
this little pottery workshop in hongo turns into a cafe on the whims of the owners, and for 1,800 yen serves up cake and also a beverage of your choice in a hand-made ceramic cup that you get to bring home. though there were a few other designs to choose from, it was love at first sight for me with that little doggy cup. i had a much harder time choosing the cake.
i love the textures of everything there-from the rough touch to the ceramic wares down to the unpolished wooden look of the tables and chairs. it was a simple little place filled with hand-made goodness. i’d sign up to learn pottery with this workshop in a heartbeat if they’d only teach me how to create that rough texture and etch my own illustrations on it. but that’s probably trade secret. dang.






made this for no. 17 instead. i think i will change the heart-shaped tree to 22: home instead. he is my ‘big tree’ after all
ermmm…can’t quite believe i said that. anyway, one of my students found her way to his workplace and told him she wanted him to marry me. now, how’s that for embarrassing.
this image was taken a couple of weeks back and the quality of this photo wasn’t all that good. a lot of noise was showing up so i had to limit the size of the image. i’m going to shoot RAW more from now, and of course, learn how to expose my photos better. i have so much more to learn but all is good.
with any luck, everything will be ok.

i haven’t been updating a lot because things got a little foggy the past few weeks. but the view wasn’t all that shabby-at least it was magical in a overly paranoid sort of way. and now that i am done being delusional, i can get on with my life.
the middle path beckons. hurray.