Are we having fun yet??? 

We still don’t have power.  We lost it early friday morning at 2:30, and I don’t anticipate getting it back for another day or so.  The line workers have been busting their butts to get stuff up and running (17 hours on, 7 hours off, plus crews from New Brunswick, Michigan, and elsewhere), so I’m definitely not complaining.  Our generator powers up pretty much the whole house on very little gas (yay it’s 1.71 right now and not 4.50)–we just don’t run the washer or dryer.  Yes, I am running out of clothes.  Notice the ice buildup on the birdhouse.  About 1″.  And how about the view from our deck, overlooking the garage.  There is but one light burning on that mountain at night. 

It was so gorgeous when the sun came out on Friday.  And when I got up late at night to tend the generator, I didn’t even have to use a flashlight, since the full moon was so bright.  It looked like special effects, it was so gorgeous.  Anyway, here are some pictures.

But I did manage to get a present made the other day.  This necklace has carnelian beads, cultured pearls, and small metallic seed beads, besides the ceramic pendant.  The toggle clasp is copper. I’ve been holding onto those pearls for months, and I had an epiphany the other day as to what I wanted to do with them.  This is one of my victorian round pendants that I have available in my etsy shop, Winchell Clayworks. 

Keep your fingers crossed that we get power soon.  No power=no kiln.  I have a slew of stuff to fire for my shop and wanted to list for last minute shoppers, but I fear that I’ve now missed the boat.  So much for momentum.