Sequim Candle Vigil

A small crowd showed up at Sequim's main intersection last night in support of the Women's March on Washington. I estimate it was >50 <100, but a good turnout considering the event was publicized by word of mouth and Sequim is largely pro Trump. What luck, eh? We moved to WA looking forward to living in a blue state after so many years in AK and AZ, and ended up in a conservative area. Oh well. This event was a gathering more than a protest. No permit was acquired so signs were forbidden (hurrah to the two women who bucked the rules) as was marching and chanting. Some of us wore pink pussy hats to signify our purpose (thanks to the generosity of the woman who sewed a bunch and handed them out), we waved our candles at passing cars and let out cheers when supporters honked, laughed at the ones who flipped us off, and it was mostly quiet fun with like-minded souls for an hour. 

Women Unite

Women marched worldwide today and it was amazing. This is one of my favorite signs from the march in London.

Thinking about women

Stories from the Rare Historical Photos website. 

Links go to the stories behind the photos. 

Women being arrested for wearing one piece swim suits, 1920s

Jewish woman being chased during pogroms

French resistance fighter

Russian snipers, 775 confirmed kills

Women protest the forced wearing of hijab after Iranian Revolution, 1979

2017, A New Year

Louisville Flood 1937

Trump Tower, Mumbai 2016

New Work (Greenware)

Here are pictures of some of the porcelain stuff I've been working on for months. I'm not sure if I've posted them before, but if so here's a second look. I'm still not ready to fire. The kiln shelves need an application of kiln wash and a few pieces still need more drying time.

We had a little snow yesterday making for a cold, gray day. Cold weather puts a damper on my clay work. I can get the air temperature in the mud room to a comfortable level when I'm working but the clay and water stay cold making for stiff hands, and it takes forever for anything to dry.

Winter Weather

We haven't gotten snow yet but it's been cold, and expecting colder still next week. I pulled out this sweatshirt we bought for Tux when she was too sick to stand the cold weather on our travels. It never fit Tux properly and I bought a different one for her, but now it will help Hattie until hers arrives from Amazon. Tomorrow morning we have a nosework fun match and she might need it to stay warm while we're waiting in the cold. She's such a pampered house dog now!

Hattie models a sweatshirt

Hattie's Birthday

Hattie is four years old today! She got a fish burger / fried egg "cake" with a sweet potato candle to share with Tux. They wolfed it down and wanted seconds.

Now getting a little more comfortable with the camera, I think she'll be a top model before long. She has a bit of a street urchin look, don't you think?

We have a nosework fun match this Sunday to raise money for the spring UKC meet where she can earn nosework certifications. Wish us luck!

My Thanksgiving Bird

My Thanksgiving bird is Hattie in a tree!



We're playing around with our own version of Parkour just for fun. Wish there were more places to go off leash to do this.

Porcelain Work

Here are a few more of the things I've been working on for the porcelain class. These are just leather hard and I'm hoping nothing cracks, explodes or melts in the firings.

Another honey pot. My first one melted in the glaze fire.

Hattie and I walked down to the beach yesterday. She is very happy to be off leash. Someone built a nice bridge to replace the one that washed out in a storm. You can make out a lot of bridges here.

A dark, cloudy day. The lagoon is overflowing with the Supermoon high tides.

A swan surprised us at the bridge to the lagoon. It was just a few yards away and wasn't at all disturbed by our presence. (Typical horrible quality of my iPhone photos when light levels are low.)

Bob and Tux are on their way back from Arizona and the desert house has a renter interested in buying in a year or two. We're happy someone will be staying in the house.

Fungus Among Us

Well, other than being consumed with the horrors of life under a Trump administration, things are  kind of boring with Bob and Tux away. Finding this bird's nest fungus growing in the garden was pretty exciting. They are tiny!



Coyotes brought down a deer in the back field two nights ago and finished it off last night. Crows have been dropping pieces of flesh all around that I suppose the dogs will find. Somehow I slept through all of it. Nothing I could have done about it anyway. It was sad yesterday to see a companion deer (sibling? offspring? mother?) cautiously make her way to the mangled carcass to see what happened. Do animals mourn? I'm sure of it.

And here is my sweet Hattie, always armed with something to keep me occupied.

Hattie, Emmie, Porcelain

I need to collect pictures of Hattie who doesn't really enjoy posing. She's a cute one though. I've learned that the red-eye function on my photo software doesn't fix blue or green eye, only red eye. The results of our nosework match came in and we placed 4th! Hurrah for Hattie.

This is Emerald (aka Emmie and Esmerelda). She's feeling quite randy these days and chases me around the yard until I turn and chase her. Then she lets me catch her and stroke her back. I wonder how she would take to adding a drake to the flock. 

Hattie and the intense border collie stare.

I'm hard pressed to find a good block of time to work on projects for my online porcelain class. I'm working on forming tall cylinders with varying amounts of clay and bellying them out to form vases and ginger jar type things. I'll get photos of this top jar with the lid, which is different than any I've made before, when the clay dries enough to start trimming.

Hattie with her Jolly Ball.

Weather was wonderful today. A warm 63. Most leaves have fallen from the trees and bushes but the colors on the ground are still beautiful in the sunlight.