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RE: Into the World of Clay Pottery | My First Pieces
I love those pieces! I can't believe you're just starting out as a potter. Thanks so much for sharing - that was a fun post ๐๐
I love those pieces! I can't believe you're just starting out as a potter. Thanks so much for sharing - that was a fun post ๐๐
They are masterful pieces of art. Haha! ๐๐
Well, I likes 'em ๐๐
Dear Kili, what is your country of origin? Kiligirl sounds like a Celtic play on words. Going to check your post for today. Been having heavy lightening storms and it has thrown us off schedule around here. I have a piece of pottery with your name on it. ๐๐
Awww...I'm honoured!
I can answer your question with a chronology ๐.
I was born in England and spent the first six years there, then our family moved to Canada in 1968. I moved to South Africa in 1997 after working in this part of the world since 1989.
The name kiligirl comes from me summiting Mount Kilimanjaro in 2009, an experience which has really coloured how I view the world. I tossed the girl part in because when I joined last July I heard they wanted more women on the platform, and my real life name Linsey doesn't give a terrific clue about my girl-ness. In retrospect I would have been happy to use my real name, but hey, thought we needed a cool handle on the platform!
Glad I asked about your "handle". You are an adventurous gal , climbing the kilimanjaro. You have a lot of stories there. Which would be interesting to read about should you ever write them. You certainly have the heart of a warrior! Your friend. ๐๐
Hee hee - thanks - the most unlikely warrior you'll ever find! I've written two Kili posts so far. One was my Introduceyourself post, and the other, more recently, was "Nothing is hard after this". Would love your view on them, Elly Mae! ๐ค ๐ค
Hope all are safe with those lightning storms! ๐๐
Too close for comfort last night. We live in the part of Florida where the 2 coastal breezes tend to collide this time of year. Stayed crouched behind the couch with our girl the herding dog. She comforted me! I am the big chicken. ๐๐
Shame, as we say here in southern Africa! That's like the Canadian "sorry" (even Canadian buses say sorry), and maybe an American "wow, oh dear, that sounds horrible". I totally get your chickenhood and think it's wise. Rather stay alive, and if you've got a great dog to keep you company, so much the better. As a good Quebecer, I spent quite a bit of time in Florida and found your storms really scary.
I used to be petrified of thunderstorms. I couldn't close the windows to protect against the rain because I thought the lightning was going to come in to get me. Our house had been hit by lightning when I was a kid having breakfast and the bang/smell of ozone just scared the you-know-what out of me.
Then I moved here, Joburg, the thunderstorm capital of the world (no joke), and somehow the thunder isn't as bad here. Yes, it keeps you up at night the way artillery fire would, and LOTS of people get hit by lightning because they don't know how to handle being outside in a thunderstorm, but it doesn't sound as sharp here for some reason. I've gotten used to waiting for it. And somehow stopped believing the lightning would come in to get me. But we do have lightning protection on all our electronics. I've lost countless TVs to lightning strikes and couldn't afford for my computer to blow.
OMG! Talk about scared. Eating breakfast and having lightening strike would set me back for many years. Sounds like you have adapted to the Johannesburg area? Is it a forever place for you? Will check out your other postings asap. Hope to have more time this weekend. Ellie Mae. ๐๐
Yup indeed! I used to cower down in the basement until the thunderstorms had passed, so I totally get hunkering behind a couch with a sympathetic dog. Hope you enjoy my other posts. Also looking for time this weekend to do some back reading on your posts. And thanks for correcting the spelling of your name, Ellie Mae ๐๐๐๐