I have a new teapot. If you find your way to my facebook, there’s a picture. We went to the Houston Japanese American Festival in Hermann Park where I met a well preserved octogenarian who makes pottery. Included in her collection of wares was a delightfully quaint half liter tea pot, glazed a white satin finish with a new leaf green wash. It has actual wabi sabi, as opposed to carefully calculated flaws you find in some mass produced work. The handle is high, and fully integrated. Most important of all, it has a wide, open top with a snug lid. No more rummaging about to fish wet tea leaves out of narrow pot tops. No more balancing plates on top of Pyrex™ measuring cups.
This green tea is perfect for today. I got to watch most of a matcha-do ceremony demonstration in the tea house in the Japanese garden in Hermann Park during the festival. It made me crave shaded green. The weather is off again on again sun and rain, but warm when the sun is out. The live oaks have put out all their new growth and are a shockingly bright shade of green, kind of like what’s in my cup. We had brunch in an absurdly upscale bistro garden where I ate some of the best poached eggs over spinach and potatoes I have ever had in my life.
We just wish the rain would blow over so we could go out and test drive Liz’s new bicycle.
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Sounds like you guys are starting to enjoy Houston? :)
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I don’t have Facebook or I’d look but I love pottery and your new pot sounds lovely.
This should still work for you to see it:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?pid=4404983&id=537550635
Nope – goes straight to a facebook login page! Would you consider posting photos to the flickr steepster group?
Apparently “everybody” as a security setting means “everybody with a facebook account”. That’s weird.
Does this work?
Oh, that’s darling! Oh – yes, it does work, thanks for taking the trouble to post to flickr for people like me who don’t have a facebook account! Though I have to tell you, The Pyrex Method still works for cooling down green tea water!
Oh that is cute. I couldn’t see it either since you aren’t my friend on facebook (?).
@Lauren ~ yes, i still use the pyrex to get the water down to temp before steeping.
@Kristin ~ you should be able to see because all my FB stuff is set to “everyone”. Does the above link not work for you, either?
Nope.
I get a “Content not found” page.
That works.
Apparently mobile uploads don’t respect universal privacy settings but default to something tighter.
It does! It’s lovely. That’s just the kind of pottery I like. With the dripped/dipped glazes with different colors, shades, and shapes for each piece. Thank you for taking the time to put it on Flicker so I/we could see it.
I just need to get one of those plastic spout attachments to prevent dribbling.
Sounds like you guys are starting to enjoy Houston? :)
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I don’t have Facebook or I’d look but I love pottery and your new pot sounds lovely.
This should still work for you to see it:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?pid=4404983&id=537550635
Nope – goes straight to a facebook login page! Would you consider posting photos to the flickr steepster group?
Apparently “everybody” as a security setting means “everybody with a facebook account”. That’s weird.
Does this work?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jhimm/4518634763/
Oh, that’s darling! Oh – yes, it does work, thanks for taking the trouble to post to flickr for people like me who don’t have a facebook account! Though I have to tell you, The Pyrex Method still works for cooling down green tea water!
Oh that is cute. I couldn’t see it either since you aren’t my friend on facebook (?).
@Lauren ~ yes, i still use the pyrex to get the water down to temp before steeping.
@Kristin ~ you should be able to see because all my FB stuff is set to “everyone”. Does the above link not work for you, either?
Nope.
I get a “Content not found” page.
Try this? http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=4404983&id=537550635
That works.
Apparently mobile uploads don’t respect universal privacy settings but default to something tighter.
It does! It’s lovely. That’s just the kind of pottery I like. With the dripped/dipped glazes with different colors, shades, and shapes for each piece. Thank you for taking the time to put it on Flicker so I/we could see it.
I just need to get one of those plastic spout attachments to prevent dribbling.