Monday, February 8, 2010

Glynt Pottery and 2010 Snow Storm

Well, we've made it through the "epic" storm of 2010! All in all, we were okay. We only lost power for about 5 hrs on Friday night (Feb. 5) and it happened late in the evening so we chatted a bit by candlelight and then went to bed. Without the furnace running, it was eerily quiet and that's when we heard the unmistakable "Swoosh... Thwack." We jumped out of bed and looked out the window to see a huge magnolia branch lying on the ground right next to the studio. I was sure there would be some damage, but had to wait until the morning to check it out.

I dug a path to the studio at about mid-day and th
is is what it looked like (bear in mind that it kept snowing for about 6 more hours!). The cedar three on the right was bent almost to the ground from the weight of the snow.



And here's a picture of the magnolia branch. It appears to have caused no damage at all! It missed both my studio and my husband's workshop, it missed the table with the umbrella and it even missed the a/c window unit and the wind chimes on my studio!


Things are melting slowly because it's still very cold, but we are getting beautiful icicles!


We had about 2 ft of snow and we're bracing for more snow tomorrow! I've lived in this area for almost 50 years and this has been the snowiest winter I've ever seen. And a lovely one at that!

Oh yes, I did continue working in the studio through the storm. I have 2 space heaters that keep the studio toasty warm. I am working on several types of butter dishes, including regular dishes, butter bells and butter domes. I've never made butter dishes before so I don't know what'll come of it, but I will post the results.

4 comments:

Sewinggranny - Mona said...

Lots of snow there...we are getting some now but not near that much I hope!

Mountainside Crochet said...

Wow - quite the snow pile-up in your yard, Glynt. Glad the broken branch missed everything important :).

Suzanne said...

Such a pretty winter wonderland and how lucky that the tree branch missed everything that was important. Your studio is adorable!

Chrissy Ann Ceramics said...

Your studio is amazingly beautiful! I dream that one day I can be as lucky to have a cute shop at my home!
Thanks for sharing!
Cheers, Chrissy Ann