Marcia Selsor

Will be out for a while . . . pre bowling for Fri. league. I have to check on time for ICAN board meeting on Wednesday, just remembered. Will let you know.

Do you have a cell phone?  Russel may need to register Wed morning before we go get the car.

Cell #814-312-1403

I remember Billings, had brakes go out coming over the "Going to the Sun" road. Nice burg.

Maybe you mean bear tooth highway. Going to the Sun is in Glacier closed to Missoula or Whitefish.

they are all nice.

welp. did my grilling for the holiday. yum yum.

Went shopping today and I felt like I was grilled. If you like grilling and being grilled approximately 8 to 10 months a years, then South Texas is the place to be. It doesn't get cold for long here.

I think our last frost lasted 3-4 hours.-several years ago.

The fires raging in OK are signs of the draught. We are expecting more snow later this week. I am going to fire saggars all day while I can.  The last snowfall missed us yesterday but dropped 10" on Great falls to the north. 

M

wow- haven't heard anything about that up here! Forest fires kind of spoiled our summer here last year (for hiking in the mountains & general air quality)

We have tried to vacation in Colorado for several years, but have gone to other areas.  Colorado has been plagued with fires, rain and mudslides.   This fall we are heading to Yellowstone!    Denice

That's awesome Marcia!

In regards to the snowy walkway, just have a dedicate snowblower ready at the beginning of the path, and you can just easily clear the way, as you walk to the shed.

No need to pull a muscle, or tire yourself out, before you even start working.

finally got an electric I can carry thru the house from back to front. ..after losing 20 pounds from shoveling. We had 200% normal snowfall last winter beginning with 22" in Sept.

I do not envy those, in the Northern US, and obviously places North of that.

We get a decent amount of snow here, but nothing like that.  I got my current snow blower at the end of a record setting Winter, in terms of snowfall.  

So I did my driveway, by hand all season, then got the snow blower.  We haven't had a season like that since...

Takecare of yourself!!

I finished off a huge batch of chicken soup. Still feverish but coughing less. Thanks for all the get well wishes!

Ohhh noo! Feel better!

No. I even mentioned that in another post that a Mem. Day weekend was coming .

but when they post the site for the trip to Tuscany V we can just post our pictures in the text.

I hope they can post photos from Ireland I always wanted to see a leprechaun throwing pots

Marcia and Mark are in Texas, which is literally the frying pan of the USA. I would pretty much die if I lived there, haha! Their summers are routinely 40-45c every year. It's sadly getting that way here in eastern Washington state, too... blech!

we had a frost once for 4 hours in the ten years we've been here.

We have an excessive heat warning here for the next 2 days. Fortunately my place stays cool. Have you considered adding a swamp cooler? My family uses those in airplane hangers and they work great.

Can we buy this too in Europe? What would be an equivalent?

I can't say Evelyne. I notice that each porcelain has its own response to crackling surfaces. You'd have to experiment.

Marcia, have you thrown some of your large forms with the Nara5?

It is too hot here. Can't function in this extreme heat. Nothing like a blast of cold to invigorate!

I just did the math and Billings is almost 1300,00 miles from me about the same as Tempe AZ .Its just a long ways-I always thought about a summer art show there

What? And give up all this South Texas weather.

chocolate chip with walnuts.

Loved both of those movies. Lots of fun.

Glad your settling in. Hope your best friend will be ok.

Yeah, it's about -5F here, too. Killing my arthritis, man. I need to move in with Mark, haha! 80s in January? Yes, please!!

If it 80 now whats the summer temps?

that's why I left and I was 120 miles South of Marko. They report the "weather" plus the muggy meter rating.

I'm with Bruce, hilarity of the broken grammar aside, some type of waiting period, or something of the like, would help with the SPAM.

"(I'm) the most foul-tempered rodent you've ever laid your eyes on!" --Guinea of Caerbannog

So far the spam seems pointless but not offensive. Providing it doesn't become offensive I think there's no need to go to the expense and time to make changes

Ron Sa, I called his office and the receptionist told me there wasn't one. -quite bluntly.

Woooo! I would love to visit Montana one day! (:

Must be so exciting! Very happy for you!

Ditto here- so much fun to start anew!

I never met him, but I did she him on the news here in Kingsville. Congratulations to him. But now I must wave goodbye and gravitate to bed. hehe.

That was sooo exciting! It's been all over public radio! love it.

must have interesting dinner conversations. congrats to him!

Looks super cold up north, below 0 numbers for the upper states. Too cold for me. I am fleeing Georgia and moving further south to Florida at the first chance I get. I can't stand freezing cold. I couldn't imagine being up north.

I've been feeding the birds and getting mostly house sparrows, about 20-50 a day. Also some green jay, cardinals, kisskadees, golden fronted woodpeckers, grackles, morning doves, titmouse. Hoping for some, hummingbirds, warblers and finch soon. I bet you get a lot of Caracara down in your next of south Texas Marcia.

Pea green with envy, Marcia! But, spring will be here before I know it. For the moment, I'm perfectly content with my little flock of chickens. <3

they are for my low temp. I will bisque to 08 and fire with pots to the same.

Happy Birthday!!

Nothing better than working in your new cozy studio while the winter blasts away outside your door. Happy Birthday.

yes. and my other ne had hip surgery for a dislocated hip that could not be put back into the socket. they do communicate but can't tell you where it hurts.

Dogs sorta become your kids after awhile. And like kinds, very hard to watch them suffering.

very hard and feeling helpless. Nitroglycerine seems to help during his worst moments at night. sitting out in the fresh mountain air and sunshine seems to help him the most.

Were Airstreams built in Kansas? What's the connection b/n clay conferences and trailers? I lived in an Airstream in 1960 for à couple of years!!! I guess they'd make a nice pottery studio!

I know one is a pottery/art filled one-maybe they need two now?

That is the one!

Iy as akrighy. ve akk doe it. hehe.

good one Mark!

I re-fired slightly less than golden brown cranberry orange nut bread. Then I made pecan bars like my grandmother's..Fun to taste a childhood memory. Sort of a pecan laden toffee on a crumbly crust.

What cone did you refire the cranberry nut bread to?

350F  eating some right now!

Must go trim my saggers that I threw yesterday. Just finished shoveling snow off the walks.

the new ghost ranch!

your looking pale these days marcia.

I have sent a few e-mails to the admins which zero response after I tried to update my photo

I've never fired in that cold, nor do I want to. I'd go with too hot though. You don't have to dress in layers.

20 below. woo wee that's cold.

not in front of the kiln!

Great colors though.

I am hoping the deer, turkeys and bears, badgers stay away.