News From The Nest

Halfway To The Weekend!

Last Sunday, I attended a Managing Stress Through Yoga workshop at LeeLaa Yoga. It was very well attended and the instructor, Becky Krebs, was great! Since stress is my middle name, this was workshop was much needed. The practice of yoga and meditation has been proven to help with stress and anxiety, lower blood pressure, increase immunity, help with phobias and chronic illness, etc. Here's a good article from the Mayo Clinic re: the health benefits. Yoga and meditation, which I'm working toward making a part of each and every day makes me feel more centered and more in control. I highly recommend it for everyone! A deep breath is highly underrated!

After the workshop, Andy and I went to The Dayton Art Institute to Oktoberfest. There was a large crowd. We spotted several people wearing beer stein hats and the atmosphere was alcohol enhanced festive. There were three tents of craft vendors and lots of food and drink. We caught a piece of the Dayton Jazz Ensemble and they were great! We really enjoyed going through the art museum. They have some beautiful and extraordinary items - glass, paintings (Monet, Hooper, Wyeth, etc.), furniture, sculpture, etc. I was fascinated my the eastern pieces representing Buddhism. So OLD! Amazing craftsmanship.

I love the cool mornings we've had lately. I love seeing the steam rise from our pond and the nearby lake when I cross the dam. It feels like I'm driving through the clouds. So pretty. I took these pictures this morning. The one of the sunrise (see it just peeping over out of the clouds over the trees?) is of the lake side. The other photo is of the gorge side. That side was thick with fog. So thick, I couldn't make out the trees and couldn't see the bottom. 

Crossing this area almost on a daily basis never ceases to amaze me. Stormy, windy, still, green, colorful, white, snowy, icy, etc.

It's a little reality check in my day.

 

 

 

 

 

Fall = Dilemma

I have mentioned before the dilemma I have here in Southwest Ohio - The Land of Fall Festivals. The dilemma involves what to do on the weekends. 

Not that there isn't anything to do. 

The dilemma is how to do everything there is to do or rather how to pick and choose what to do and what not to do. 

With me so far?

I went to knitting today and we were discussing all the festivals. In addition to the ones I know about - Apple, Potato, Pumpkin, Popcorn, Sauerkraut, Pretzel, Oktoberfest - they told me of two more that I've recently missed in the area. The Mum and Pork festivals.

Most of the festivals are two-days. However, some only last one day (such as, the County Apple Fest in Lebanon held today) and some last as many as four days (Pumpkin Fest). 

There's even a web site that lists a whole bunch of Ohio festivals here.  Don't be mislead - it is not a comprehensive list. 

There are common denominators with these events - crafts, food, entertainment, and food. Lots of food. Good food. For example, volunteers at one church in Lebanon baked 140 apple pies this week for their booth at the Country Apple Fest held today.

The weekends are just way too short here in Ohio. Not fair. There should be more weekends - especially in the fall. That would ease the dilemma and give me more time to make it to these festivals!

(Photo taken at the Caesar Creek Dam.)

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Donna and I went to a Gentle Yoga class at LeeLaa Yoga this morning before knitting. I stretched parts of my body I didn't know or forgot I had! It felt great! The teacher, Courtney, was excellent. Perfect timing and location for the class, too - the studio is right on my way to knitting. The Saturday morning Gentle Yoga class is held from 10:45 AM to 11:45 AM and knitting starts at 12:00 Noon. Perfect! Tomorrow, I'm signed up for a Managing Stress With Yoga 2-hour workshop at the studio. That is something I really need and hope it will help.

Hope the rest of your weekend is dilemma-free!

Have a good one!

A Little Piece Of Quiet

Wednesday, I was in downtown Columbus, OH for a work appointment. My GPS took me down a different street to Grant Medical Center. As I drove down Town Street, I passed a small brick building with a wrought iron fence around a grassy area. The sign said Topiary Garden. 

After my appointment, I had a few minutes so decided to go investigate.

I'm so glad I did.

Right there in downtown Columbus, right in the middle of the busy streets and high-rises, I found a little piece of quiet.

The Topiary Park in Old Deaf School Park. PLEASE click on the pictures to get a better view.

The brochure states it is a "unique image of Georges Seurat's Post-Impressionist painting A Sunday Afternoon on the Isle of La Grand Jatte. It's a landscape of a painting of a landscape!"

More info on the brochure states that "the Topiary Park is the site of the only topiary garden in existencebased on a work of art. Nearly 80 yews are clipped and trained into three-dimensional green sculptures of 54 people, eight boats, three dogs, a monkey, and a cat. A pond reminiscent of Paris's River Seine includes fish and water lilies. This seven-acre downtown sanctuary is accented with meticulously planted perennials, annuals, and hanging baskets."

It was so peaceful. All these figures standing around - women, men, children, and animals - but not a sound.

Some had their arms around each other, some were running, some were rowing boats, while others were relaxing. 

But not a sound.

There was a pond with lilypads. I spied a huge orange carp swimming up under the lilypads looking for food. There was also a duck swimming amongst the lilypads. There were people sitting on benches, in the grass, and at picnic tables working on computers, eating lunch, reading, and just relaxing. The park has WI-FI and would be such a perfect place to work if I ever have down time between appointments in that area.

There were two figures - (see picture below) of a man stretched out and a woman sitting beside him and I swear she is knitting! Her topiary could use a little clipping to better define the knitting needles she is holding in her hands and the knitting in her lap but she IS knitting!!! 

What a perfect place to get out, walk around, and stretch my legs before my hour drive back down the interstate.

I even found a little spot in the coleus and sweet potato vine to snap a shot of the beginning of my toe-up sock.

If you're in the Town Street area of Columbus and need a respite, stop in at the Topiary Park and sit a spell. Better yet, sit and knit!

A Wonderfully Wooly Weekend

A Wool Gathering took place this past weekend at Young's Jersey Dairy.    

All cars were headed straight to that location near Yellow Springs, OH.

Saturday, Susan and I headed out early - determined to get there when the show opened and back home in the early afternoon. We ate breakfast at the Sunrise Cafe in Yellow Springs. I had eggs, sausage, and pumpkin pancakes that were "kick-yer-momma" good! OH MAN! YUMMY! Neither one of us had eaten there before and we learned quickly to make reservations next time as the cafe has very limited seating.  

Fortified, we struck out in search of fiber. 

We didn't need to look hard for it!  A Wool Gathering is a great show, terrific location, good food, etc. This year, they had added another large tent of vendors. So, there were three large tents and then vendors set up outside, also. 

Mr. Allred was attracting a crowd with his Border Collies and ducks. 

Young's Dairy also features a restaurant, diner, miniature golf courses (Udders & Putters), a batting cage, a petting zoo, and more. They have events going on all year so check out their site for current happenings. It's such a great place to take children.

The education tent featured various fiber animals (llama, Jacob sheep, other breeds of sheep, Angora goats, Angora rabbits), shearing demonstrations, etc. and a tent where children's activities were being held. 

There were also barrel / train rides for the children and wagon rides for the adults. Something for everyone.  

Just a fun place to be!!!

So much fun that I went back Sunday with Meg!!! Meg shopped until I dropped! We had a great time - shopped, ate a Young's Dairy cheeseburger and homemade chips, and shopped some more. Then, we finished our day with Young's Dairy Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream.  

Now, I know everyone wants to see my fiber haul. Let's have a Show and Tell!!!   

I purchased some awesome roving. Eight ounces each of three fantabulous colorways from the gals at River's Edge Fiber Arts. The fiber content of the rovings is as follows: 8 oz. of Blue Faced Leicester (named Harvest Gathering - far right) and the other 16 oz. (two colorways) are 70% Merino/30% Silk (named Strawflower - middle - and Spruce Tree - on the left). 

From Happy Hands Yarn, came 8 oz. of Alpaca / Tussah Silk roving, 8 oz. of Blue Face / Black Blue Face Leicester roving called Blackberry, and a skein of fingering weight 65% Merino/35% Bamboo named Angel Pie with a free lace scarf pattern. If you click on their link, you'll see what I intend to order as soon as she gets it dyed. I drooled all over that jacket!!!!! Gorgeous! 

At the Trading Post for Fiber Arts booth, I bought several skeins of Kauni to make Brady Scarves / Stoles. This yarn is coarser than a horse's tail but the finished product is going to be so cool! I almost couldn't wait to get home to start this project. As soon as I got home, I dug out my stiletto point Signature straights size 3 and got started that night!  

Then, there was Creative Impressions In Clay which is located not too far from me in West Chester, OH. I got a funky scissor tip and two pairs of soda can earrings. It's not safe to throw anything away!!! I have earrings made out of gift cards and now soda cans! Recycled fashion!

The two wonderful needle-felted pins came from Ali Strebel Designs. Ali is a wonderful primitive rug hooker. In fact, I used to order from her business, Kindred Spirits, when I had my rug hooking studio and camps. Check out her blog for lots of neat projects.

Check out these GREAT holders for felted coasters from Neal Pottery - also within a 20 or so minute drive from me. They have an Etsy shop and also sell at shows and a couple local shops. Amy is a knitter and I'm sure she was the divine inspiration behind these coaster holders and their yarn bowls. They do such nice work! I got a flower tray from them last year at the Hyde Park Square Art Show in Cincinnati and have thoroughly enjoyed using it. (I checked their Etsy site and apparently they've sold out of their coaster holders. Check back.)

Now, things / people / sites / places to keep your eyes on.

The EweNique Yarn Bowl - If I was giving a prize out for the most creative work at A Wool Gathering, it would go to Jean Ann and Adriana. Hands down their yarn bowls were the most artistic and creative ones this knitter and show frequenter has ever seen. Please check out their blog and click on the picture to enlarge it. Still doesn't do their work justice. So, check back often to see the pictures they add of their yarn bowls. They also have a pottery site - Little Pig Pottery.

Another clever artist - Marcie of this site. Knitter, felter, and seamstress extraordinaire. She sews shirts using THE cutest fabrics! I would LOVE to have a pair of pajamas made from her fabric covered in balls of yarn and knitting needles or maybe the sheep fabric. It would be a toss up!

Fiber Optics is also within about a 30 minute drive from me and it was great news to hear that Kimber is currently in the throes of opening a brick and mortar store around the first of the year!!! The colors in her yarn and roving are great! I also love the twist of her yarn. Check out her stuff on her site and in her Etsy shop and watch out for her shop opening with lots of classes on spinning, dyeing, knitting, etc. 

While at the show, we were buzzed by some Air Force finery. They were very low - low enough to read the numbers on the planes. There were four of them and they circled several times which created a lot of excitement. They probably came from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in nearby Dayton.

I want to send a SHOUT-OUT to Mindy!!! She was there advertising the Southwest Ohio Knitting Guild. I know they meet in West Chester on one Thursday night of the month but I can't remember which one! I need to find the flyer I picked up from her table and report back later! Mindy, it was great finally meeting you after reading your comments here and visiting your blog for so long!

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Saturday night, we went to a pig pickin' - Swine, Dine, and Unwind!!! Meg's husband, Dennis, is the drummer for the band, BusTed. His co-workers coerced him into having a pig pickin' so they could have a concert / dance.

It was SO MUCH FUN!!!!!  There was tons of food. Dennis' co-workers assigned dishes to everyone according to their last name and there were probably 150 or so people there.  There was so much good food. We're "H", so I took my standard bean salad. I could have eaten the entire dish of Julie's butternut squash prepared as a casserole with pineapple juice, brown sugar, and walnuts. YUMMY! Have to get that recipe.

The weather was perfect and the music was fantastic! As it grew dark, the torches were lit around the pond and people began to take to the driveway with there dancing shoes on. Everyone seemed to be having an absolute blast! I asked Dennis if I'm too old to be a groupie! They were great!!!

Hope you all are still with me after this l-o-n-g account of my goings-on. 

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Knitting project update - 

Baby blanket - on the needles and not too far from being finished.

Hapi Wrap - up to the shoulders (almost).

Brady Stole - just started - a cool knit!

Socks - toe-up Magic Loop technique. I'm determined to learn how to make toe-up socks. I started a pair (two at a time) years ago on two circular needles but when I got to the heels, I stopped. Hopefully, once I finish these, I will have figured out how to do toe-up heels and will go back and finish that pair.

I think that's all. Maybe. Well, there are some others but they don't count since it's been a while since they were active. That's rationalizing, isn't it????

Had A Ball!

A Wool Gathering was held at Young's Jersey Dairy this weekend.     

As evidenced by this picture, I had a ball!

Now, I'm tired and I want to go knit.

So, I'll tell you ALL about it tomorrow!

* These balls of roving courtesy of Wooly Knob Fiber Mill, Inc. 

Catch Up

We didn't do much of anything last weekend. As usual, Andy worked both Saturday and Sunday. He's still on seven days per week and then they call him at home some nights. There's just something so wrong with being in your mid to upper 50's and working like this. 

I met the gals for knitting on Saturday and had fun as usual.   

I finished spinning my jewel-tone roving and, if I figured correctly, have approximately 713 yards.

We passed on the Popcorn Festival and the last concert of the season at Stubbs Park in Centerville. 

Andy cut all the cattails down that he could reach from land. They were really taking over. They had surrounded the whole pond and were growing out toward the middle. They had to go - which has left the pond looking awfully bare. I'm sure it won't take them long to grow back. Hopefully, they'll be a little easier to control from scratch. Andy bought some fish-friendly spray from the pond store so now that he's weed-whacked the cattails, the next order of business is to spray them. The pond really looks nice -- first he cut down all the brushy stuff and now the cattails. We just need   some rain to fill it back up again! 

We feed our fish every night. At first, we'd throw the food in and maybe we'd see a couple come after it. Now, they are in the water waiting for us when we get to the edge of the dock. They practically jump up and take the food out of our hands. I've never seen such a fish frenzy! The water just churns. We have spotted six H*U*G*E catfish in the pond. They're so big compared to the Blue Gills that they look like sharks. They have got to GO!

Earl Gray likes it when we walk to the pond. He runs / walks with us. He doesn't know what in the world to think of the fishy feeding frenzy. Wish you could see him watching them. He's probably plotting how to catch one. Gracie just sits up at the house on the edge of the sidewalk watching us. If we go to far away from her, she starts meowing loudly and sounds so pitiful.

Here's Earl Gray wanting a closer sniff of the fish food. He is so sweet! Earl had a vet appointment this morning for his yearly check-up. He's been on weight reduction food and he eats supplements, too. Mice, birds, etc. etc. I think the supplements might be a little counterproductive to his weight loss goals.

While zooming around to work appointments yesterday, I spotted the following sign along Interstate 75.  "Honk if you love Jesus. Text while driving to meet him." Oprah, with her no texting while driving pledge, would love that message!

I'm counting the hours until Saturday!!

A Wool Gathering!!! 

Can hardly wait!

The Changing Of The Season

The hay has been baled. 

 

The soybeans have turned the fields into seas of gold.

 

The corn has dried on the stalks.

 

The birds have abandoned their nests in the cattails.

 

The maple trees just can't stand it any longer and are starting to show a little color.

 

Fall is sneaking in slowly but surely.

Leaving a little dab of color everywhere it steps and on everything it touches.

Friday Again!

Well, Friday has rolled around again. It's always welcome in my book.  

I passed a barn on Highway 42 this week and snapped this picture. Tobacco hanging in their barn. Is this Ohio or Virginia / North Carolina?? 

We've started feeding the fish in our pond. We knew we had fish in the pond but never saw them. When we first started feeding them, they were very slow to come to the food. Now, they must feel the vibration of us walking out on the dock because they're there waiting for us. Once we throw the food out, they go at it so ferociously that they even jump up out of the water. Earl Gray watches and doesn't know what in the world to think. 

We seem to have lots of Blue Gill and four ginormous Catfish. Andy caught this good-sized Blue Gill and I took a picture of it before we returned it to the pond. The Blue Gill can stay but the Catfish have to go. Andy has tried to catch them but they haven't taken the bait yet. He's even tried shooting them! That makes me think of Jeff Foxworthy and his "You're know you're a redneck...." jokes. In our case, "You know you're a redneck if you go fishing with your rifle." 

We're starting the festival season here in Ohio. I'm used to September in Virginia bringing the state and local fairs. Here in Ohio, they have to get all the fairs out of the way by September so they can make time for all the festivals. In our area - say within a 30 minute drive from here and around Dayton - there are the following festivals coming up - popcorn, apple, pumpkin, sauerkraut, potato, etc. It seems every little burg has it's own festival. Each one usually features crafters and lots of GOOD FOOD!

Of course, next weekend is A Wool Gathering and I will be at that bright and early on Saturday. I hope the weather is good  - as in no rain for the show. At about 7:30 this morning it was 52 degrees here.  Now (12:25 PM), it has warmed up to 71 degrees. It's a beautiful day! I hope it's just like this next weekend!!!

We've so enjoyed all the birds here. Our feeding station is set up right outside the sunroom and kitchen area. Our kitchen table is located in the sunroom so we can watch the birds while we eat. It will soon be time to stop feeding the hummingbirds. We haven't had as many hummers here as we did in Virginia - usually 1-3 at a time. They're so much fun to watch.

Tomorrow is knitting and there's a yoga class scheduled right before that at a local studio that I might look into. I need to get some lifestyle changes going. I've already signed up for a stress management through yoga workshop later this month. Since stress is my middle name, trying to manage it should be interesting. The Popcorn Festival is being held in Beavercreek this weekend. Check out the festival link to find various popcorn recipes.

What's on the agenda for your weekend?

Three Day Weekends Should Be The Law

Great weekend! All weekends should be three days long!

Labor Day weekend started with knitting on Saturday and our special dinner Saturday night at Valley Vineyard. 

Sunday, Andy was off so we did some work in the yard. Specifically, around the pond.  He got under and around the dock and cut trees and brush and handed them all up to me. I put everything in piles and then we hauled them back to the burn pile so they can dry out. He also cut down some bushes - one near the pond and two up against the house. It looks SO much better. Now to tackle the cattails. I can hardly believe how they've multiplied this summer.  

Sunday night, we loaded up our folding chairs and headed to Centerville for one of the free summer concerts offered at Stubbs Park Amphitheater. The band was "Legend The Band" and they played 50's, 60's, and 70's music. The concerts are presented by the Centerville Arts Commission and the City of Centerville. There were nineteen concerts in the 2010 Summer Concert Series which ran/run from June 13th through September 12th. A wide variety of music has been played - everything from big band / swing music to rock and roll to blues to jazz to country to special children's concert. It's a great facility with lawn seating (bring your own chair or blanket), concession stand, and restrooms. There was even space for dancing. Andy and I set our chairs up at the top of the hill overlooking the amphitheater. I took out my knitting and enjoyed the music. I did I mention it was FREE! Next Sunday, "Guitar Fest" will play a 3-hour concert using a myriad of guitar styles.

Monday, Andy was off again! Two days in a row - WOW! We drove up to Upper Arlington to the Upper Arlington Festival. It was a great day for an outdoor show and the people turned out in droves! The show had excellent attendance and people were spending money. There was a lot of quality stuff at this show. Beautiful jewelry, artwork, pottery, woven rugs and garments, photography, even handmade guitars. I liked how the festival posted a sign at each booth telling you the artist's name, their medium, and where they were from. It was interesting - while there were artists from as far away as New Mexico, it seemed like most of them were from Ohio. This is a very artistic state and Ohio does seem to value its artists.

There were four folks from our "neighborhood" with booths. Jason of Bove Pottery, Meg of Meggie Knits, and David and Joanne from WrenWorks. Very talented individuals.

After only seeing Jason's pottery outside of his studio drying, I was thrilled to see it all dressed up and posed for sale. I bought a couple of his bread baking bowls and a couple of his apple bakers. He gives recipes with each piece which is a  very nice plus. His pieces also can go in the microwave and the dishwasher. Jason's wine goblets are next on my list and I also want to see if he can make some soap trays for me.  

Meg's booth was SO colorful! She said she was having a good show and had sold a couple of bigger bags. I hope so because she works so hard and her work it top-notch. She had a ton of bags and they were all displayed so nicely.  

I failed to get a picture of David and Joanne's WrenWorks booth but you'll see their work if you click on the web site link above. David does spectacular nature and wildlife digital photography and then produces them on various sizes of canvas. His work is phenomenal! His wife, Joanne, does the mandalas you see on the site.

I've said it many times before but I'm going to say it again --- Ohio has SO many things for families to do
FREE of charge. And, I'm very impressed by the outdoor spaces that are available. Both Stubbs Park and the park in Upper Arlington where the festival was held are phenomenal outdoor spaces. Tons of stuff for people to do. I think one of Ohio's mottoes could be "Do It Outdoors". 

I did some spinning Sunday and actually finished plying my first two bobbins of the jewel-tone roving. It ended up being 7+ ounces and about 505 yards. I still have some already-spun singles on one
bobbin and a bit more roving left to spin, so there will be more plying in the days to come. I'm anxious to finish this roving up because there's more (much more) calling my name!

  

One Year Ago and A Great Day

As I mentioned in the last post, it was Saturday before Labor Day 2009 when I left Virginia and headed to Ohio. What a drastic life change that was. For a gal who had lived her whole life in Virginia and never more than an hour away from her parents  and grandparents (when they were living), it felt like I was going to another planet.  I'm an only child and leaving my parents - especially at their ages and right after Mom's open heart surgery - was and still is a very big deal for me. I know I was blessed to have lived so close to them for 51 years - I saw them at least weekly, my boys spent many nights and weekends with them, they attended numerous soccer games and school programs, etc. It's still hard to be away from them.

Virginia seems so far away from here. Especially since I work full-time. If I didn't work full-time, I could pack up and go visit most any time. But, with the work I do, it's hard to get away. I still miss my boys and my parents. I think sons are different from daughters - maybe it will change as they get older. Sons don't seem to call or keep in contact with parents the way daughters do. I think, in Ohio, we're a little out-of-sight-out-of-mind to them.  

Oh, well. Enough of THAT!  

I do love this area of Ohio and feel it offers SO much that I didn't have in Virginia. I would have enjoyed growing up right here! There is so much free and fun stuff for families to do and tons of outdoor activities - canoeing, kayaking, hiking, playground, picnic areas, parks, concerts, festivals, fairs, etc. There's so much that you can't possibly do it all!      

Today, was a glorious day!  The temperature was in the 60's this morning and there was a light breeze.  Earl was feeling frisky in the cool weather and was running and pouncing on everything!  

I went to knitting as usual. We discussed last Saturday whether or not to meet today since it was a holiday weekend. We decided to meet and had the biggest crowd we've had in weeks! It's just such a great group of personalities. Always so encouraging and helpful.  

We had lots of neat projects underway today and I snapped pictures of several. 

Jeanette made a pair of these cute and soft fingerless mitts.   

Veronica made this hot pink shrug for her daughter. So simple and so very cute. It's knit flat in one piece and then you stitch the sides together at the ends. (Click on the picture to enlarge it.) 

Dinah finished her purple market bag and decorated it with a daisy and ladybug. Theresa finished her red one, too, but I didn't get a picture of it. She was adding white roses and leaves to hers.  

I worked on my baby blanket and am probably almost half done.

 Tonight, Andy and I met Susan and her husband, John, at Valley Vineyards for dinner. They have quite the set-up there. They are open seven days per week for tastings and then on Friday through Sunday, they have weekend cookouts. (I usually wouldn't mention the price but I am because I feel it was reasonable. It's not something we would do nightly but every now and then ...) The price per couple was $59.00 which covered our meal for two including tax and gratuity and a bottle of wine. The meal consisted of either New York strip or salmon steak, tossed salad, Caesar salad, steamed vegetables, rice, baked potatoes, corn on the cob,  bread, and a selection of desserts.  

This is how the cook-out works.  First, you go up to the bar and you can taste their wines. You choose one and the fellow hands you a bottle. Then, you're off to find your steak or salmon. Next, it's out to the grill you go.  Once done there, you come back inside to go   through the buffet. Finally, you head in to sit down and eat!   It was fun grilling out with lots of other people. They have lots of different rubs you can use on your entrée. Just get a long fork or spatula and you're ready to roll --- or should I say grill??!

Friday, I picked up lunch for Meg and me. She was busy getting ready for a Labor Day arts and crafts show and I owed her lunch. A couple perfect excuses to get lunch take-out from P.F. Chang's (our favorite restaurants) and visit with her a bit. The show she is doing on Monday is the Upper Arlington Festival. From the web-site, it looks like a very nice show. Meg's bags - big and small - are so exquisitely put together. She does such a  wonderful job - knitting, felting, and when necessary, lining them. She has the most gorgeous leather and suede handles. I took a ton of pictures because each bag is prettier than the last one. OH, the colors!!! I told her that I bet the precious chartreuse green one with the blue suede handles will be the first one to sell. I love those colors! 

I couldn't resist snapping a picture of Meg's helper, Katie. Abby, Meg's other four-legged helper was outside - probably hunting and digging up moles!

I left Meg's and passed Bove Pottery again on my way home.  He had his goblets still out drying and also bread baking bowls. Come to find out he's working to get ready for the same show Meg is doing on Labor Day. I love his  bread baking bowls --- very pretty twisted edge.

Wonder what I'm doing Monday????? Maybe I can squeeze in time to visit the Upper Arlington Festival!!