Birthday Fun

It was Rick's birthday on the 27th. As a surprise we went on a downtown tour of Atlanta ...
on a Segway. Three hours on one of those was sooo much fun. Especially after they took
the turtle mode out halfway into the trip. There is a speed inhibitor or something that jams
the handle into your stomach (slightly exaggerated here). That happened to me 5 minutes
into practice. But Rick was no angel either. he bumped into me a couple of times.
But fun it was. With that gorgeous Atlanta weather in September.
Happy Birthday Luv!

Mini Tree Vase

I have been pretty productive lately. Making lots of angels. need to take pictures.
here are some of an order. Well, one urn order for dog ashes. Bailey liked to bite trees.
Cute. Wish I could have seen that.


And a little mini for the etsy mud team swap. Ok, it's not actually for the swap. I made some extra.
It's only the size of a business card!

Sadness...

Today was a sucky day. It was actually pretty good. But it sucks.
My dear friend Steffi is leaving for Italy in a few days. So we had our last bbq together
at our house; with husbands and Anja & Juan... urgh.
The food was great, the kids played without any great screams or booboos, but sheeeesh.
I have a headache. All that crying in the morning when I wrote my little letter to her into
the photobook that Anja and I created. I finally had to face the fact that she will no longer
live here. I will not be able to go over to her house and hang out. She won't cook her
fabulous Empanadas. We will not have Advanced Kaffeeklatsch anymore (internal joke..).
So, as I said, it sucks. Ok, ok, i love just being negative. Yeah, yeah, we will be able to see
her, maybe in Miami, maybe in Bergamo, maybe in Cologne. I will, I will.
But she has become a staple in my life. A home away from home. Don't fucking take that
away from me.

Sophie turns 2!

I've been sewing up a storm. It is my way of relaxation. Of course I only allow myself to relax
while being productive. Otherwise there would only be guilt...
Anyway.

Here is her birthday outfit. Naturally she always prefers her birthday suit.

And then I've been whipping up some pants out of remnant fabrics.
They are so fast and it is gratifying to have something done so quickly.


And this last number was also remnant fabric from Deborah Moebes and Anne Roth from the Beehive Co-op.

Tree Hugger

Here is a lovely picture my husband took. We are working on the story behind
the new tree hugger vases and successfully took many pictures in Grant Park.
It was quick, painless, and very efficient. Just the way I like it.
And I do like the results very much:

Pottery: A dangerous sport

Some exciting news. Too exciting for my taste, actually.
I'm still recovering. Unfortunately, the reminder of it will linger for several weeks. At least. So, here is what happened: I'm working at the studio. Getting a lot done. All those little things on my list. Of course, I'm spread out all over the studio as usual.
It's raining outside, lots of tornado warnings are out. Our busy street is as usual. The occasional sirens. Even the occasional crash is not uncommon. So, I turn around, my back is facing the front of the store, as I hear both, first sirens, then a loud crash, walls are shaking. Our building is hit. The facade is collapsing. I run for the back door, scramble to get both locks open, thinking the building is going to collapse on top of me. Fortunately it doesn't. I run to the back door of stone soup, where everything is still standing and everyone is trying to figure out what that loud sound was. Anyway, here is what we looked at:

a couple of hours later channel 2 and channel 5 came by:

here is an inside view with jeanette rescuing her pots:
and here is a picture of today's paper (metro section online):
anyway, as you can see, i'm fine. can't wait to continue to work in the studio with a new facade in place and a new door that doesn't require 3 locks...

How freakin' exciting....

a brand new person commented on my blog. I'm so honored.
So freakin' exciting. Someone who is part of this great show
"Speaking of Faith" that I think can be really life altering if you
listen to it a lot. Yesterday I listened to the podcast "The Ethics of Eating":

"Kingsolver describes an adventure her family undertook to spend one year eating primarily what they could grow or raise themselves. As a citizen and mother more than an expert, she turned her life towards questions many of us are asking. Food, she says, is a "rare moral arena" in which the ethical choice is often the pleasurable choice."

Her book is definitly on my list.

Anyway, the reason I'm writing today was to share my new tree hugger vase.
I think it's getting more and more where it is supposed to.
So far, one of my favorites:


The tree I took this impression from is in front of the Cyclorama / Atlanta Zoo.
Which gave me the idea of doing specific series, like "The Grant Park Series" or
"The Atlanta Zoo Series".
I'll keep you posted...