Thank You Everybody!

A big thank you to all who came out to our anniversary event yesterday. We enjoyed seeing our collectors as well as meeting new people. Traffic was slower than our summer event last year and who knows why! Last year it was 100+ degrees out and we had steady traffic all day. Yesterday's temps were much more tolerable, yet there were fewer people out and about.
Even thought it wasn't 100 degrees, keeping food out in the summer is always tricky. Jeff and I hit upon the idea of using one of his big cache pots as a pasta salad chiller.

We filled the cache pot with ice and then set a smaller bowl inside of it... worked like a charm! I was also glad that I was able to find a new "screen tent" to keep the flies out of it.

Now that this weekend is out of the way, our main focus will be finishing Jeff's pots so we will be ready for the League of NH Craftsmen's Fair. We will be leaving in 10 days. YIKES!

coasting along to the finish line...

July Firing #2

We actually finished loading the kiln and I bricked up the door before it was dark last night! Jeff lit the first burner this morning at around 7:30, so we will be finished early today as well. This is firing #2 for July.  These two firings, along with the wood firing in June, means we will have a nice selection of pots for our anniversary celebration this coming weekend. Once again this will be a joint celebration with Eck McCanless Pottery. Eck is celebrating the second anniversary of his shop in Seagrove. Our shops are less than a mile from each other. Visitors at each shop will be able to see demonstrations, purchase new pots, and enjoy some tasty summertime foods. Eck is planning to get out his guitar and play some tunes in the late afternoon. The details about the weekend are on the right sidebar, here on the blog.
I can't believe that Jeff and I have been in Seagrove for three years already...time flies when you're having fun and working hard.