Chrissy's Photo A Day

Finally, a photo that is NOT of a pot. This is my new kitten, Grayson! He is so sweet and cuddly and friendly and playful! 

I walked almost 10 miles today. Dan and I walked to Jones Point to see this lighthouse at the bottom corner of the diamond that marked th...

Day 2 done at NSF. It was a hard two days but worth it. Now we get to spend the weekend in DC enjoying ourselves.

 While I was at my meeting today, the lady who is taking care of the gray kitten send me some photos of him. He's still a bit ragged l...

We flew to DC today so I could attend a two-day meeting at NSF. We are staying in an AirBnB in Alexandria, Old Town. It's so neat t...

The friend I made all these for came by today to pick them all up. I'm so happy with how they all turned out. It was quite a lot of wo...

Look at this stinky little kitten. I was telling my co-worker last week that I wanted a kitten and she saw this bugger at the vet this mo...

A soap maker in Huntsville mailed me this bar so I could take photos for her to use. And so I could try her soap!!! I took photos of the s...

Saturday night. Dan and I got shingles shots yesterday so we are taking it easy this weekend. I'm crocheting a blanket for my sister f...

This is a little figurine I made of Aza's cat, Zara. It was in my second glaze load, which contained a lot of test tiles with glazes ...

Today there was a tour of the new College of Education building site and so I walked there. It took 15 minutes compared with the current ...

I made this travel mug for a friend's birthday. It fits perfectly in her car cup holder! Teensie is doing her yoga on the den rug! ...

Back from our trip, I went to the studio today in Opelika to pick up fired pieces and got this bottle back. It's pretty large. I made...

I went with Aza to her pottery studio today! I got to show her a few tricks of the trade and see where she hangs out to make stuff. I...

Fall break! Dan I and flew to Richmond today to spend a long weekend with Aza and Supbra. I made myself an iced "latte" on the ...

I had lunch today with my young friend, who was allowed to invite one guest to lunch and she picked me. Her grandparents were a bit miffe...

Dan and I spent part of the weekend in Georgia so I could attend a small conference with my grad student, who gave a presentation. 

All these pieces were made for one friend who came and bought them all today. Quiche bakers, berry bowls, mugs.... all this took me thr...

Photos of the kiln load with the "new" lens. I love the reflection in the one below, taken outside on the brick wall. Today I...

Ugh. The kiln overfired. The blue glazes turned dark, even green. All my cauldrons bloated.  The only good thing about today is that my...

This is my first glaze load in my kiln. The three sugar bowls with lids are supposed to be blue. I fired this to a cone 6 at medium speed...

My first bisque fire!!!! One handle cracked, maybe because I removed the top peep before the kiln cooled down fully. Dunno... but I think...

This is my student Cheese. He also cat-sits Teensie. He came over today to visit Teensie and return some tupperware. He's a PhD stude...

This is a boring photo, but it helps me remember that I spent an hour today tutoring my nephew about stats. I haven't seen him in year...

Friday. I had a four hour meeting at school today and came home to a buzzard on the roof. Yuck. It was eating a dead creature in the driv...

I took this photo today right as Dan was leaving to visit his parents and bring this little bud vase along. I will miss him, I always d...

My kiln came today!!!!! I went to schools today, went to the studio, and then came home to this!!!

Large clay container I'm making. Today I had lots of meetings with students and even made one cry. He is a poor student and does no...

Dan did this! I decorated the shelves. It's time to paint the house after living in it for 7 years. Dan painted the carport ceiling...