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if you make things, what do you enjoy creating the most?

What is your favorite color?

Arcon said:

if you make things, what do you enjoy creating the most?

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I'm very artsy-craftsy! I've done everything from needlecrafts (cross-stitch, needlepoint, knitting) to rock-painting (flowers, Christian symbols) to basket weaving with pine needles (S. Carolina pine needles are 12+ inches long and make great baskets)

But by far, i am most proud of the new skill i have been learning: wheel thrown pottery. There's probably pictures in my blog if one was so inclined to take a peek. i totally enjoy centering a lump of clay on the wheel and pulling it up into something with smooth lines and form. It is the most relaxing and engaging thing i've ever done with myself. I've just finished an 8 week summer course and will start a fall semester on sept 10 (can you tell i'm counting the days?)

virtualgirl said:

What is your favorite color?

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i don't really have a favorite color. i have a weird sense about colors -- they 'feel' like different things to me. Like blues and greens are calm and purposeful and reds and purples are powerful.

i look best in teal (or so my Real Estate partner tells me) but i find i wear mostly black! Actually most agents do-- if you ever go to a realtor convention, it's a veritible sea of black suits and power red shirts.

my home is done in natural colors-- decorated with wood, basketry, pottery. Various hues of brown and mocha, butterscotch and sand.

What is YOUR favorite color? I want to guess purple?

whats your favorite pets name?

Andrealin said:

What is YOUR favorite color? I want to guess purple?

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My favorite color is green. Are you surprised?

Arcon said:

whats your favorite pets name?

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Well, i have FIVE pets - one cat and four dogs. Now before you think i am overwhelmed by animals... the combined weight of these pets is only 30 lbs! (Maltese dogs weigh an average of 5-6 lbs) God has blessed me to raise these cute little pure white lion-dogs!

It's tough to say one has a 'favorite' pet, but Rylie, the male Maltese-- and the first one i came to know-- is my favorite. He's the alpha dog of the bunch and i do my best to make sure he feels like a very special pooch. He is always by my side. Even right now as i type this, he is sitting at my feet. Should i get up to take a shower, when i come out of the shower room, he will be laying down by the door. He sits on the bed while i do my makeup and he will crawl up on my legs when i do basketry. Rylie is 5.

Right now we have 2 puppies in the house, Daisy & Maisy, the male Rylie and the rescue dog, Ming. We are not even sure how old Ming is-- we think about 8. Ming is the only dog that doesn't sleep on the bed with me and the only dog i haven't personally raised. She is afraid to be on the bed and will pee uncontrollably when afraid... hence... she's not on the bed.

Then there is Keeko the cat. He's an outdoor cat and occassionally will bless us with his presence. Mostly he feels it's his duty to keep up safe from small rodents. He often leaves me moles, mice, rats, once -- an oppposum, chipmunks, birds, etc.

(By 'Us', in case anyone is wondering, my family consists of me and my two children, who i found refer to as Tadpole and Princess, on the internet.) So with all of 'Us' ... we have 8 heartbeats in our house! Whew!


Well, Arcon, you asked a simple question, and as usual, i got wordy. i love to talk about my pets though, and hopefully you were not sorry you asked!

virtualgirl said:

My favorite color is green. Are you surprised?

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No not surprised. My mother's favorite color is green and that makes me smile to think about it.

Green is a grand color.

When i mix glazes to put on my pottery, my favorite is something called Dragon Green.

I think about colors in 2 ways-- one the mere notion that color is merely a reflection of light truly boggles my mind. The science behind things is very fascinating.

And 2nd, that God is so wonderful that He gave us this world of beauty and amazing colors. i marvel at autumn colors.

Can you see autumn colors where you are (in the autumn of course!!) ?

Our weather is mild year round so we don't get to enjoy striking fall colors. I enjoy the colors I do get to see, however. Fall is my favorite season. Love it.

no by all means like the story, the names are nice. wild that a cat actually took out an opossum, was it dead or playing dead.

Oh that opposum was dead...i don't know if the cat killed it or if he found it. Keeko is quite the fierce hunter. You know how some cats are "kitties"? Keeko is more like a Tom Cat.

we had a house cat (not used to hunting) bring a bird up to the door in its mouth, i reached down and poped the sides of the cats jaws with my fingers, he dropped the bird, it flew away, the cat looked around in dispare, then looked up at me like, what did ya go and do that for, first bird i ever caught and you had to make me drop it, thanks alot buddy.

lol.. that's funny! I can just PICTURE that cat's face!

The lady who lives next door to me has about 7 cats (bet her house smells purr-teee) (we call her The Cat Lady) and she said that cats are bringing this lovely dead thing to you as a gift -- 'see how great i am?' sort of thing. But your 'gift' was still alive!

Blech!

Do you have any hobbies?

I have a couple hobbies: Basket making (no not basket case!) from southern pine needles and wheel thrown pottery. I've managed to also combine the two skills by making basket bases in pottery and then adding pine needle embellishment.