Spring Showers bring May Flowers

It's been raining for two or three days.  It's been nice, if a bit gloomy but the flowering trees and plants are worth it.  I was able to get the apple trees trimmed back so they look like the espallier they are supposed to be.  And they are blooming - a bonus!  I'll be surprised if any actual apples show up but I'm keeping my hopes up.  The trees have been planted for many years and seldom have they bloomed.  So I am counting that as both Clean it and Fix it!
I'm doing a bit of sewing and have quite a lot more I want to do before I go off to Boston in June.  The census taking job may interfere...though it will be mostly in the evenings, or so I'm told.  Hope you've sent yours in by now!

Back in the Corner again!

I have, once again, painted myself into a corner, pretty literally this time.  I spent a couple of days painting the bathroom at Bennett and didn't get home until late yesterday.  Of course I meant to be home much earlier so I could go to the studio and move the birdbaths along.  Instead when I got there, they were still wrapped up tight and still too soft to work on.  My intent was to get them into the kiln yesterday for a long slow warm up to dry out and get them fired today.  Now all is backed up like a bad toilet and I can't imagine how I will get everything done in the time I have.  Which is what I mean about being back in the corner.  I seem to be unable to stay on top of the things I truely want to get done.  Instead I run off to do something for someone else and then wonder why I can't sleep and don't have new work for the next show.

Didn't I say something just the other day about being okay with that choice?  I'm less okay with it now that time is running out.  Oh, and btw, the grandkids have given me another cold!  Bless them and their generosity.  Well, sitting here complaining won't get those birdbaths finished.

Continuing to feel Wazzed

Things are a bit of a wreck at my house.  Too much time spent away doing more fun things with some very important people.  There will be time to recover and recoup next week.
Mom was here for a couple of days.  We won't have her for a lot longer.  She is 96 after all!  So it is great to do things with her.  She helped me glaze some raku beads and we went out for taco salad and margaritas.  She still enjoys a well made margarita!
It is feeling and looking more like Spring, trees are starting to bud out and spring bulbs are blooming...not so much in my yard.  I've not gotten many planted.  When it is time to plant in the fall, I tend to be done with gardening and can't seem to find the energy or motivation to get them planted.  In fact, I think there are some in the garage that I bought last fall and didn't get into the ground.  Needless to say, they are NOT doing very well there in the cold and dark.
I think (hope) there will be some yard work done tomorrow as part of the whole Easter festivities.  The Bennett bunch will be here and I've bribed my son-in-law with Honey Baked Ham.  Drat...I meant to get a tool from DSK to prune the trees.  Argh!

First Communion Chalices

Since I 've been writing about this I thought I'd post a couple of pictures.  I started making chalices for the kids when my #1 G-daughter went through first communion four years ago and have done it ever since.  I hope it is meaningful for the kids, I know it is for me...a gift I can give them to make this event even more memorable.