{"id":1041,"date":"2008-03-15T14:43:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-15T14:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whisper.rps.net\/?p=1041"},"modified":"2020-07-02T12:13:50","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T12:13:50","slug":"puppies-pots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whisper.rps.net\/?p=1041","title":{"rendered":"Puppies &#038; Pots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/whisper.rps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_9.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"clear:both;float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<br \/>Friday, on a pretty &#038; mild Spring day, a few friends &#038; I headed to Seagrove, NC, the pottery meca of NC:) We&#8217;re all pottery lovers &#038; we were excited about spending the day together, away, on a field trip:)!<br \/>We left about 9:15 &#038; arrived in the tiny town\/community by 11. Kathy had never been on a pottery shopping expedition so we couldn&#8217;t wait to show her around:)I had not been in a few years but thought I still remembered the general layout. Overall I did ok, &#038; Nancy filled in as navigator when needed (I had sent for a map, which is a good idea if you&#8217;re thinking of going. These potteries are quite spread out through the surrounding countryside). <\/p>\n<p>There were shops filled with 20+ potters&#8217; work (a feast for the eye!). There were tiny cabins filled with one potter&#8217;s creations. There were fancy shops with glass shelves &#038; spotlights highlighting gorgeous shapes &#038; sizes of pottery. There were old dark barns filled with such elegant artwork you&#8217;d have to catch your breath to believe they weren&#8217;t in Tiffany&#8217;s! There were finely detailed pieces. There were plain &#038; simple pieces. There was every color imaginable! Some pots were unadorned, others intricately detailed.<\/p>\n<p>Towards the beginning we decided we&#8217;d buy each other our birthday presents. That way we&#8217;d be getting the others something we knew they&#8217;d love, and, since we&#8217;re becoming somewhat forgetful, we&#8217;d be surprised again when it was given to us:)! What fun that was!!<\/p>\n<p>A side note: almost everywhere we went, the potters had &#8216;at least&#8217; one dog. Often the dogs greeted us before the potter:) A happy life for many a puppy:) Puppies &#038; pots:) <br \/>We all wondered about those &#8220;happy wagging tails&#8221; around delicate pottery???<\/p>\n<p>We ate lunch in Westmore at a nice restaurant right across the road from the local school. The food was very good, especially the coconut cake&#8211;yum:)!!<\/p>\n<p>We arrived back home about 5:30, tired but happy campers, clutching our treasures after sharing a sweet day on the &#8220;Pot Tour&#8221;!!<\/p>\n<div style='clear:both; text-align:RIGHT'><a href=\"http:\/\/picasa.google.com\/blogger\/\" target=\"ext\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/pbp.gif\" alt=\"Posted by Picasa\" style=\"border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;\" align=\"middle\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;Friday, on a pretty &#038; mild Spring day, a few friends &#038; I headed to Seagrove, NC, the pottery meca of NC:) We&#8217;re all pottery lovers &#038; we were excited about spending the day together, away, on a field trip:)!We left about 9:15 &#038; arrived in the tiny town\/community by 11. 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