Wishing for spring

Working in the studio today and dreaming about spring. It is fifty degrees outside -- warm enough to make me want to be out in the sunshine, but still frozen so I don't know what to do when I get out there. My thoughts also keep wandering back to the earthquake in Japan. I wonder how the people are coping, what they are thinking and I feel helpless because I can't do anything but pray that things get better. I always feel compelled to help when things like this happen -- do something for the greater good.

My daughter wants to move back in the house and for a moment, I thought maybe that was my opportunity to do something for the greater good. Then I came back to my senses and decided I needed to think on it some more.

We are glazing today. Pottery has been so good to us lately. We were commissioned to make some bowls for a ladies golf tournament and it is a big order for us. We were then contacted by a local hotel to see if we could make some pottery with the hotel logo on it. Orders continue to come in on a regular basis and we are getting ready for the summer Farmer's Market. It is so funny how this date night turned into a passion for clay and now, a small business.

I better get to glazing so my work is done and tomorrow and I can spend some time on my mountain bike!