Fond memories

Happy June first

Happy first of June! Rabbit rabbit, for those who want someone to wish them good luck.

As of the last weekend, our community pool was opened for weekends...until school is out.  Then it will have hours daily (I think middle of the month).  School always lets out later in the year when there have been many snow days when school was canceled.  There was something about making the school days have an extra so many minutes, so each class could have an extra 5 minutes or something, and that would eventually equal another day.  Sure, that would.  Like when kids sit watching movies on a Saturday to make up for lost education. It's lost.  Literally, they lost something that they might have needed to learn.

Enough of my ranting about the sorry state of our state in educating the future citizens.

Here's a new pot.  Lemniscate design again...a.k.a. an infinity symbol.
I like using the plum glaze when it flows over the white satin glaze.

And I'll leave you with some joy from my visit to the Flower Bridge in Lake Lure, NC, about 25 miles from Black Mountain.

 Pink cup flowers (washed out color by bright sun I'm afraid.)

As I kept walking along I'd lift my head to see the point of rock center of this photo, Chimney Rock with the walkway of a straight horizontal line just to the left of it.  At times I could see the flag waving on top of that free-standing rock...and some tiny tourists.  Wish I'd brought a zoom camera.

Summertime joy

Yes, the living is easy.  Taking a deep breath.  So grateful to be able to.  Another deep breath.

The guppies have fresh water and food.  Cat is curled on chair cushion, having first and second breakfasts in her tummy.  I'm on my third half-cuppa.  That's half decaf and half regular coffee, and I just keep adding to a half full mug.  Not sure how much caffeine that makes!

OK, here are the pots for today.  More tea-bowls, cups, or small bowls.  A few pleasant designs added to the basic off-white glaze.  I admit to not having been able to paint designs lately, so these are from springtime throwing.

4 inch diameter for sipping with a sea turtle swimming with you - $20

Would you otter, or maybe another little critter who loves fresh fish?

Lots of good ladybug luck on this little cup.  Pale yellow roses on the other side.

All for just $20 each

...and free shipping for orders of $25 or more in August in the 48 US states.

Mermaid and cooling off

Floating along in the deep blue sea...
with the heat these days, just thinking of being immersed in water is cooling.

I took a tub bath yesterday, a nice hot one.  Coming out was the cooling bit of that experience.

What do you do to keep cool in the summertime?

These little tea bowls with designer liner decorations are for sale...of course.  If I show it here, I've got to let it go...to it's forever home.

I do like drinking something hot out of a tea bowl in the winter, letting my fingers feel the warmth.Somehow the cool sides when filled with iced tea just turn wet in the humidity, and I don't feel much cooler by the touch, just the drink.  I also like iced coffee!

Hope you have a great day!