Prudence's Pottery

On the last day in 2020, I am sitting in front of my computer and looking back on what a year this has been..... Year 2020 started out ok, we started to hear the new word COVID, but it seemed to be very far from us.  We still went for our "annual" golf trip down South at the end of February.  Then after my birthday (early March), we went into the first lockdown after discovering the first COVID case in Ottawa.  We started to work from home on March 16 (thought we would be back in the office during the summer months, however we are still working from home).  At this time, many people rushed to the grocery stores for toilet paper, flour and other essential supplies.  Didn't know it's so important to have sufficient toilet paper at home. Things got a bit better toward the month of May where golf courses and restaurants were allowed to open.  Thanks to mother nature, we were able to put in a record high of 50 rounds of golf this year and the last round was on N...

Welcome to the first day of 2020!  Can't believe that this is my first post since last January?!  What'd happened to 2019? Yes, just like the title says, 2019 really wasn't a good pottery year.  It started out strong in January and then it'd gone downhill.  :( Last January, I kept in touch with the lady who interested in some plates and bowls.  I started making those plates back then, however, she'd written back to have those on hold.  It was perfectly fine for me as I was only seeking for new ideas.  I managed to make 7 plates and was quite pleased with them. Unfortunately work got really busy in the first half of the year.  I did a lot of overtime and really didn't have time to make any new pieces. Then the Summer came, many weekends were spent on the golf courses.  Again pottery didn't make it to the priority list. So, did I make anything else?  Yes I did.  The motivation came from signing up for my annual ...