cool to hot

Well I have no burning issues to write about so I will talk about a cool one that becomes burning. That would be clay. The days here in the sunny south are warm, however, it can get cooler at night. When I go to work with my clay in the morning it is cold. Cold hands are stiff hands. The nice thing is I can heat the water I work with...warm water on cold spinning clay....ah that is nice. Today I only hand built. I am trying to make something my mother sketched for me. Her sketch and description were very vague, so I have a backup Christmas gift in case she cries when I present her with my rendition of her idea. I am looking forward to firing these things, but the most fun is the glaze firing. Looking at the newly glazed things is sort of like birthday surprises. You never know how they will turn out til you see it.