Painting Pottery

Today, I was home on a weekday that I was not in school!  It was quite the rare occasion, so I certainly made the most of it.  I walked up to the High Street to do a little bit of shopping.  There are several very cute shops downtown, but as they are usually closed by the time I'm leaving school and I'm very rarely at home on the weekends, I really hadn't had a chance to go in them.

I started with a cute little clothes store where I found a couple of dresses and tried on a shirt that was actually a map of the southeastern United States!  Had the shirt been a different color, or less focused on Georgia, I would have bought it just for the sake of it, but I resisted.  Then I went into the cute little knitting shop where I picked up a bit of yarn that I hope to turn into a scarf for myself.  I have done VERY little knitting here, so I'm hoping the new wool might be a little inspiration to me.

For the afternoon, I went with my wonderful neighbor and her daughter to a pottery painting place.  When I was at Auburn University, there was a pottery painting place and I must admit that I spent far too much time there.  I loved the blank canvas and the tranquility of just painting.  My friends and I enjoyed some celebrations there as well as some "letting off steam" or "forget about studying" times.  There is now a pottery place close to my home school and as a fundraiser, the fourth grade teachers and I usually each take a kid to paint pottery.  It is a lot of fun, a great way to spend an afternoon and a wonderful way to create a keepsake.

I felt quite at home at The Pottery Project, hearing the instructions, choosing the paint colors, feeling the way the paint seeps into the pottery, etc.  I will say that this pottery place had a great asset that none of the others I had been in had - a cafe.  What an ingenious idea to serve soup, sandwiches, cookies, coffees and teas at the pottery place!

Pam and I, and her wee little Molly enjoyed our afternoon of creating and visiting.  I enjoyed getting a few cuddles from this sweet little one, a simple joy from my young cousins that I really miss.


Pam and Molly created some beautiful treasures and I, too, created a plate that I hope to take home as a keepsake, a memory of this year long experience!

I can't wait to see what it looks like glazed and fired!

Comments

  1. AnonymousFebruary 19, 2013 at 4:14 PM

    Im so jealous that you got Molly cuddles, she is my gorgeous little niece. Hope you are enjoying your time here, take care and all the best. Jolene (Pamelas sister) xxx

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Tis the season... to bake!

Image
Even being thousands of miles from the food celebrations that will happen this week, I somehow got the "it's time to cook" bug this Thanksgiving week!  This past weekend I made about 4 recipes worth of sausage and cheese balls (which have been a huge hit here!) to put in the freezer for upcoming celebrations and to share with others.  I'm also baking some more cookies to share on Thanksgiving day, so I made the dough for that tonight to start the process.  And last, but certainly not least, I made my grandmother's sausage biscuits. They are nothing all too complicated, these pinwheel biscuits, but oh they are delicious.  I know they are tasty, but I also know that one of the main reasons I love them so much is because I always think of her when I make them.  I was only nine when she passed away, and so unfortunately many of the memories I have of her have faded.  I don't think the smell of those homemade biscuits wafting up the stairs is something I could re
Read more

Senegal

Image
Senegal. My hope when I applied up for this program was that they would take me somewhere in the world that I would probably not choose to go on my own. When I opened my email that day in December, I realized my wish had been granted. I have the very slightest of connections to this west African country. Many years ago, I was fortunate enough to have a student in my classroom who had once lived on the streets of Dakar. It was complicated circumstances that brought him to my classroom, but I was forever grateful for the opportunity of getting to know this remarkable boy. Another small tie that I have to the country is that a former pastor went to serve in Senegal for several years. It is actually one of the very few countries in Africa that I feel confident in its location, especially as I play Worldle  every day. But aside from that, I am learning alongside the many of you, who have joined in my excitement about my adventure, while also questioning, “Now where exactly is that?” I know
Read more

Good-byes

Life is full of hellos and good-byes, and so to begin this new adventure, we decide that a Hello/Goodbye party would be just perfect for Kelly and I.  It was a wonderful way for me to say farewell to so many friends and loved ones and a way for Kelly to meet many new faces. The party made me realize even more so, what a life-swap this is.  Kelly and I will depend upon each other's friends and family members to help us find our way and help us make a home away from home.  I realized even more-so how incredibly blessed I am not only to have so many friends and family supporting me along my journey, but supporting Kelly through her journey as well.  They have welcomed her with open arms, just as I expected them to, and I know they will look out for her throughout the year.  For that, and for so many other things, I am incredibly thankful. I am so excited about my trip, and eager for the journey to begin.  For months, this seemed so far away and now, I'm on the eve of my "
Read more