Beaver:

Phone/Hannah: wants solid white bowls; will email preferred sizes and shapes. Cooler weather enabled me to get started yesterday and this am, then realized I was using speckled clay instead of plain white. Re-organized clay in studio and will start again with pure white but can still use the speckled ones. Cannot tell which is which until after they are glaze fired so there will be a bunch of bowls in white - with and without specks! Surely there will be a few she likes! She would like them before CA Thanksgiving so this is a rush job for me, and a reason to get moving - now that the weather is cooperating. Feels good!

R has managed to infest Montreal house with bed bugs; Ask me if I am furious! That is a anti-de-cluttering issue; drag enough junk into the house... I will not go to Montreal until I am assured they are history. If I need to go (for Hannah), I will do Airbnb. Yep, clutter the credit card, but it beats the alternative.

Went to Thrift Shop this am to see if I could find appropriate furniture for better storage. Nada.

Have not needed the wonderful rain barrels Dan installed but the one near the studio is a great spot to prewash hands of clay or soil! I also use it with sieve lined with cloth to collect safe water for studio use. Saves on distilling. Also use it to get a bucket of water for the precious cherry trees in pots that I am hoping to plant at the "new house".

R still talks as though this will be happening. I am still concerned about moving plants from Montreal house before freeze up. This is surely the last thing on his mind as he struggles to beat winter with myriad tasks.

Oops, that was yesterday! Today I managed to throw 4 more bowls; it only takes 45 minutes and a great deal of shoulder effort so I quit while still OK. Trimmed those that were ready, from yesterday. Will have to go out later as I turned on the heater and may need to cover them to keep from drying too much.