I didn't post last week but I

have been busy making a few things.

I am trying out this high fire clay that I want

to use with some mid-range glazes.

I was advised it may do fine or it may not.

So I wanted to come up with a few simple pieces

for a trial run.  So that if it doesn't work out.

it's not on something I spent a long time on.

These two are little ones.

This one is a functional idea I had for something

in my house.  If it works out I will show you in a future post.

 Another small simple dish...

My bee/butterfly waterers were liked so I made a few more.

They will hang from metal chain hangers.

I have also been on an organizing kick.  

Trying to got through my closets and art stuff

a little bit each day. Getting rid of stuff

I don't need or plan to use in the future.

New Year....New Items

I worked on glazing a few new items

and thought I would show the before

glaze colors and the after

it being fired pics.

I love the colors but

in a few spots I think 

it bubbled in the kiln and popped

and left a few dots with no glaze.

So I will re-apply some glaze and refire it.

Before....

I love how this one came out!

These two, I didn't have a before pic.

I am trying to get them posted on-line.  

I just haven't had a chance to get

to it yet after work.

I feel like I am fighting off

a bug.  Taking lots of vitamins

and trying to rest as much as

I can with this Big Baby Girl

and the rest of the crew!

She is starting to come out of her shell

and play!

Still working on getting all the animals to

cohabitate without lots of baby gates.

It will be a while. I may not even try with the

big buns as Benny cannot see much 

and I feel no need to stress him further.

I am happy to see her putting on weight

& her hair is growing back.  I could tell she was

so sad from being dumped off.  It was

very traumatizing to her.  She is on

anxiety medication now which helped greatly.

It breaks my heart when

we go on a walk and she see's a person

she stops and stares at them a long, long

time.  I think she is looking for her old

people.  So I am trying to make her

feel wanted, and loved and at ease.  So 

the video of her playing all by herself

just brought me so much happiness!

Angel

We adopted an angel on 27 Dec....

yes her name is Angel!!!

So we lost Jake that you can see under "My Animals"

that is pictured to the right in May of 2017.

He was 14 and had heart failure.  He

was a great dog that came from the Humane Society.

I hoped for a big dog.  Great Dane, Bull Mastiff  or St Bernard.

We were trying to go through rescues that had dogs that would

 fit in our household with our critters but the rescues we encountered

were not friendly or helpful.  So on Dec 27th I told my

 husband lets just go to all the shelters and see

what we see.  So we went to several.

Didn't see any big dogs. Then we pulled up to the

Oakland ASPCA  I noticed the clock read 11:11. 

I should mention that over the past years I notice

repeating numbers throughout my day. Like 1111 or 2222.

I have read that it can indicate that you are

on the right path you should be on.  So coincidence maybe....

but I choose to believe we were

meant to find her and for her to

find us. When we walked in

the first dog I came to was Angel. 

She looks pretty sad.

She obviously was neglected

She was 96 lbs. when she

was dropped off at the shelter.

Her papers said they

couldn't care for her.

My husband and I went to lunch

to think about it.  It brought me

to tears thinking of her there.

I told him I want to get her and

so back we went and my husband

got her for me.  We took her

back out of the kennel and this is

a pic of her at the pet room

while we filled out all the

info for her.

from the shelter to home...

She got a nice Serta foam bed.  I tried

it out and you can't feel any hard

floor underneath.

The shelter vet prescribed medicated

baths 2x per week.

Currently we are keeping

Taz and the bunnies

separated from her while

she gets settled in.

 

She does fine with Murphy

and listens well when I tell

her to "leave it" meaning not

to sniff Murphy.

Such a wonderful surprise to have her.

I can remember when I was in 1st or 2nd grade

and we lived in Fort Bragg NC and this person

on our street had a St. Bernard.  I would go

down there every week and knock on their

door and ask if I could pet their dog. 

Now 43 yrs. later, I  have my own St. Bernard!

She goes on walks everyday

as long as it's not raining

or too bitter cold with her

lack of fur.

Yesterday she went to the vet.

The vet thinks her thyroid might

be a problem so we did a test for that a

and are waiting on the results.

She weighed in at 105!

I think she is adjusting to

her first week with us

fantastically!  I will keep you

posted of her progress!