Not keeping up with everyone but ...

Spent last week planning and organizing for the "pottery/clay-play" booth at Apple Hollow Music Fest. Tripped to the supply house for clay - self hardening so kids could take home a hand built piece and take it home to paint. Regular white clay so people could try the wheel. Well, I was all organized and ready!! Five children and one adult did hand building - and had a lot of fun doing it. One musician made her first ever pot with her group standing around kibitzing! So, I was prepared for masses - had about 25 balls of each clay ready. Now to keep them ready for the next festival - whenever that is. I also threw a few pots - first time sincea 2009 and on a kick wheel - a certain muscle is complaining today but I can walk so.... Sold five small pieces and got an order for two bowls. Told her not to hold her breath. Well, it was fund and exhausting - a 16 hour day by the time I got to watch the last group on stage (I could hear them all day - GREAT MUSIC!) and load up and got home after midnight.

Then up to the Laurentians on Sunday for Quaker Meeting - made the last ten minutes because I could not get up sooner! Afternoon on a beautiful secluded lake. Need to find my bathing suit; the water would have been delicious.

Now I am in recupe mode, thinking about next project - the web site improvements for the local SPCA so raccoons and other wild animals are addressed adequately. Trade in the excessive amount of self hardening clay for my fav dark clay to throw. Plan to spend some time at the cabin making pots and improving the studio. This means going and coming according to when the bridge-under-repair offers a lane in the correct direction. We have ascertained that the small kiln works!

Constant sorting: packing unnecessaries, decide what to do about discards - yard sale or thrift shop? unpacking those items which are currently useful or fun. Dealing with two households, an hour apart - "oh that's (at the other place)! The cabin is more civilized - but the stove is not connected yet.

Oh, and one more "project" - several hundred VHS videos that need new homes. I checked one set and it was $20 on ebay so I tried to figure out how to market them on e-bay. But, that is rocket science so I guess I will try Craigslist - local and no shipping. But listing will take some time. A project for next week....   

The tomato plants are starting to produce red, yellow and orange cherry tomatoes. Rain might be helpful at this point.

Love hearing about Andrea's terrific house project! But cannot take time to read all the postings.

Actually one thing on my mind is how to deal with the 2-300 mostly raccoon emails - every day! I am working toward a strategy to get the good info without all the tripe. I need to focus on the important, useful stuff and cut down the time spent - but still get to see the cute pics because those beautiful faces always make me smile! Time and eyestrain are considerations.