夏は何処へ？

まだ三月にもなってないというのにまた雨雨雨風風風の天気が戻って来た。秋と春がなくて一年の二ヶ月が乾期で残り十ヶ月が雨期。だからこそ野菜が育ち、緑が濃いとはいうけれど、もうあと一ヶ月ぐらい夏があってもいいのでは。地球温暖化？オークランドには関係ないみたい。

January 2008 Ceramic Pieces

Summer is the time to play with clay and push myself to be in a creative mode. January 2008, I spent most of the morning in my vegetable garden, then worked on my projects, and spent a good three hours working in my small clay studio at home in the afternoon. We tried to explore some hiking trails near our house after dinner with L. The days are long and it's light from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
So, on the 29th Lorraine and I loaded our club gas kiln and fired all day. I made several glazes so that we didn't need to scrape glaze out from the containers. It was a successful firing and I am glad that all the new glazes turned out to be quite good.
Now, it's February. Things are getting busier around us. Still, however, the days are long and sunny. Free concerts, picnics and barbecues go another month in this town. Enough enjoyable activities for you if you are free.

夏

雨続きの毎日が１月２月になるとほとんど晴れマークに変わる。今年に入って雨が降ったのは三回程度。湿気、雨嫌いの私は毎日が幸せでしようがない。十月に植えたトマト、ズッキーニ、ピーマン、胡瓜などが育ち毎日収穫を得る。「うん、自家製野菜はおいしい」友達からわけてもらった青じそ、赤じそ、三つ葉も育ち始め、あとは山椒とみょうがが欲しい。でも、自然形態を壊したくないNZとしてはそんなものは持ち込めないだろう。その土地で取れるものをその土地で食べるのがきっと一番おいしいのだろう。