Fall Flowers

Thanks to our long autumn with no frost my morning glories are finally starting to bloom.  This is a shot I took with my iPad.  There will be better ones from my camera.

I planted them very late in July.  With any luck they will bloom for several more weeks.

This is outside my second story bedroom window. The idea was that I would have morning glories to look at when I woke up.

We’ll see, grasshopper.........we’ll see.......

As always, stay safe and thanks for stopping by.............*s*

 

Remember?

Wordless Wednesday

 

It’s Always Sumthin’: Part ???

 Woke up this morning with weird pain under my arm, spreading across chest. First half asleep thought was “OMG! Heart attack!”

NO!  A deer tick! Embedded in my armpit, hitting a nerve. Got it off. Will keep an eye out. I have a feeling this might be a bad one.

Watch out for them. 

Just when you thought it was safe to go in the woods......

We’ll see, grasshopper........we’ll see.............

As always, stay safe, and  thanks for stopping by...........*s*

Bread

I have become very lazy about my bread baking lately. I have grown too dependent on my Cuban Bread Recipe.  It’s quick and tasty, but gets a little boring after a while.

Yesterday while going through one of my pottery books I found my old recipe for Oatmeal Bread.  I don’t know how it got into a book on teapots, probably as a book mark.

This is a tasty, only slightly sweet loaf.  I made some of it into hamburger buns, which were very tasty. I haven’t toasted it yet, but I think it will work well.

I baked it in a large, free form loaf, which it isn’t really designed for.  It spread a bit more than I wanted, so I future I will probably bake it in loaf pans.

Meanwhile we are getting ready for the coming winter. Wood has been delivered. I am beginning to bring plants in. Somewhere I mentioned that I am rearranging the sunroom. I spend a lot of time in there in cold weather.

As always, thanks for stopping by...........*s*

 

Rain, Rain Stay A Day

 We need days of slow persistent rain, but this will probably end by tomorrow.

Meanwhile our leaves are turning, probably due to stress since we have not had anything near a freezing temp.  And my morning glories which were planted very late in the summer have tons of buds. If we get a few more weeks of the present weather we may have a blue Halloween!

Blogger and I are not agreeing today, so I will wish all a good week. 

As always, thanks for stopping by...........*s*

Who’s The Culprit?

Yet another one bites the dust!

Walked into my bedroom yesterday and found Kiki, Peach, and Grayby all asleep on my bed and my earbuds in pieces.

 Why on earth would you think we would do such a thing?

Stay well and safe.

As always, thanks for stopping by.......*s*

Trials and All

 My this is fun!  I am learning to use the *new* *improved* Blogger!  I find it difficult to think about new  methods while I am trying to type comprehendable sentences.

ANYWAY:

I have been thinking a lot about glazing and why so many potters appear to loathe the process.  I have feeling part of it is due to the thrill of hands in clay and making something vs. the mechanics needed to learn glazing. I am not talking chemistry here, but the methods of applying and combining glazes.  

Below are two tea canisters glazed in Spectrun #799 Majolica White. The designs are Mason Stains. The luna moths are my own mix.  The interesting thing is that this green on Linda Arbuckle’s majolica white is exactly the color of a luna moth. The difference is most likely in the glaze recipes.

Speaking of luna moths I have only seen a few at the beginning of the summer. Our lack of rain and hot weather may have something to do with that.

The fish canister was more successful.  I like the way the blues and the movement of the fish works with the shape of the pot. Not so thrilled with the other side.           Yellow fish needs more movement.

As I said I have thinking about glazes a lot, but I will go ahead and try to post this is the “new & improved” Blogger will let me.  Yes, there is a tiny bit of snark there.

Toes crossed that all are staying well, both mentally and physically.

As always, thanks for stopping by...........*s*