Oh my God! I only have one week left of class! We have our final crit in 7 days! After two years of parking, I am packing up my locker.

It was a tough decision, but I decided to go ahead and cut the apron strings between myself and the amazing metals studio at VCU. I’ve been taking metals/jewelry classes there since I relocated to Richmond. Now it’s time to take what I’ve learned and use it in my own studio. I won’t have all the great tools, but as G.I.Joe always said (this goes out to all you 80’s kids who know what I am talking about)… “Knowing is half the battle.”

I’m excited to take this leap and see what the rest of 2007 brings for Dream Spiral Art’s creative endeavors.

Right now Potter is curled up in my lap, purring loudly. This one is attached to me like glue. He follows me everywhere I go, even if that means entering my studio with me. He’s not too fond of the sound of metal clanking on metal, but usually he curls up in the other corner of the room, basking in the sun, while I work.

Almost one year ago, we discovered 5 little kittens in the woodpile outside of our house. We wanted to keep them all, of course, but agreed that two was a nice number, which naturally grew into three. Since we are big dorky fans, we named the 5 kittens after Harry Potter characters.

Hagrid, the orange Tabby in the pic, was adopted by our friends, Dale and Harriet. We just saw him last night. Lily, who is not in the pic, was adopted by a nice lady in Annapolis, MD. We don’t see her much, but hear she is doing well and plump as a pin-cushion. Potter, is the long-haried black with white socks and chin. Albus (Dumbledore) is the larger black and white, short-hair. Sprout is white with a couple of black spatterings. She is our baby. We had to feed her with an eyedropper when we first found her because she was the runt of the litter and couldn’t hold herself up long enough to eat.

So this is our happy little kitten family that we discovered in the woodpile outside of our house. Today is their first birthday.