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Store Opening!
Over the past couple months, I’ve been tinkering with several online stores and marketplaces. After a year or so on Etsy and not getting any traffic (my fault for not listing and interacting much), I set up a place on Big Cartel only to discover Storenvy a couple days later. Storenvy combines the design capabilities of Big Cartel and the community aspect of Etsy absolutely free. I can list as many products as I like and post up to five…
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Pottery In-Process
Fall is coming, which means some shows are as well… or at least the applications to be in these shows! This weekend I plan on doing a glaze firing. Here is the batch up to this point. on the wheel handles waiting to be attached altered and ready to dry holes added when leather hard drying on the freezer bisque fired waxing the base waiting to be glazed
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It’s time to plant onions in NC
Onions are one of my favorite crops to grow, which has historically been one of my least successful crops if you are comparing my expectations to reality. The secret to growing onions is planting them correctly. I plant them incorrectly. Each year I purchase a bag of onion sets, which look like tiny little onions. Each year I expect to get large onions, but instead get large green stalks and onions that are just barely larger than the sets. Not…
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When there is nothing profound or mildly amusing to say…
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Watching Clouds
I dare you to pick a spot on the pavement, twist and wiggle your back until you feel those vertebrate pop and relax, let the cool seep in through your shirt, and just watch the clouds. Today, as we waiting for some friends to come play, the boys took their bikes down the the street while I, adorned in a fresh mist of deet and oversized shades, did just this. The front of my house is shaded and cool in…
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Juvenile Male Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Once I have a curiosity about something, I quickly let it cross over to passion. It happened with art, guitar, writing, pottery, gardening, and now – for the past year or two – photographing birds. I don’t “put a bird on it” as they do in Portlandia, and I’m not a good photographer as I’ve received no training and only have a point and shoot, but I love trying to get up close and capture them with the lens. Last…
