Sunday Happy

First week into Daylight Savings and I got to tell you, I am so into it. I love when it gets dark out early. I love being able to see the sunrise when I got for runs in the morning. It works for me. What I do not love, better yet hate right now is how warm it has been. It is making me sad and cranky. Mind body and mind crave those crisp, cold, snow filled days where everything seems quiet and all the people are tucked away and the outside world seems to be all mine. I guess I am a true Ice Queen.

Besides shitty weather the past couple weeks things were good good. Lots of studio time. Lots. And a few nice hikes through the sticks. The mr, Judah, and I cleaned the yard and moved all the leaves to the garden beds. I made fire cider, the mr carved a many spoons. I picked up the first winter farm share, voted, watched the lunar eclipse and cleaned the car. Not like super exciting but exciting enough. That is my life. Ha!

Today the mr and I are going somewhere for a hike. Now that we aren’t camping every weekend we go for a good hike on Sundays instead. It is good to have something to look forward to. And if I have time I should probably go grocery shopping, I have a long list and a shit ton of bread I need to make…The family is descending on the house this weekend for our family Thanksgiving. 23-26 people. Yeah, I am in charge of all bread. We need lots of bread.

Oh and it’s Shannon’s birthday today so yeah, Happy Birthday!

A couple links from the internet.

- I use all my flours so fast that I just keep in in the pantry but this is good info. The Best Way to Store Flour Isn't What You Think.

-Christmas Weather Forecast (2022): Will It Be White, Or What? I sure hope this is wrong.

-Why Prehistoric Herders Didn’t Spit Out Their Watermelon Seeds. I don’t spit them out cause I like them plus they are super good for you.

-This is what’s happening to your brain in the middle of a conflict. I do not like conflict because most conflict could be solved if people just listened to everything I say. For real.

-The Age of Social Media Is Ending. Yeah, I kinda hope so.

Pictures from the weeks.

Sunday Happy

This past week just flew on by. I don’t know if it was because I was hustling to get my shit all ready for the market (I had the mr make me all new displays which are AMAZING but took a bit of time), or because there was some hot hot days that just kicked my ass, or maybe it was all the chaos with the kilns at the studio (I’m not going to go there. Still really pissed about it all), but yeah, it came and went and poof. And in between all that good stuff I managed some strawberry and flower picking, gardening, and um some other stuff. Obviously nothing that fantastic since I can’t remember it.

Then Saturday was market day. A long full day of selling pots and talking, talking, talking. Markets are always so much fun and I get to meet so many cool people but man do they kick my ass. Honestly I could run a marathon and be less tired then spending 6 hours being social. As soon as the day is over and the car is packed I turn to trash and my brain shuts down. This is my life as a true introvert. Now I will hide from all the people for the next two weeks until my next market. I’ll need ever single day of those 2 weeks to recover. 😝

Sunday. Welp it’s another one of those “need to get a bunch of shit done” days which is fine because Mondays are usually a “get shit done day” but because it is the 4th, the mr and I are taking the morning off and going for a nice long bike ride. So yeah, today might not be all the fun relaxing doings, and if I am honest I don’t have the energy to be doing fun if that makes since, but tomorrow will be nice. And again if I am honest I am sure I’ll make it home later with enough time for at least a bit of coffee and reading time (my fun time) so it’s all good. And a nap. Or hell, I’ll probably just go to bed super early because yes, I am an old lady. Let’s just all hope that the stupid fireworks don’t wake me up again. Not good for any of use if they do.

Have a great rest of the long weekend! Don’t be an asshole with the fireworks!

Internet perusing from the week.

-Every year I forget just how much I hate fireworks until the night, usually the 1st of July, neighbors start their firework shit and wake my ass up. It’s not a good scene. How to Block Fireworks Noise for Adults, Kids, and Pets

-I love a good book list! NPR’s list of best books so far this year.

-The Rise of the Swiffer Empire. If you don’t or never have owned a swiffer then who are you? (I use a swiffer mop every day but don’t and have never used the disposable towels, I use washable rags and it works like a gem.)

-Well now I need to see these clouds before I die. Rare clouds that glow in the dark are the most vibrant in 15 years

-The Magical 10-Year Plan. I love this.

-Didn;t know this was a thing. HEre Comes Manhattanhenge! (July 11, 2022!)

-One very impressive ceiling.

-I feel like I might love these. A Review of 'Swoveralls,' the Overall Sweatpants I Can't Help But Love

-Mama Bears Use Humans To Keep Their Cubs Safe. Mama bears are so smart. Definitely my spirit animal.

Pictures from the week.

Sunday Happy

Welp it is April and that means the winter stuff is getting laundered and pushed to the back of the closet, that the heavy down comforter is getting replaced with a medium weight blanket, and the heat, its off! Yeah I am a winter person, but spring, spring is my near second and I am raring and ready for it. All I want to do is play in the dirt. I want to get dirty!

Phew. That is what I am saying after this week. I went kind of hard at it beause I needed to. I spent a lot of time on my feet, glazing all the pots, loading kilns, unloading kilns, sanding and packing all those pots. It was a mad dash to get the work done for the market but I did so it was good, even if I was dealing with emotions of the emotional kind cause like dead brother day and all. Oh Sean, I wish I could kick your ass.

It was also my moms birthday (HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM) and because I am me, the cook and baker, I was tasked with the birthday food for the birthday dinner. Long story short, I spent a better part of a day in the kitchen covered in flour making all the things. And I might have slightly burned a pie crust and stunk up the house while I was at it but it all turned out fantastic, moms loved her food and I spritzed lots of lavender and open all the windows in the house, to get rid of the smell so it ended well.

Yesterday was the Makers Market at the garden center, the one that I have been busting ass to make pots for for the past few weeks. I woke up real early, went for a sunrise run and almost fell into the pond (the trail is completely flooded and I wasn’t paying attention), drank all the coffee, and headed to the greenhouse and set up amongst all the plants. It was amazing. I got to walk around the greenhouse and take whatever plants I wanted for my display. (That was just the best). Plus a bunch of my people stopped in and said hi which was so sweet and made me happy. And it didn't hurt that I sold a lot of pots (made packing up soooo soooo much easier) . The whole day was a great success.. And a quick shout out to the mr for all his help. He really is a keeper.

And it’s Sunday and I am officially tapped out. The day of human interaction yesterday sucked all the extroverted energy I had stored from the past 2 years out of me. I feel caught up with seeing people now and can happily shut myself away again for another few years. Haha, but for real. Like seriously. So other then hiding from everyone today I think for the first time in a while I am not going to try and do a million things and work and be all crazy. Or I am but without any outside pressure because what I really want to do is spend the day cleaning out all the closets, deep clean my studio, clean out the garden beds, clean out the car, go for a hike, climb a mountain…. Obviously I can’t do ALL of that but damned if I won’t try. I. think it’s a spring adrenaline rush but who knows. I also might just crash and burn on the couch and read all day. Wouldn't be too terribly mad about that. I am a bit tired. 😁

Internet from the week.

-Hey mr. Please turn off you shit thank you very much. Sleeping with even a little bit of light isn't good for your health, study shows.

-Music Therapy Is More Powerful Than You Might Think. Music can make me smile, laugh, cry, and rage. It touches all the emotions.

-The light from this star that astronomers just spotted is 12.9 billion years old. Just wow.

-I cringed so hard reading these stories. As a landlord I can’t comprehend how someone could “fix” the way these landlords do but the thing is, I know it happened. We refer to these people as SLUMLORDS! 12 Horrible Stories of Grim Landlord DIY Fixes

-I don’t care how delightful you think a fruit sticker is, I cannot stand them. They drive me crazy and are straight up right there with candy wrappers …they make me want to gag. But that’s me. The delightful history of fruit stickers, the world’s tiniest canvases for graphic design

-We have come a far way. The new sober-ish. Tiny doses of magic mushrooms, LSD, and cannabis have hit wellness culture, while the stigma around the drugs recedes. Just don’t be stupid about it.

-For 35 years, Birkenstock lovers nationwide have sent worn-down shoes to this Kansas cobblery. Back in my teenage days I had couple pairs that went to the cobbler for new corks. God I wore the shit out of those sandals, in fact they were the only shoes I wore for many years, through the snow and all. (My toes are kinda fucked for it. Ha! )

-You don’t need to do anything but should you? Do You Really Need to Bake With a Scale?

-Then there is this. It’s Time to Talk About... Poop-Swoop Foods

Pictures from the week.

Sunday Happy

The world. I could talk about it but I don’t even know what to say. There are all sorts of feelings that come and go but what I feel most is sad for all the people. It is all very overwhelming and yeah. I don’t know, the world is a fucked up place and there are some seriously fucked up people in it. That is where I am at.

Other then the week having a shadow of doom and gloom, it had some good stuff. The mr and I went for an icy walk with So and Megan. It was actually more like a ice skate due to the trails being completely covered in ice which was fine by us cause we just bush whacked our way around. Then it go hot, like close to 60 degrees and all the snow melted (not all the ice though). It was crazy because you get so used to the cold and that first day of warm weather feels so luscious. Don’t get me wrong, I love me all the snow and cold, but it was super nice to have the front door open for the morning and to go for a run without having to cover my face and hands. But then it snowed again, a nice hefty snow and we went right back to winter. The upland downs of Vermont weather. Got to love it. Besides all that I also spent some time with clay, went through paperwork, did some other not fun stuff, and made bagels. Then we had Megan, So, Judah and Coco come over for said bagels and an afternoon of sledding and outdoor shenanigans . It was all sorts of fantastic

Sunday again. (It never ceases to amaze me how fast week can fly by). Today the mr and I have snowshoe in the woods plans for a few hours this morning then after tuckering myself out I have library plans followed by sitting on my ass and reading plans while drinking many cups of hot coffee and or tea for the rest of the day. Just about a perfect day if I do say so myself.

Some of the lighter internet that I looked at from the week.

-Real estate and all the jazz about moving is all sorts of nuts right now. What happens when Americans stay in the same house forever?

-And then there is this. Americans are fleeing to places where political views match their own. AReyou seeing this happening where you live? Living in VT this has been happening for quite a while.

-I have thought about how to fly with camping stuff a lot. An experienced backpacker’s guide for flying with camping gear

-Nordic by Design: 16 Ideas to Steal from Iceland (and Icelandic Turf Houses). I mean how freaking adorable are these!

-Give me all the dark black coffee but also sometimes a little spice too. You Should Add Spices to Your Coffee Grounds

-BEST OF: SPRINGTIME GREEN.Yes. And there a few couches in these pictures that I am obsessed with.

-In Praise of Crayons at Restaurants — for Adults. I don’t understand why people associate crayon with children. Crayons are for EVERYONE! If I went to resurnats (I haven’t eaten out Lin like 10 years) I would want crayons.

-Have you heard about the giant bear in California that is hanging out n Tahoe? Well they got the wrong guy. Hank the Tank Is Innocent!

-Growing up all I wanted to be was a cartoonist. Very Funny Ladies' sketches out the history of women cartoonists at 'The New Yorker'

Pictures form the week.

Sunday Happy

Happy first day of Summer!

What a classy week we had. Not hot, some good morning thunderstorms and a few good sunsets. The flowers are coming in and the zucchini are producing. Summer like it should be. I like this.

The doings of the week. All the stuff with some other stuff. Started off with a kayak adventure (first of the year). Didn’t go too crazy, just tossed the kayaks into a pond and paddled around for a while. It was calm and nice and a good way to start off the kayak season. Then I had to go to the eye doctors. I biked into town, did the appointment (got yelled at for not wearing my glasses) and then had to bike home blind which was kinda scary because I had my eyes dilated. I was blind as a bat and the bike ride home was not the most fun I have ever had to say the least. But I made it home alive and now I need to get a new pair of glasses.

And the school year is over! Cameron graduated from high school!!!! Miley is officially in high school (barf), Judah in middle school (barf again), Alex is in like 11th, and little So is in 3rd. Everyone is getting so freaking big and old and I can’t even. So to celebrate we had a graduation/end of school BBQ at the house. Th mr grilled, almost everyone came and ate food, the kids all played nice with each other, (Well kinda. They were running around the yard shooting each other with nerf guns.), and then everyone ate their weight ice cream sundaes and then left. It was fantastic. The first big family get together we have had in over a year. No one fought, my house didn’t get trashed (we stayed outside) and we got to see almost everyone in the family all at once. But wow did that much interaction kick my ass. Took me a full few days to recover from all the stimulation. HA!

Other then that, the mr and I have been going about the usual. Went for a rainy umbrella walk with Barb, Almost ran over a turtle on my morning run, picked up pounds of greens from the farm, and spent a fair amount of time in the garden weeding. Good times there.

Back to Sunday. The mr is doing some work (We start camping soon so this Sunday work shit has to stop.) so I am going to spend some time at the studio glazing today. I’m also going to attempt my first fade haircut. I have been shaving Mark’s head every other week and I decided it is time to give it a go. Worst case is I fuck it up and just have to shave again so biggy. Other than that, I am going to make a pot of coffee and sit by butt on the porch and read away. Summer style.

Oh and also I need to call my dad. It’s Fathers Day so Happy Fathers Day to the dads out there!

Internet links form the week.

-This is my life. The mr is a harder and I want to get rid of everything. Clutter Wars

-The trend that’s shaking up the food industry. Local is where its at!

-What All Those Knives in a Knife Block Are Actually For

-cool ass trees. A Magical Series Captures the Gnarled Branches of Socotra’s Dragon Blood Trees

-After a night or two sleeping on the ground any cup of coffee is gonna be a great cup of coffee. With that said, I got my camping coffee on point. The Barista’s Guide to Troubleshooting Your Camp Coffee

-More on coffee. HOW THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST BECAME A COFFEE PARADISE

-You Need a Cast-Iron Skillet for Nearly Everything. I sign off on this too.

-Are bidets really better for the planet than toilet paper?. Those “flushable wipes”. So BAD!

-I did not become a better person during lockdown or do anything spectacular. Lockdown was not a sabbatical.

Pictures from the week.