit up at night gleaming off the fresh snow.. Temperatures here are really cold this time of year dropping to a range of –13 to 5 degrees F. Snow boots, thick coats, hats, scarves, and gloves are a necessity.

Saint Nicholas (Mikolajki) Celebration in Poland
Celebrated on December 6th, 2009

Most European countries take the time to celebrate Saint Nicholas Day with their families. Each country however celebrates this holiday according to their traditions. This year on December 6th I had the chance to take part in some of the Polish traditions of the holiday Mikolajki, or otherwise known as Saint Nicholas Day.
Kids here in Poland typically wake up on the morning of the sixth and find small presents by their beds. My experience was a bit different. On the night of the fifth my family had just arrived home from our trip to Berlin. We ended up getting home around midnight and when I got to my room Saint Nicholas already came for me. He was so nice in getting me a shopping bag, a Christmas tea mug, and lots of candy. Saint Nicholas day is usually a holiday for children to receive gifts but sometimes he visits adults as well. He visited my mother this year and left her a nice Christmas breadbasket. It’s typical for him to give small presents like soaps, shampoos, Christmas items, and lots of chocolate. Stores around Koszalin started to sell Christmas merchandise about a week before Saint Nicholas Day, unlike the United States with holiday items on the shelves after Halloween. Saint Nicholas also visited my grandparent’s houses and left my sister and me presents so my Babcia (Grandma) dropped them off. Families don’t tend to get together and celebrate this holiday and there aren’t any special meals planned or church services that day. It is a preparation day for what is about to come.

Saint Nicholas (Mikolajki) Celebration At School Class
Celebrated on December 4th, 2009

My school here in Poland has three grade levels and each grade is split up into individual classes. Throughout the whole year you remain with this same class of about 30 kids. You celebrate holidays in school with your classmates.
For Saint Nicholas Day my class planned a secret gift exchange. A week prior we picked names. I ended up choosing my friend Ola so I wrapped some glass jewelry I brought from the Untied States and added some American candy for her. I have been unable to find peppermint candy canes here. Only fruity flavored ones. Our party was scheduled during one of our classes. A student from a different class joined us dressed as Santa Claus. We gave him all of our gifts. We had to do something special to receive our gift. Some sat on his lap and told him what they wanted for Christmas and others sang pieces of songs. I decided to sing a bit of “Jingle Bells”. I received some soaps and a really cute heart pillow CD case from my friend Ala.

Christmas Season Activities

During the Christmas season many families take part in various activities to bring the family closer together. Here are just a couple:

The One and Only Christmas Tree. (Ta jedna, jedyna choinka.)

In the United States I’m accustomed to purchasing a Christmas tree with my family in the beginning of December and decorating it with them. Here in Poland my sister and I got a chance to scout out the perfect Polish Christmas tree two weeks before Christmas.

An old Polish tradition is to purchase a Christmas tree and wait till Christmas Eve to set it up and decorate it with your family members. My sister and I bundled up and set out to find a perfect Christmas tree to place in our flat.

Here in Koszalin it really isn’t too hard to find a place to purchase a Christmas tree, but finding the perfect one is a different story. The Christmas trees are cut down and wrapped in netting and are driven to empty lots around the city. I would say within a mile radius there are about seven or eight different tree vendors. I thought picking out a Christmas tree would be fairly easy but trees aren’t so thick with branches and bristles. Most are about medium size and are somewhat bare compared to trees I’ve seen in the United States. We were looking very hard for the thickest tree so we could fill it with tons of decorations and ornaments. We ended up catching a bus and went to another Christmas tree lot to continue looking around. It took some time but there it was. It stood out to me because it was so full compared to the other trees I’ve seen. It took me some time to actually notice why it was so full. It was two trees in one. The trunk was about a foot in length then it parted into two separate trunks each with its own branches filled with bristles. Karolina also liked the tree a lot.

We purchased this 7 foot tree for 120 zloty which is equivalent to 45 US dollars. The tree workers wrapped our tree in netting for easy transportation and were set to go. There was one problem; we were a mile away from home and couldn’t walk all the way home in the freezing cold snow. Karolina and I ended up taking the bus home with tree in tow. We got a lot of stares and I felt weird transporting a tree on the bus. I don’t think that happens too often. It wasn’t until we arrived home that I realized that we needed to carry this tree up an additional seven flights of stairs. I’d never put this much work into getting a Christmas tree before. We carefully maneuvered up the stairs until we reached the top and quickly went inside to warm up from our Christmas tree task.

Making Pierniczki (Gengerbread)

My sister and I had the chance to make Polish pierniki, otherwise known as gingerbread, with each other. Gingerbread all around the world is a traditional Christmas sweet. Gingerbread is a very important dessert here in Poland whether it’s gingerbread cakes or cookies.
Karolina and I took the time to make cookies with each other. It was fun cooking these wonderful pastries with her because we had about three hours on our hands to talk, have fun, and also enjoy the wonderful tastes and smells of the gingerbread cookies. We cooked, cut and decorated about 70 cookies to be served this Christmas Eve.

Christmas Season in Wrocław, Poland

I had the chance to explore this touristy town during this Christmas season. It was a treat. A town square known as the Renek was the location of my first Polish Christmas market. My best friend Katelyn, another exchange student, introduced me to this wonderful spectacle.
There were more than 50 different stalls filled with Polish jewelry, pottery, ornaments, and nativity scenes. I picked up a bunch of Polish pottery ornaments and a wooden nativity scene with bee wax sculptures. My mother really likes collecting bee items since my great grandfather was a bee keeper. I thought that would be a nice present for her. My Rotary club from Johnstown sent some extra money for Christmas. I used some of it to purchase ornaments for myself. I will keep them wrapped for my Christmas trees over my lifetime to share with my children one day. They will get to hear all my stories and memories of my time in Poland.
The Polish kielbasa, pierniki, and crepe stalls were also present and sent delicious smells throughout the whole square. My mouth is watering even now. A very small carnival was positioned in the center of this market with a few games.
I absolutely fell in love with the Christmas decorations in the Renek. There was a sleigh with two stuffed toy reindeer available for pictures. The food stalls were unique. One was turned into a huge story pyramid about Christmas and the other was decorated out of marvelous dark wood. The Renek is surrounded with buildings that look like they just popped out of an old vintage European movie which made this whole experience even more magical.

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It looks like we are getting our white Christmas here in Northern Virginia.  Always a treat for this native Southern Californian.

I wanted to take a moment to thank everyone who follows my blog and has supported me in my artistic and spiritual journey this year.  This has been a scary and exciting year with lots of personal growth, large and small professional achievements and some pretty awesome pots.

As I look forward, I anticipate a year of continued growth with lots of challenges and opportunities.  I hope to meet all of them with grace.  To be better prepared, I am taking a respite over the next week to reenergize and prioritize.  In the spirit of rebirth that is marked by the yuletide I will reflect on the past and prepare for the future.

However you spend and celebrate this holiday season, I hope you have a safe and peaceful time.  And above all, stay centered.

In metal we trust

Attitude; rude.
Thrashing snare.
Bloodshot eyes.
Every vice.
Anti-establishment.
Non-conformists.
Anti-everything.
Anger; seething.
Sarcastic while greeting.
Hateful; hated.
Breathing; bated.
Heads, back and forth we thrust.
Scream…
In metal we trust.

Varun Rajagopalan.

I was just having a think about all of the amazing things that I’ve seen over the year in a variety of places: charity shops, markets, shops, Ebay, car boot sales… and I remembered about these amazing things that Aidan bought at the start of December.  We’d been down to Stafford to see my parents, taking in the customary charity shops and antique stalls on the markets. Nestled amongst the (very cheap) treasures on aforementioned stall were these:

Tretchikoff Style Heads

Aidan sold them on Ebay as ‘Tretchikoff Style’ as they seemed to be very similar to some of the women in his paintings.  We don’t really know anything about them other than they look Fifties and are made of a very heavy metal. They measure about 3″ long.  They’re long gone to the lucky buyer who won them, but I just wondered if anyone knew anything about them? I really like them (Aidan didn’t!), so if I ever saw any again, I’d probably buy them. On the original stall, they were priced at £3… Aidan sold them for £51! Quite a profit. Probably the real reason why he didn’t want to keep them… Let’s just hope that’s been reinvested into my Christmas present!

This was also bought from the same stall: A little Cairn vase for £3. Needless to say, it also sold for quite a bit more…

Small Cairn Pottery vase

ในการเขียนถึงเราจะต้องคุยกับวิธีการป้องกันการหย่าโดยถึงขั้นตอนสำคัญบาง. เหล่านี้ขั้นตอนสำคัญเมื่อถูกยึดจะยังมีประสิทธิภาพช่วยคุณในการสร้างใหม่สมรสของ. ไม่มีสิ่งดังกล่าวเช่นดีหรือเหมาะสมรสหากคุณเห็นคู่ที่คุณคิดว่ามีการแต่งงานที่สมบูรณ์แบบหรือเหมาะสำหรับสิ่งที่เกิดขึ้นจริงก็คือคู่สามีภรรยาดังกล่าวมีความสามารถในการเพาะปลูกของ amicably แก้ไขปัญหาทั้งหมดที่ vices สมรสที่ผูกพันเสมอไปหลงในการสมรสสหภาพ. โดยให้ทำพวกเขาได้รับสามารถนำสหภาพของพวกเขาใกล้เคียงสมบูรณ์เพื่อที่คุณเคยได้แม้ว่าสหภาพของพวกเขาได้ร่วมงานของการ popping up vices สมรสตามที่มีคุณ.

หย่าไม่ได้สิ่งที่สามารถเกิดขึ้นกว่ากลางคืนต้องการหย่าจะเป็นผลจากการสะสมของต่างๆ vices สมรสเล็กและใหญ่ซึ่งมีเหลือไม่ได้ตั้งใจในการรวมกันในช่วงเวลา. จึงพยายามป้องกันการหย่าไม่สามารถดำเนินการที่สามารถรันได้อย่างมีประสิทธิภาพช่วงกลางคืน; จะกำหนดให้คุณต้องที่สุดแก้ทุกปัญหาเกี่ยวกับการสมรสที่สร้างมันขึ้น. เพื่อที่จะทำคือคุณต้องใช้ขั้นตอนสำคัญบางส่วนและขั้นตอนสำคัญเหล่านี้จะไม่เพียงแต่ช่วยให้คุณป้องกันการหย่าแต่ยังจะช่วยคุณในการสร้างการแต่งงานของคุณ.

ขั้นตอนสำคัญที่ 1: การแจ้งความ

ขั้นตอนแรกที่คุณควรจะนำไปสู่การป้องกันความสำเร็จของการหย่าของคุณคือการยอมรับและรับทราบว่าสิ่งบางอย่างไม่เหมาะสมในการแต่งงานของคุณ. ฉันหมายถึงคุณไม่อาจจะเริ่มต้นในการแสวงหาวิธีการที่เรื่องหย่าของคุณหากคุณยังไม่ได้รับการยอมรับว่าพวกเขาอยู่.

ขั้นตอนสำคัญที่ 2: การสะท้อนและการประเมินผล

ในขั้นตอนนี้คุณควรใช้เวลาถึงค่อย เดินทาง กลับถึงเวลากับความคิดของคุณเพื่อยืนยันสิ่งที่และสิ่งที่ต้องทำให้การแต่งงานของรัฐที่มีอยู่ในขณะนี้. นี้เป็นเวลาเพื่อประเมินสถานการณ์ที่มีใจเป็นกลาง, ใจกล้าพอที่จะแบ่งปันและรับผิดชอบทุกสิ่งที่ก็ธรรมในการแต่งงานของคุณซึ่งเกิดจากการกระทำของคุณหรือ inactions. วิธีนี้คุณจะสามารถแก้ปัญหาเหล่านี้ก่อนก่อนที่จะเริ่มดำเนินการกับคนที่เนื่องถึงคู่สมรสของท่าน.

ขั้นตอนที่สำคัญ 3: ขอความช่วยเหลือ Professional

นี้เป็นขั้นตอนที่คุณจะต้องขอความช่วยเหลือจากผู้เชี่ยวชาญที่มีชื่อเสียงสมรสละเอียดปัญหาที่สาเหตุที่ถูกว่าต้องมีบางส่วนที่สำคัญปัญหาความขัดแย้งเกี่ยวกับการสมรสตามสายให้คุณและคู่สมรสของท่านไม่สามารถแก้ไข amicably. กำลังไปให้ผู้เชี่ยวชาญที่ได้ช่วยสำเร็จคู่ทุกข์อื่นๆในสถานการณ์เช่นคุณแก้ปัญหาของพวกเขาจะเป็นทางออกที่ดีที่สุดในขณะนี้.

คุณควรพยายามไปออนไลน์เพื่อให้มีประสิทธิภาพบรรลุขั้นตอนนี้ทรัพยากรที่คุณจะพบออนไลน์มีประสิทธิภาพมากกว่ามีประสิทธิภาพและมีมากมายถูกกว่าแบบออฟไลน์ของ. ไปหน้าและบันทึกการแต่งงานของคุณ.

A few months ago I did my first pottery trial… and viola!

OK, it took 2 months for the pottery workshop to dry and bake it, so I had almost forgotten about it.  But I am so happy about the outcome.  Of course, there are many things that I wanted it to be different.  Like, I thought it were a bit deeper and kind of like a reversed cone.  But it’s nice.  Another shot below. The small round one supposedly resembles a bean, which is for putting chopsticks.

数ヶ月前、はじめて陶芸にトライしてみました。手ひねりなので形はぼこぼこですが、初めてにしては満足な出来！

工房の方が乾かしてくれて釉薬（漢字が変換できない。。）をのせて焼いてくれました。その間約２ヶ月。ほとんど忘れていた頃にやってきました。実際に手にしてみると反省点がてんこ盛りなので、また是非チャレンジしたいです。小さいのは一応ソラマメの形の箸置きのつもり。。。

It’s far too late to hope for this, but I’ll still think about it and cross my fingers for next year…

Ruscha Owl Wall Plaque

I included this pot a few months ago, in one of my first ever posts about my West German Pottery collection:

Well, I was having a little perusal of the Outernational website and happened to spot it in the 1960s section.  I vaguely remembered that this design was something to with rockets, inspired by the moon and space exploration missions of the era. Spurred on by the (presumably inflated) price tag of 85 Euros, I decided to do a little bit of research into the form.

According to Outernational, the form was designed by Heinz Siery, although Ginsforsodditiques has it down as Hans. (Interestingly, 271 is one of the forms mentioned by Ginsfor as one to collect, so perhaps it’s a popular one). I searched for Heinz Siery, and found that he seems to have designed for a few of the more famous German factories, including Carstens, Ruscha and Bay.  To validate this though, may take a little bit more detective work…

I search for Hans Siery and found the name only in connection with Scheurich.  A mystery, or so it may seem.  I think that either this is one designer, who’s name has been confused over the years, or (and this seems more likely) that there are two designers: Hans and Heinz. Heinz designed for a number of companies, perhaps, and Hans was with Scheurich.  Is it too much of a stretch of the imagination to wander if they could even be brothers? Probably not, but something to consider.

Bay piece designed by Heinz Siery

This piece is shown on the Fat Lava website. If you look at the handle, that looks quite similar in style to the Scheurich form; all angular.  At this website, Antiques International, they also mention the influence of the space landings and also comment that Heinz Siery later went to work for Ruscha (after Scheurich) and created new handles and shapes. So is this the evidence for a migratory designer, creating trademark designs in a number of companies?

There’s a fantastic photostream on Flickr, run by Fat Lava Lounger, where he/she has grouped their West German pots into the different forms. I really am starting to think that collecting like this is the way to go!  This is Fat Lava Lounger’s collection of the 271:

I want this collection!

They say that they have found 110 different glazes so far! I was impressed by the 13 different ones I have of the Scheurich 414…

Really, I’ve not found that much out about the 271 form. Most of what I have is conjecture, which seems to be the way with collecting West German pottery.  I have, however, found a number of fantastic websites which I highly recommend a visit to:

• Antiques International
• Fat Lava Lounger’s Flick Photostream
• Mark Hill Collects

PS., Can I just say, that I’ve realised that I am an idiot. I just noticed who the real person behind Fat Lava Lounger is: Kevin Graham. Well done, Emma.

One of my favorite forms is a basket.  It isn’t often used in ceramics, but when it is, I am really drawn to it.  So when I needed a break from producing for the holiday shows, I began working my own basket.

The one shown here is made of porcelain and fired in a wood-kiln with only a glaze inside. The flame and ash did the final decorating.

I really like this form.  I love the shape, the color, the sense of movement, etc.  But one thing I can’t get comfortable with is whether the  handle is big enough, i.e., there is enough negative space to counter-balance the base.

You can be sure I will be making more of these, but I would like to know your thoughts on the handle and anything else that you works for you or doesn’t work for you.

Thanks.

I don’t get a lot a gifts for xmas and that’s the way I like it… don’t really need anything… except maybe a new sewer system connected to the house or a nice soda kiln in the backyard or if someone could magically make the demon dog stop trying to kill me. She’s a sweetheart really but only sometimes and I’d like to go on record that if I die in the next 3 or 4 years, it’s most definitely her fault. Anyway, I thought that even though I don’t make enough money on pots to actually buy others’ pots that I would treat myself to one gift and just chalk it conveniently up to xmas. Well, the package I’ve been waiting for arrived yesterday and here’s what was inside…

These two beauties I got from Joel over at Fetishghost. I love his work and I love this glaze so much that I unsuccessfully sacrificed several cups trying to get something similar and the verdict was that my firing down profile must help to heal the natural crawly tendency. It was fun experimenting though. Anyway, Joel has it down and every time I look up close at those crawlies it reminds me of how our brains look… not that I’ve seen mine but I’d imagine it’s not that much different from the pictures I’ve seen. So head on over and check out Joel’s pots if you get a hankerin’.

สองคุณสมบัติทางภูมิศาสตร์ที่แตกต่างกันช่วยให้รูปร่างพัฒนาปากีสถาน. หนึ่งในคุณลักษณะที่ถูกสร้างโดยดอน waterways และอื่นๆสร้างโดยภูเขาภูเขาที่ครอบคลุมมากสภาพภูมิประเทศภายในปากีสถาน.

เป็นอารยธรรมที่พัฒนาตามแนวแม่น้ำไนล์และรอบ Tigris และ Euphrates แม่น้ำหนึ่งกลุ่มคนโบราณค้นพบความร่ำรวยของหุบเขาตามแนว Indus และ Ghaggus Hakra แม่น้ำ. ในเวลาที่จำเป็นในการผลิตอาหารโดยการเลี้ยงฝูงสร้างถิ่นฐาน. ดังนั้นคนจำนวนมากตกอยู่ในหุบเขารอบ Indus และ Ghaggus Hakra แม่น้ำ. ถิ่นฐานของพวกเขาได้นำองค์ประกอบของอารยธรรมในภูมิภาคที่เป็นปากีสถาน.

คนในที่ลุ่มได้เข้าถึงเงินฝากแร่อุดมเงินฝากในภูเขารอบ. เหมืองพวกเขาสามารถทองแดงตะกั่วและดีบุก. การรวมกันของโลหะที่ให้ถิ่นฐานขยายความสามารถในการทำเครื่องมือบรอนซ์, อาวุธบรอนซ์และอื่นๆบรอนซ์ดำเนิน.

ตอนนี้เป็นประชาชนในการชำระเงินที่เริ่มเจรจาและการค้ากับ nomads ผู้ผ่านช่วงภูเขา, โลกเริ่มได้ยินเกี่ยวกับทรัพยากรในหุบเขา Indus. บางส่วนของบรรดาผู้ที่ได้ยินเกี่ยวกับทรัพยากรที่ต้องการยึดชิ้นส่วนของพวกเขา. พวกเขาต้องการบุกถิ่นฐานรอบ Indus และแม่น้ำหลายสาย Ghaggus Hakra.

ลักษณะทางภูมิศาสตร์ที่สอง Kyber Balon Pass, ให้ invaders อนาคตทางพร้อมเป็นถิ่นฐานปลูก. ที่เป็นทำไมพื้นที่ปัจจุบันเป็นปากีสถานได้เห็น invaders ต่างๆ.

Invaders มาจากอย่างน้อยสามทิศทางที่แตกต่างกัน. Mongols invaded พื้นที่จากภาคตะวันออกเฉียงเหนือ. เติและ Afghans invaded จากทางตะวันตกเฉียงเหนือ. Greeks, Persians และอาหรับ invaded จากตะวันตก. จนกระทั่งมาของอังกฤษให้ชาวต่างชาติที่ไม่ได้เข้าหาพื้นที่ที่กำลังปากีสถานจากภาษาอาหรับทะเลร่างกายของน้ำที่มีอาหารด้วยน้ำจากอ่าวเปอร์เซีย.

วันนี้ปากีสถานอยู่ล้อมรอบด้วยในอินเดียตะวันออกและจีนเหนือ. ทางตะวันตกปากีสถานมีสองเพื่อนบ้าน-อิหร่านและ อัฟกานิสถาน. น้ำของทะเลอาหรับอยู่ชายแดนใต้ของปากีสถาน.

ภูมิอากาศของปากีสถานแสดงช่วงมากสภาพอากาศ. ใน elevations ล่างมีจำนวนพื้นที่ทะเลทราย. มี summers สามารถร้อนและไม่เป็นที่พอใจ. ใน elevations สูงที่ชาวต้องอดทนหิมะตกและอากาศเย็นในฤดูหนาว. การทดลองของชาวเขาได้แสดงโดยเกิดขึ้นทางภูมิศาสตร์สั้นแต่มีประสิทธิภาพ.

ในเช้าของ 8 ตุลาคม 2005 ได้เกิดแผ่นดินไหว rocked พื้นที่ควบคุมของปากีสถาน Kashmir. เร็วๆนี้กลุ่มช่วยเหลือจำนวนมากต่อสู้เพื่อหาทางเข้าหมู่บ้านแยก. พวกเขาต้องการที่จะเข้าถึงหมู่บ้านบรรดาผู้ก่อนหน้ากลับของอุณหภูมิแช่แข็งและก่อนที่จะมีหิมะปกคลุมพื้นที่.

การตอบสนองของโลกจะเกิดแผ่นดินไหวที่เน้นทั้งอากาศและภูมิศาสตร์ของปากีสถาน. โลกได้เห็นภาพหลายภูเขาในภาคเหนือของปากีสถาน. โลกยังมีมุมมองที่ชัดเจนว่ามันจะหนาวมากในพื้นที่ภูเขาเหล่านั้นในช่วงเดือนฤดูหนาว.

Meet and Greet

And so she merrily danced.
Amidst the falling rain.
And I surreptitiously glanced.
And looked on in vain.

Through the droplets.
Distracted by the anklets.
I saw layers of salt.
They glistened with a lightning bolt.

I clasped my chest and looked to sit.
Passers-by thought I had a fit.
It was true grit; though.
More than a ligament took a blow.

And technology took a back-seat.
As Snails became hard to beat.
Scarcity prevails when I want to eat.
An utter rarity to meet and greet.

Varun Rajagopalan.

The form has met my intention, finally, in the glazing.

Amen is all I have to say about that…for now

I have a friend who’s a potter, he lives in The People’s Republic of Berkeley with his soon to be wife and a huge studio. He’s had a stall on Telegraph Avenue for the holiday fair, but yesterday there was no-one available to watch the stall in the late afternoon, so I volunteered. It was cold and wet and dark. But we still sold stuff.

Can you spot the knitted things amongst the pots? Yep, I made those.

These are a few of my favorite things! Check out their shops, see what else they have because they are awesome and buy their stuff!

This pendent is so cool, check out the shop by clicking here

Enamel Pendant by Metalsmitten on Etsy

I love this picture so much! It looks as if I could just reach into my computer screen and grab a little tomato snack! Yum! Click here to go to her shop!

11x14 Sprouts Metallic Fine Art Photographic Print by Chefjen137 on Etsy

This mug caught my eye for two reasons:
1. It is beautiful and well made.
2. Profit goes to a clean water organization in Africa! Amazing!
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Foggy Sky Blue Irish Mug by Mudlovepottery on Etsy

Well, we woke up to the first day of winter and apparently another blizzard last night, it’s gonna be a long season…

It’s a good thing we don’t need any milk because I’m not sure I could handle driving on those roads today. Not gonna get much work done this week, I can see that coming a mile away and might as well resign myself to it. Here’s the contented bug doing one of her favorite things. Talk about an embarrassment of riches, check out the arsenal of colored pencils…

Back in the day, when I was trying to keep in touch with some kind of creative life whilst still denying myself the life of a potter, I decided to do some big drawings and got myself all geared up with supplies. I put these in the closet and recently decided that Sofia was old enough to use them without constant supervision (sharpening pencils mostly). There’s a big set of Conte a Paris and a complete unused set of Derwent colored pencils… oh my. Needless to say, she’s very happy with her arsenal and happy as a pig in shite.

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