Porch gardening

 The rosemary needs a new space to live in. I need to make some new flower pots too! But since the pottery studio is closed, no more creating a pot when I need it. I may (gasp) have to purchase some.

I love my purple shamrock, oxalis. Both these plants have returned indoors as of the recent frost warning.

Quote for today:

As far as I know, 

there is no proof whatever 

of the existence of an 

objective reality apart 

from our senses, 

and I do not see why 

we should accept the 

outside world as such 

solely by virtue 

of our senses.


—M. C. Escher

Comment by me - This man made circular realistic art, and apparently he thought that way as well!

Morning mugs that say hello

I am the proud owner of two pieces of Charlie Tefft pottery.  (His home page is ctpottery.com)

I just found this neat video of him describing his process, Here.

So here are my two mugs...it's taken a few years to get the second one, which I purchased at The Potters of Madison County show just this month.

It's nice the Charlie still does the same ash glaze, and his little painted animals are still lovely...this is my first from about 3 years ago, used many many times.

This new one is a bit more tapered, in honor of my dear friend who recently died, Rosemary, who loved crows. We would be drinking our first cups of coffee while emailing for the last 17 years, almost every day.  That her time zone was 3 hours later than mine for the last 5 years, didn't seem to matter.

And in honor of showing them to you, I fixed some espresso and made an Americano for my waking cuppa this morning.  Hadn't had that little old machine out since I moved here 2-1/2 years ago.