Leaf Lady Mask, commission, about 18" tall, glazed, in the kiln ready to cook, one of a kind, wall hanging, by Tammy Vitale $125

You can see that I did not fill up my kiln.  I did glaze and most of it was very flat things so it isn't as if it didn't take me 3 hours to glaze everything…it's just when I got it all in the kiln there was plenty of room for more.  But I decided not to wait.  I have a list of things I need to accomplish in my days off, including exercising and holiday shopping (if I can get that crossed off completely – and I'm almost there – it will be a great load off my mind).

Today celebration is joyfulness in my yard.  So I am posting pictures of all the stuff I've hung and placed in my yard (well, actually, not all the stuff – but a lot of it) over the years.  Mostly because there just isn't enough space for everything in the studio.  I'm giving you a good many of the chimes which I love having outside and since I made lots and not many sold, I have plenty to hang out (there are still some in the studio.  I shall liberate them into the yard at some point this year).  They also prove to disbelievers that clay can stay out in all weather as long as it's been fired to cone.  But before I fill up the page with photos, let me say that this morning jaunt was influenced by this lovely post over at AEMer Dragon Fly Reflections.  And here's a fun Myers-'Briggs analyzer for your blog at AveryFineLine. I found it on Christine Kane's blog.  My blog is ENTP (although I, myself, test asINFP – although my I introvert was very close to the E extrovert line so perhaps I switch to some kind of public personna when I'm here chatting).  Here's what it says:

ENTP – The Visionaries

The charming and trend savvy type. They are especially attuned to the big picture and anticipate trends. They often have sophisticated language skills and come across as witty and social. At the end of the day, however, they are pragmatic decision makers and have a good analytical abilitity.

They enjoy work that lets them use their cleverness, great communication skills and knack for new exciting ventures. They have to look out not to become quitters, since they easily get bored when the creative exciting start-up phase is over.

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This fits.  I have to wonder what they say about INFPs.  Anyhoo, this is all Greek to you if you don't know about Myers-Briggs so go check that out.  It's fascinating.

Here are the promised yard pictures for my 6th day of celebration.  The celebration crew joined me for the first picture – I started out just to celebrate the pansies which bloom all winter long, bless them, then realized I also wanted to celebrate the chimes over the pansies and, well, the rest is history.  Enjoy!

 

   

   

 

I better quit while I'm ahead – I'm getting warning messages about aborting scriptis and I don't know what that means.  So you didn't get all the pictures.  Hope you enjoy the ones here.

thought for the day:  Nature heals (written by anyone who has spent anytime at all in nature)