oldlady

I had the old shot  years ago now I have had the two shots as it works way better-get that. I made a mistake and got a pneumonia at same time at that was to much-just get one at a time.

Denice, I got the 1st shot when I was 58.  The old shot.  I was horrified by what my friend had gone through.  I paid for it out of pocket. Then I got Shingrix shots about 4 years ago.  I didn't realize they expired.  I will ask my dr about that.  My friend was sick for a month.   It really hits some people hard.  Yes, be sure to put it on your calendar.  We simply do not need more issues that can be easily prevented with a vaccine!   Just my opinion.

My husband's eye doctor is the person who told us that it expires in five years.   We were planning to take a trip to Wyoming in Sept.  keeping my fingers crossed that he is over the shingles by then.   I think Shingrix should give a lot more info on the different types of shingles  I am sure a lot more people would get the shot if they knew they could lose their sight in one eye,  hearing in one ear for have half their face paralyzed.    Denice

I would be glad to change places with you @oldlady. We have 27F. freezing rain, sleet, snow. . . .winter Garbage!

upper 20s tonight coldest night so far this year

Would love to see your work old lady - could probably learn a lot from someone like you. I'm only new but I can appreciate where you've come from. - and I'd guess you are really good at what you do too. Love to read posts like yours - very inspirational. Thank you for sharing í ½í¸€

Would love to see your work old lady - could probably learn a lot from someone like you. I'm only new but I can appreciate where you've come from. - and I'd guess you are really good at what you do too. Love to read posts like yours - very inspirational. Thank you for sharing í ½í¸€

I love it! Maybe I can start being proud of my gray hairs instead of plucking them out. They were earned, every one, from being a mom. Like little silver worry medals.

Glad to see you back here, Alice.

And thank you for sharing  with us  re: Pugaboo.

Marcia

not back, only doing this.

if you are familiar with the cone 10 clay Loafer's Glory, you can see how they named a cone 6 white stoneware Little Loafer's.  it is a highwater clay.    sorry, old fingers do not like capital letters.

AH: spent several hours researching this issue yesterday. Overseas freight has tripled: so products like NZ kaolin, Grolleg kaolin, mahavir potash, and stains have seen 30-50% price increases. A few smaller ball clay mines have closed: although the large ball clay and fire clay mines are fully functional. The biggest issue is the ceramic tile industry both here and overseas have greatly increased demands. Lastly, the PVC (pipe) industry has been hard hit: and some areas are using clay pipe for emergency repairs. Pottery only accounts for 2-3% of the clay market: which also means we are on the bottom of the supply chain.

Apologies that I never got back to HighWater clays but they are an hour and a half drive from me so I don't get up there often.  Which is why I suggested calling or emailing them.  My last ceramic order I just did through the mail since gas is so expensive now.  Stuff like that doesn't fit on my motorcycle very well.

pinellas park.  near tampa.  see my album about what is in it.

Alice, give me a DM with the info. If it’s glitching for you, I’ll post it. It’ll get better visibility than in a status update.

thank you, callie.  i sent an email to min.     the photos tell the story. will send you the same email.

If you are using Windows10, Msft just did an update and it slowed down my computer phenomenally. It seemed like it took forever to do anything, even shutting it down. What I did was go to the restore point (which took just short of forever) just before the update which happened Tuesday morning. Then what happened was the computer was still "restoring the registry 12 hours later. I did a hard shutdown by pressing the on/off or I/O button and held it down for at least 5 seconds which shut the computer down completely. I waited for a couple of minutes and turned it back on and all was well with the universe. It seems like a scary thing to do, but it happened to me about a year ago with the same update situation and I spoke with my nephew who's an I guy and he told me what to do then and it worked just like it did this time around...

thank you, johnny.   i didn't explain this situation well.  my daughter had some time this evening and she walked me through apartial solution.   there is more to it and she is going to contact someone at facebook tomorrow. 

somehow somebody set up a facebook account for me using part of my name, a photo of my work and put my birthdate as april 30, 1994.  funny, right???   no.  because i cannot set up a facebook page now.

Sorry, I can't help you there, @oldlady. I don't do Facebook...

Thanks, I will use it next week.

My mother in-law would buy me gift certificates at our local ceramic supplier.   I would try to buy something more substancial  than general supplies.   A few things I remember buying is raku tongs,   caulking gun extruder and kiln shelves.  Most people who have visited my shop get a dazed look in their eyes and leave confused about the equipment involved in clay.   They do get a little excited about the kiln room.  Denice

Denice, would you post this in the QotW posts here:

What should it say? 

Thanks

two different ingredients are mentioned.  the title says barium and the body of the post says lithium.  which is it?

I think the title is accurate. I am substituting Stontium for Barium, like the title. Lithium is not an issue here. Thank you for checking! I appreciate the time you take to do this.

Karen

daffodils are blooming now-small warm false spring here now after 2 inch of rain in 2 days

saw 3 foot high pile of snow in somebody's driveway today, several smaller piles in shady areas.   will be warmer this week so maybe i will get into the studio soon.

well, it was too much to expect and the water was NOT on.    but it is now and i am happy to be warm here.