SageHill
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WOW!! A ton of work and even better it's stuff you know is done AND you can rest your eyes on all of it knowing it's DONE!! WTG
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I’m meeting a lady at son’s house this afternoon. I hope she buys a bunch of this stuff that I have nowhere to put.
While going through boxes, I found something I’ve been missing for quite awhile. I exclaimed, “I FOUND YOU!!”
It was BJ, but not.
In 2002, on one of out trips home to Alabama to see BJs mother, I picked up a brochure that featured a 7th generation potter who ground the clay with a mule and mill stones and used a wood fired kiln. So we went to go see. Very nice couple, we poked around in their shop and I spied a face jug. He explained that in the 1800’s when a lot of people couldn’t read or write, things were stored in jugs. Some was good, some wasn’t so the faces either had a smiling face (good) or an ugly face (bad). Well of course I wanted one. We watched him turn a lump of clay into a jug. He asked, “What do you want it to look like?” I pointed at BJ and said, “Him!” And so he did.
Of course he had to let the jug dry, paint it and fire it. We paid for it and left. A couple of months later, it arrived. We got a kick out of it. It’s been packed up since our moving to Lindale, and me moving here. 10 years. I found it yesterday.
While going through boxes, I found something I’ve been missing for quite awhile. I exclaimed, “I FOUND YOU!!”
It was BJ, but not.
In 2002, on one of out trips home to Alabama to see BJs mother, I picked up a brochure that featured a 7th generation potter who ground the clay with a mule and mill stones and used a wood fired kiln. So we went to go see. Very nice couple, we poked around in their shop and I spied a face jug. He explained that in the 1800’s when a lot of people couldn’t read or write, things were stored in jugs. Some was good, some wasn’t so the faces either had a smiling face (good) or an ugly face (bad). Well of course I wanted one. We watched him turn a lump of clay into a jug. He asked, “What do you want it to look like?” I pointed at BJ and said, “Him!” And so he did.
Of course he had to let the jug dry, paint it and fire it. We paid for it and left. A couple of months later, it arrived. We got a kick out of it. It’s been packed up since our moving to Lindale, and me moving here. 10 years. I found it yesterday.
fuzzi
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Love it, thank you for sharing.I’m meeting a lady at son’s house this afternoon. I hope she buys a bunch of this stuff that I have nowhere to put.
While going through boxes, I found something I’ve been missing for quite awhile. I exclaimed, “I FOUND YOU!!”
It was BJ, but not.
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In 2002, on one of out trips home to Alabama to see BJs mother, I picked up a brochure that featured a 7th generation potter who ground the clay with a mule and mill stones and used a wood fired kiln. So we went to go see. Very nice couple, we poked around in their shop and I spied a face jug. He explained that in the 1800’s when a lot of people couldn’t read or write, things were stored in jugs. Some was good, some wasn’t so the faces either had a smiling face (good) or an ugly face (bad). Well of course I wanted one. We watched him turn a lump of clay into a jug. He asked, “What do you want it to look like?” I pointed at BJ and said, “Him!” And so he did.
Of course he had to let the jug dry, paint it and fire it. We paid for it and left. A couple of months later, it arrived. We got a kick out of it. It’s been packed up since our moving to Lindale, and me moving here. 10 years. I found it yesterday.
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It’s 33F degrees, ground is white with frost. High of 61F today. That’s COLD for East Texas!
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We got down to 24 last night. It's cold here, not unusual for here, but after being so much warmer than normal, feels really really cold. There's a breeze too so will feel colder. Have NOT been out the door yet.
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Did the lady come to your son's house and offer you a small fortune for your un-needed stuff the other day?
Ridgetop
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Or are you wrapping it all up for the White Elephant gift exchange? 
Su[[osed toget even colder in the coming weeks with the big chiol coming down from the north. Yesterday we had frost on the ground and it stayed cold all day. I wore my long underwear! Today it is supposed to get to 70 degrees! Heading out to the barn to get some work done. No need for long underwear today.
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She picked out a few things. I got a hundred bucks. Filled up the truck, filled up the car, not much left after that!
I went outside this morning and there was ice in the water buckets. Must have got colder than 33F degrees!
I went to the grocery store today. Sarah is bringing turkey and a ham, plus more food. I’m making cornbread dressing and making pies. Lemon icebox meringue pie, chocolate meringue, peanut butter and impossible buttermilk pie. And I’m making shaved brussel sprout salad.
@Ridgetop I can’t wait to see y’all. This will be a fun weekend. And I got my White Elephant gift today too.
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Thunder rumbled and it started raining. Supposed to be scattered showers through Monday. I got a lot of piddling small things done outside yesterday. Including stripping beds and hanging sheets on the line to dry. Today I clean house and get ready for company this weekend.
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It is pouring down rain. Sheep and dogs ran back to shelter. Slowly finishing second cup of coffee, after first cup I ran outside to feed bottle lamb and sheep.
I worked outside all day yesterday doing little piddling things. I moved some dirt, hopefully blocking rain run off from swamping shelters. I already built up dirt pads inside to hopefully raise floor level above the mud. I guess this rain lasting through Monday will let me know if it’s working or not.
I worked outside all day yesterday doing little piddling things. I moved some dirt, hopefully blocking rain run off from swamping shelters. I already built up dirt pads inside to hopefully raise floor level above the mud. I guess this rain lasting through Monday will let me know if it’s working or not.
