Hot hot hot

A couple of days above 40 degrees.

I found a shady spot to garden.

There is an old passion fruit vine taking over in here.

Puts me off grafted passion fruit!

Beautiful flowers on the root stock but

it would take over a forest in no time flat.

It has been some years since there were any fruit to harvest. 

Hard to see but,

 a wheel barrow full of weeds in the background .

And a lovely shady place for contemplation

This is looking towards the back door,

Pottery studio on the right.

This is my Desley Salvia,

it grows magnificently here in part shade.

I have been giving the slab roller a bit of a work out.

Platters.

The green glaze was falling off this one as I wiped it's bottom.

My satin mat glaze does not cope too well with other glazes.

Looks good but very hard to control.

It is making me nervous to see this platter 

hanging over the edge of the table.

It is a favourite combination of mine,

Tenmoku with Hyacinth blue over the top

This one is still in bisque stage. I was trying to disguise the

not so straight edge.

The butterfly will be totally blue when complete

Not overly keen on this style...but it will be interesting .

Where are my glasses?

Before I leave the house I always instruct the dogs to 

"Guard the house"

Today I went out to buy the newspaper from the servo

at the end of our street.

When I got back I could not find my glasses anywhere.

I walked around and around knowing I had left them at my computer...

I wondered if Luka had played with them?

I had not noticed his harness missing off the table.

 I had a bit of a laugh at his little stash on my bed

Harness, lead, ball and throwing stick and 

my glasses! 

Was he trying to tell me something?

He is not allowed on the bed.

I have noticed a few times when I have gone out that

he can look out the window from the bed.

I close the door but it is open upon my return.

He takes advantage of some freedom.

He sits on MSs' chair also...looking out the window

Waiting for me to come back.

He was a rescue dog so there is some degree of separation anxiety.

You have just got to love his priorities.

Jeans and Jumpers in January

Zinnia with purple and red Verbena

This last two weeks have been really cool..

Jeans  and jumpers in January?

It is cool enough to put some flowers out the front.

No takers so far but it looks good

when I drive in and out.

Like a portable garden....The afternoon sun can still

be pretty fierce. 

Our UV rating is always extreme,

even if it is cold in the shade.

Wow. We are up to Feb already? 

Schools in and so is after school pottery.

A few things out of the kiln today.

Pottery Club members have been busy.

Bob has made a set of bowls, 

Caroline's chickens on a bowl look great and 

the flower stamps on another bowl work really well.

I am loving the texture on this bowl.

Amy has transferred her cake decorating skills to clay.

I made a fish stamp and 

worked it around the edge of this platter.

I love it when the slab roller is working.

It wasn't quite right when I rolled this slab but I thought

the bumps in the middle were a bit like the sand 

on the bottom of the ocean.

Keep in mind I am a desert dweller and rarely visit the sea.

If I was reflecting the fish in the river...

the platter would be a different colour

It was good to catch up with Amilia yesterday.