oldlady

you are going to have many  very happy birds in chico.  and the vegetation will get even lovelier than that photo.   can't wait to see the new location description in your avatar.

so sorry to hear that.  hope you can enjoy the rest of life while you recover.  take it easy and let other people help you.

what a golden accomplishment!   be proud of that and keep it up.

aim, could you post your work in the section where questions are asked?  you might learn a great deal.  try studio  operations and making work.  i am typing from memory, forgive the errors, if any.
first question,   should those figures be solid or hollow?    why?   ask the group and you will hear a lot of good answers.  
i can see promise in your work.   he is sorry he said or did something to annoy her.  she is stiff with anger but willing to forgive him.

are you in australia, new south wales?

thanks, all.   it is over now.   still moving slowly which is not my normal speed.  
GET THE SHOT!

yesterday the signs said $4.15 today it is $4.59!   i better get some now before i have to mortgage the house to buy gas.

just noticed price and it is $3.79.  and i only have half a tank left.

me, three!   hope all the folks around you are well and that you are happy.

congrats on entering the 20th century!

this would make a great profile.

oh, don't worry, joseph, your notes will turn up about 10 minutes after you unload the kiln.

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.

this forum is apparently different from others.   lately, many new people are putting questions in this area.   but they are not titling the question, just using their names.   why is this happening?  
 
 linda, if you look at the format on the opening page you will see several headings under which people ask  questions.   yours belongs in the  Studio operations and making work if i remember it correctly.    if you move it to the correct place, you will get correct answers.

and to you, joseph.   just found and re-read the Hydria challenge in 2015.  your entry was great, what did you do with it?

that's OK, i have been on here for 9 years and still do not know anything about it.

Your more big time into coffee than my son, he is a trained chef and picked up the trick of using a popcorn popper from another chef.  Did you get your settling system built for your sink?  If you have anymore studio questions just ask before you spend a lot of money.   I have had three different studios in the past 45 years,  I am not even counting the first area I had was a chair,  fold down desk top and small kiln.   I started out with hand building and glass melting.  I  had done hand building in high school and eventually got my degree in a ceramics fine arts degree.   Denice

the reward for doing all that work is to be expected to do more.   fortunately, you will both enjoy working together to make beautiful things.   you are a lucky man.

i need a nap just thinking about all that!

wish all of you the very best!  

so do i.  proof is making potato salad from the pot of potatoes that i forgot and let burn .   sorry looking potatoes with half an inch of black burned skin and meat make fine food when the black is cut off.   don't know what to do with the pot.

you are supposed to be THE cook, not the cooked!

terri, were you ever a weatherperson in florida???  their vocabulary list contains only two words,  "chilly" or "warm".  it is NEVER cold or hot.    i think your temp reading places you in the definitely instantly freezing category.

I just finished cleaning it. L&L so nice. A pocket knife to lift the elements up slightly and vacuum under them and it took me about 30 minutes to make it look brand spanking new again. But yes. I am very lucky. It would have destroyed my kiln. There were shards of clay covered in glaze everywhere. I would have had to replace tons of bricks, element holders and elements. I am very fortunate today!

Turned out pretty well, have done 2 bisque's and a glaze fire. Blew up one of my planters with the built-in drip tray, didn't let it dry long enough, the bases are pretty thick.