Happy Fall Equinox

In Black Mountain, NC, it happens at 10:21 am on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016.

When the earth tilts away from the sun at the north pole, and this tilt moves the equator under the direct line of the sun, moving the northern hemisphere towardswinter.  Half the globe moves into summertime, the southern hemisphere, calling this the Spring Equinox.

 Grandfather Mountain, NC.

The best colors in our mountains usually occur the second week of October, but may start a week earlier this year because of having drought conditions for much of September.

OK, balance is the word.
Did you ever try to stand an egg on end for an equinox?
Me neither. But it sounds fun, doesn't it? Let me know if you make it!

Good to think about balancing our lives, when the political situation is so crazy and out of balance. 

And when the news is full of such awful things happening between people! Lots of crisis's to report out there.  So a balance for my heart is to center myself, and be quiet. There.  The doors to crazy are closed for another little while.

Watching out for...

 I'm actually surprised to see green mountains still...for here in town there are some fall leaves falling, these were on my path a week ago.

Then there's watching out for cobalt finger prints on bisque ware.

Yep another pot had some cobalt on it, a stain probably of pure cobalt powder mixed with some water, on greenware.  Yuk, it leaves that trace almost invisible until it's suddenly found on all kinds of my bisqued pottery when it comes out of the kiln.

I've stopped using cobalt stain, because of just this.  A few years ago I put a dress on a woman in cobalt, only to find her skin had also become blue.

These were sanded down and a glaze with various colors was used on them, hoping that the cobalt prints won't show as much and they might be salable.

I'll let ya know!