It's been a while since I wrote in my blog so this'll just be a catch-up. First I want to post the link to the second Picasa album of photos we took in Guatemala. Lots of you will have seen them but this way the story of our tour there is complete, here. https://picasaweb.google.com/112208740085943894765/Guatemala2March2014 Two recent emails are rather fun. In one, Bette, who is…
Alan has always wanted to get to Tikal Archaeological site so we booked ourselves onto a ten-day 'Caravan' tour of Guatemala in early March. I was rather concerned about the heat and humidity of the jungle but I found that with an air-conditioned bus, insect repellant when hiking and comfy hotels each evening I managed well. Ancient pottery in the museum was interesting but contemporary…
Alan and I have just returned from ten days in Guatemala. It was a fascinating tour, with a hike around Tikal Mayan temples, admiring textiles in Antigua and a boat ride on Lake Atitlan amongst the volcanoes. But in the back of my mind was the fact that I had to miss the opening of the kiln we'd fired just before we left. Herman, Dave,…
There was a fierce wind blowing between the mountains when we were firing the salt kiln on Friday. It made for a beautiful day but the kiln area had to be closed off from any gusts that could interfere with the burners. It also was a warning that the weather was changing. Sure enough, snow started on Saturday night so it was no…
I can't resist putting these few non-pottery photos in to complement my blog post below. The sun popped out once in a while today, highlighting the impressive snow pack on the mountains all around, there were signs of Spring in the Venema garden, Trumpeter swans were relaxing in the middle of the adjacent corn field and the setting sun pinked Golden Ears as I got…