Sunday, June 21, 2015

Father's Day...

  Today was Father's Day, so no better time to spend with my dad than today!  I went to play in the mud this weekend and it was really nice...not very productive, but the company was great.  
  

  I can't help but think about the history that dad's shop has seen.  For over 100 years there have been Hilton potters turning pieces on family farms, and for 50 years there's been a Hilton turning pottery in this very shop.  There's a good side and a bad side to that...

The good side:  Every tool you could ever need for any shape you could ever turn is in that building.

The bad side:  Things that haven't been used in 30+ years are sometimes harder to find...

  I know that these days and these times together will always be some of my very favorite with dad.  I'm sure he has those same memories with his dad (or to me Poppie).  On this Father's Day, I know we weren't alone, we both had a pottery angel smiling down on us and snickering every time one of those "tools" comes in handy.  


  What a great way to connect...through clay...with this generation and those who came before it.  I guess that's really what it has always been about for me...So until next time...Happy Father's Day!