2015-08-08 - Saturday - Fire kiln

Saturday we fired the kiln all day. Since it's a matter of checking it every hour or so, it left us free to do other things while it fired. We worked on repairing a wheel, measuring out some glaze materials, and I threw some pots. (I know, go figure.)

Kim and I started off with some Bojangle's biscuits and a cup of tea. Later, Becky and I had a nice lunch of falafel wraps from La Shish Kabob.

It was a good day.

Always good luck to drink from a Doug Blythe mug on firing day.

9:00 am.

10:15 am

6:00 pm

8:15 pm
Final soak.

Butter dishes and platters.

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2010-04-29 Thursday - New recycle bins

My folks left this morning after a Bojangles biscuit breakfast (the folks don't have Bojangles in PA and really look forward to their biscuits here).  I helped them load up the Prius on the tow dolly and they pulled out with their coach.  Sometimes guiding my Dad through the gate gets a bit dodgy, but we usually get through without incident.

It's a 38 footer.

Inside the coach.

We got our new recycling bins today.  Our old ones are small red basket-type bins and these are larger with a lid and wheels.  Starting in July we will be getting our recycling collected every other week instead of every week as it is now.  They are similar to the trash bin we use (the gray one in the foreground).

They pulled up in a rental truck with a lift gate, unloaded, assembled, and delivered them to all the houses.  I happened to hear them unloading and snapped a few pics.  How sad is it that this is the most exciting thing that happened today?