If you checked my blog during the last 5 1/2 weeks you’ll have noticed that I didn’t post anything. My apologies. Alan and I have been ‘Down Under’ all that time, first in New Zealand for over two weeks and the rest of the time in Australia. There are so many memories and many of them will be kept alive by the hundreds of photos Al and I took. Over the next little while, even as I’ll be noting pottery related events happening now and here, I’ll be posting photos and accounts of some of our adventures on the other side of the world. Australia was mainly a huge collection of places to see and animals and birds to exclaim over. But in New Zealand I was able to connect with potters in New Plymouth and in Wellington and was made to feel very much at home. Watch for accounts of those meetings soon.

Meanwhile here is one photo of a delightful Kookaburra, taken on Kangaroo Island SA. I hope I find time to take advantage of all the inspiration to produce some new jug birds or non-functional birds soon.