Pottery 101

Making clay while the sun shines. Here's Judy and I sitting at our wheels. There are 8 students in the nicely small class. Gives us a good bit of time for one on one instruction which we sometimes desperately need. Our teacher is very good and we like her a lot. We are starting to get the hang of things and it is pretty fun to see a pot come out of a lump of clay.
I am working on finishing a pot to get it ready to be fired for the 1st time. It is upsidedown on the wheel. There are two pots in the foreground ready for me to finish as well. After they are bisqued we will glaze them and they will get fired again.
I am centering a lump of clay and Judy is turning one.
I had to turn mine back into a lump and here is one Judy finished turning. Nothing like playing in the dirt. Clean up takes awhile but I am used to that from all my baking experience. At least at pottery class it is expected and no one notices what a mess you are.

New Trawling Technique

Took Rick fishing when he was here up at Lake Arrowhead. HE got his line snagged so he had to mount the lake bike and try to get his lure back. He was having a dickens of a time getting on the thing and I have to admit I was rooting for the bike to win and entering Rick into a wet t-shirt contest but alas, he managed getting onboard even though he had a time trying to steer the thing. Managed to get his lure unstuck though and the whole thing was funny even though he didn't get wet.

a hem! The only fish caught in two days of trying. This is how it's done Mike. You are just not distracting Rick enough. I am the master! I have to admit though that I think this fish was just caught in the middle of a yawn and closed his mouth at the wrong time. We had a blast though and it was so fun to have time together.