Happy Halloween, Blessed Samhain, Happy Birthday

This year we did the usual Halloween things, but also had some fun making soul cakes and eating pan del muerta that we bought at a local Mexican bakery. We had fun dressing up (Doesn't Gracie look adorable as Piglet?)




Later, my oldest daughter, Snow, took me out for a birthday date. Then we met one of her friends, Jen. Jen took us ghost hunting at a remote cemetery. We took lots of photos, and here is one with a very clear, apparently moving, orb.
All in all, one of the best birthday/Samhain/Halloweens ever!

Fall Fun

Tomorrow is Halloween, or Samhain if you prefer. It is also my birthday! Yup, scorpio, born the year of the dragon, how scary am I to live with??

Anyhoo, last week part of my family went to a local apple orchard, with a stop at a farmer's market on the way home. Yay!

We saw some animals at the petting zoo, which Gracie loved. She wants to be a piglet for Halloween now, only pinker.





Some of the wonderful produce at the farm market, so pretty that I had to make some pumpkin and gourd themed pottery:

Welcome to Ant B's Pottery!

I have finished my teapot for Etsy Mud Team's teapot challenge. Well, actually, I made three teapots, and am trying to decide amongst them. Why not let me know which you like best and help me decide which to put in?
The first one is the one for my new avatar on Etsy. It is made from porcelain, and was thrown, then faceted and paddled, and a carved foot was added.
The second is a porcelain teapot with dark green Celadon Oribe glaze on it. While it was still wet, I impressed it with a hand carved stamp.
The last one is a flattened sphere teapot with a matching cup and saucer. It is from porcelain too, and glazed with layered glazes that leave it with a varied surface- from moss to turquoise to pink flashing!

So, which do you like best? Leave a comment and let me know!