Holiday star in that nasty Dec blizzard

This photo was taken during that blizzardy thing we had before the holidays.  It was nasty.  I was without power for too long.  But egads it was lovely in its own right.  Last weekend i re-measured the snowdepth on the table on the back deck : 15".  Today, there is 0".  Its gone.  All of it.  In January.  No global warming, some say?

Making pots at Adamah

These are photos from this past summer......August if my memory isnt failing me. Spent 10+ days all the way over in Dodgeville Wi, to go to Clay Camp.  Made lots of good pots. Had a good time with friends.  Learned a bit about firing a muti-thousand cubic foot anagama wood kiln, and its sweet rear cantenary arch kiln behind it. Took 7 days to get to temp, stoking with wood 24 hrs/day.  Then took another week to cool.  I hope to go again, there are many of these kilns around the country these days, but its a treat to have one so close that is actually open to the general public.

Lefse Heaven

In December, I and friends gathered for our annual Lefse Day.  This event is the brainchild of Karen S, and she has hosted this for years.  But we have grown out of her kitchen, and her circuit breakers : last year our lefse making flipped too many circuits, as well as damaging her countertop.  So this year we rented a "commercial" kitchen at a local lutheran church.  When we arrived and started looking around to get acquainted with the kitchen, we opened a cupboard and saw this.  LEFSE HEAVEN.