Ranch News - I just love that photo that I've attached here.  It's of our half mile driveway, taken shortly after we moved here.  So much has changed now. 

Art News - Just need to scissor the stray fibers on the white tiger and he's all finished.  I also sculpted the form of a Cao D'Agua, aka Portuguese Water Dog.  I'll include some pics on the next posts.  All my sculptures tend to be leggy.  I had finished all four legs and realized they were twice as long as necessary.  So, I cut them in half. 

 That's the beauty of sculpting with wool!  It's very forgiving.  You can cut off what you don't like and add on at anytime.  You can set it down, forget about it for a month and it will be exactly like you left it, ready to take more wool or to have some cut off.  One of the only things that can destroy a work is an overzealous dog or cat who chews it into oblivion.   Polymer clay also has these qualities which is why I love it.  I work with soldate clay which carefully needs to be spritzed with just the right humidity index, then bagged for periods of inactivity.  The soldate clay will not allow you to leave for too long.  Then the drying and firing has to be carefully monitored over a period of time.  It's so constraining!  But, wool and polymer!  They are there when you need them and feel like creating something and just fine if you leave for long periods of time.  It's so freeing and that  makes me more creative.  Clean up requires a little sweeping or vacuuming.  Sooo, I guess I'm saying, I still love the kiln clay but it's a commitment.  I will always love the way the kiln clays feel in my hands as I sculpt.  I don't know how other people do it, but I feel the sculpture in my hands before I touch the clay.  Then I HAVE to make it.  I think it's like having a song stuck in your head.  There's no relief until it's made.