spring time in BFT! pictorial composed.

its march and this quiet little town is about to bust at the seams with energy and life.

hello spring!

if you know me very well, you know i talk a lot about my tiny little concrete yard and how i've adapted to my less than ideal gardening situation. the picture on the left is my portable mini garden. i planted a cold weather garden this fall....things are looking good! and a few weeks ago i put out some seeds for my early spring garden. (peas sprouting up, pictured right.)

this year i'm thinking i might even put a little veggie garden at the studio! stay tuned for that one.

fat tuesday on middle lane here in BFT.

beaufort is a sleepy little town in the winter time.  beaufort-ians are always good about finding an excuse to shake things up a little and have a celebration. mardi gras has always been well celebrated in true BFT fashion, but this year they raised the bar. middle lane (the alley that runs from turner to craven in front of the pub and aqua and cru) was shut down for festivities. there was plenty of glitter and feathers and costumes to warm even the coldest winter soul. to add to the excitement there was also a parade and cajun music and good old southern style louisiana chow downs! all things good. i love this town for that, i cant wait to see how they top it next year.

and most importantly, the pots:

a few new pots that i am kind of fond of!

singing off for now!

get outside and get ya some vitamin d.

yay for spring.

thanks for reading.

~trista

slacker

okay so i'm not really a slacker. but i have been slacking on the blog, that is for sure.  time for an update i guess. here goes...
the pottery is doing well. i am excited about my new glazes and working hard to put out new pots. in the works? platters, big bowls, teapots, big pitchers, mugs, pendents....all my favorite things to make. well except maybe the mugs. i really don't like naking mugs  (not sure why). BUT i really like to USE handmade mugs. therefore, i suck it up, and try to make a lot of them....
other fun stuff?
as a potter its hard not to always be thinking about food. the last time nick and i spent quality time in asheville we started to eat a lot of vegan food. to those that know my hubby, one would say "nick??? vegan!!!!!???? what????" . well, what we realized is that we found that cutting really far back on our meat consumption has made us feel really really really good. we still eat meat from time to time (i cannot understand life without bacon and chorizo!) but have adopted a new barely-meat-eating diet. combined with our old organic-less-processed-food diet. now i find myself busy busy busy in the kitchen all the time. so much freshness. its truly  amazing. its been super fun!!! i dont miss our heavily meated meals...but now i havent quite as much free time. the conclusion?? its is definately worth it!
as a potter (and a foodie!!) its hard not to think about gardening all the time. here in the coastal region of nc, its that time!!!! yay. back in the hills we'd still be scraping ice off our windshield every morning. here, as of february first, i can start my collards and greens and turnips all those yummy wonderful cold weather veggies! some i have wintered over and those are starting to blush with happy green-ness. but others i am starting this week in little portable seed beds. yay. which we brings me to my next point...
wanted: pet friendly gardeners yard :)... we are currently renting a home here in bft. unfortunately, our rental home has been sold to new owners. we are looking for a new home in bft. we hope we have found one. we are keeping our fingers crossed.
yep, we are busy bees!
otherwise, life is good, dogs are good and spring is starting to tempt us with occasional warmish sunny days. i am so ready. oh lovely equinox hurry hurry...

see you soon!

thanks for reading and wishing you well!
~trista