Carolina Chocolate Drops.  I've never seen them perform before.  This band is so... smart.  And authentic.  Really incredibly talented folks. 

I left a little billy goat.  Goats are all about fortitude, sure-footedness, progress.  They are about climbing high and affording yourself a new perspective.  They are about sticking it out, even when everything seems impossible. 

This goat is missing an arm, he's a three legger, a tripod-- but he has an eagle spirit.  And I guess maybe that's his message:  When your legs won't cooperate, let yourself fly.  Four legs might be the tried and true way for a goat to climb up a mountain, but it's not the only way, or even the best way.  Don't get caught up in what a goat is supposed to do.  Not every goat is lucky enough to have an eagle heart-- don't waste what makes you special, even if it sometimes feels like a disadvantage.                    

Goodbye, goat!  Fly!  Good luck!

Well here we are.  All of the new years have been celebrated: regular January 1st New Year, Imbolic, Candlemas, Groundhog Day, Chinese New Year, My Personal New Year, My Personal New Year redo, we even had an ice storm for good measure.  We are firmly planted in 2014.  The wheel is turning.

I have been working on a few commissioned animals the past few weeks and some other art projects so things have slowed.  I did place a raccoon somewhere... possibly The Blind Elephant, but things got a little crazy that night and I remember it being one of those cases where people seemed to be afraid to pick it up.  So weird.

Anyway, I just about have a kiln full of new beasts so we should be back on the streets in no time.  I have a few little guys from the last batch that still need to go--  it gets harder to give them away towards the end.  I guess because the best of every batch get saved for last-- because I like to get to know them and sit them on my shelves for a while.  Because they look cool all grouped up.  But we all know they have to go.  That is the project.  So keep a lookout for the back-to-back bears, a turtle, and a barn owl... finding homes this weekend.

Jam!