What's Going On ...

I got up this morning to find the floor of my studio nicely moist, its not flooded per se, but the entire floor is damp and there are tell-tale signs where the outside dirt floated in and settled...its not the first time water has seeped in, we have a WetVac for such occasions, but its still a drag...you see there is a dog house attached to the main house and it allows the outside to come in on certain rainy days...because it is warm and rainy outside, the inside doesn't dry quickly, so the whole studio is damp and dreary...Time to pull out the mop and clean up the mess...rah rah....

Yesterday was a blast, tho...i demo'ed almost all day, with a quick break for a brisket sandwich, but when I came inside to eat it, there was a group huddling around the torch waiting on me, so I jumped back on as soon as I could..I talked all day and my voice was pretty hoarse by 5:00pm...I made a fish, and a really large floral, and did some basic stringer work on large beads...probably the most fun was making twisties and latticino - a collective 'ooo' goes up in the room when they see the twist start to happen, and that's always amusing...I had a great time and will be back in the Spring in April, I hope...

Well, with a wet studio, there's nothing else I can do but make beads and keep the flood waters at bay...(Its not as dramatic as it sounds, a good couple of towels at the base of the dog house will prevent any new rain, so don't think we are floating in 4 feet of water - we aren't)...So lemme go get things cleaned up and get the kiln turned on and see what new goodies can be made today...Raindrops keep fallin' on my head...