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placement…

10 Thursday Feb 2022

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it snowed again this morning, sigh…

it made me decide to take down and put away the snow people… just in case they were causing all the snow, lol…

the bin they live in was in the den closet, filled with the pottery that had come off the shelves… it was way too heavy to carry downstairs…

after setting all the pieces on the table, I packed up the snow people and took the bin to the basement… much lighter…

I went through the pottery and was able to let five pieces go… will have to see if anyone wants them, or else they will go into the donation box…after that I spent a rather long time choosing where to set each one…

I didn’t put them in the same locations and was missing my decorator friends as I worked on the placement, lol…

seeing my beloved’s printing always brings a smile to my face;-)…

fluffed…

30 Tuesday Nov 2021

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spent a busy and productive day recently…

added ornaments to the drawers in the table… they look good…

spent a while deciding on where the tree should go this year… for the last few years it has been in the window, but I felt like it was time for a change…

dug out the tree and set up the space for it… added extra lights and fluffed the branches…

next I brought up the bin of snow people… after some thought I emptied some of the squares in the dining room wall and added the snow people… it was fun deciding which ones went together…

took the pottery pieces that came off the shelves and put them into the bin… it was very heavy, so I slid it into the den closet… it will be safe there and saved me from trying to carry it downstairs…

found purple, silver and clear ornaments and listened to Christmas carols as I added them to the tree…

bowl…

12 Monday Aug 2019

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picked up the cutest bowl a few days ago to use at work…

it will replace one that I had previously, but which got chipped…

today I took it to the office and had a salad in it… I think it is going to be the perfect size…

we’ve talked about how coffee or tea always tastes best from a particular mug or cup… I have a little pottery cup for water and a special mug that I have for my tea…

silly, but true, things do taste better out of certain containers…

lefties…

26 Sunday Nov 2017

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on Saturday I bought a cream and sugar bowl set at the craft show we went to…

they are exactly what I’ve been looking for… a couple of years ago I broke a piece off the one I’ve had for years, and have been looking ever since…

I also picked up a mug and asked the woman selling the pottery if they had any mugs for lefties…

she laughed because her husband, the potter, is also left-handed… she does the glazing and the colours were excellent, particularly as purple is very difficult to produce…

they do make them, but didn’t have this particular mug with them…

top left shows what I see when holding the mug… top right shows what others see… and the bottom shows how I’ve had to turn the lid around on the sugar bowl so that I can open it easily, as the little knob is also designed for a right handed person to open…

the funny thing is that George and I were left-handed but both of the girls are right-handed and all of my grandkids are right-handed as well… we had really hoped for someone we could share some of the things we have learned over time…

oh well, much simpler for them…

2017 Ottawa day 3…

02 Saturday Sep 2017

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began our day at the Kingston Public Market where we picked up veggies, flowers, and treats to take home…

it is a cute little Market with many food vendors and artisans… found some maple syrup and pottery to bring home…

stopped into a bakery, an Italian grocery store and a butcher shop to finish off the items needed for our dinner…

then it was off to Sydenham Lake to christen the new SUP…

my daughter had a lovely paddle on it and enjoyed every minute…

after her first round she came in and gave me instructions and assistance to give it a try…

my goodness it is difficult… at one point I asked what was making the board wobble so much and she announced it was me, lol… took a short paddle after she helped me onto the board, then did kneeling paddle boarding… rested for a few minutes and did one more round of the standing up version… lots of fun but exhausting;-)…

I would do it again, as long as someone was there to get me up on it…

fabulous steak dinner with beets, fingerling potatoes and green beans…

now for a movie and then to bed…

stoneware…

29 Thursday Dec 2016

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stopped in at The Stoneware Gallery this afternoon…

my, oh my… what fun I had…

came home with three beautiful pieces…

this small plate was my first pick… the colour is such a wonderful shade of purple… and it looks like it has a spiral pattern…

then I found a small shallow bowl with a purple dragonfly…

the final piece was this large stunning bowl in various shades of mauve…

haven’t purchased any pottery for ages, so felt like I hit the jackpot…

now to reorganize the shelves to make room for them…

pottery…

19 Monday Dec 2016

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a few days ago I spent some time taking pictures of all the pottery on the shelves…

mainly I took them so I would remember where to put things back because I was afraid I wouldn’t put them in the right place…

it looks lovely and it would be nice to keep it that way, lol…

I remember the lovely afternoon we spent organizing the pieces… I had anticipated that we would be putting much of the collection into boxes, but not one piece went into a box, lol…

decorations…

27 Sunday Nov 2016

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what a wonderful afternoon… two dear friends came over to help me put up my Christmas decorations… one focussed on the living room and the other made the pottery on the dining room wall sparkle… we had such fun and great conversation as we worked away… well, mostly they worked, and I sat on the couch… my knee was not happy with the fall yesterday…

one tree went into the bay window inside one of my favourite sleighs… two of the drawers in the table were filled with silver and purple ornaments…

the second tree went across the room next to an angel and a large purple glitter ball…

purple feather trees and a family-made nativity lamp go together beautifully…

the stunning glitter trees with glass reindeer are lovely on the fish tank… of course there is glitter everywhere on the main floor now, lol…

these bubbles have lived in the dining room window at Christmas for the last three years… love how they look with the various ribbons that hold them up…and they reflect so nicely…

and all the pottery looks beautiful, newly organized in the nooks…

things can look so different from another viewpoint…

now all that’s needed are my advent boxes;-)…

daffodils…

27 Tuesday Jan 2015

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spent some time this morning getting a few shots of the daffodils I picked up on Sunday when Jeff and I went grocery shopping…

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so happy to have fresh flowers in the house… even took a few to the office today… brightened up my desk nicely…

had a wonderful call with a friend tonight… haven’t connected for a while so it was lovely to have the opportunity to catch up…

both of the kids here called me tonight to let me know about the boil water advisory in the city… made me think that they consider me fragile… and maybe I am, sigh… have heard from other friends by email and Facebook…

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bought this gorgeous cup when I went looking for a cream and sugar I had seen on Facebook… sadly they weren’t the correct colour but I was excited to see this cup… had first seen these pieces when we were at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights over Christmas…

usually I gravitate toward blues and purples, but this earthy tone took my fancy…

I find that drinking water out of pottery makes it taste better… still not that fond of water for drinking, but I am working at it and getting more down…