What a day! I did something I very rarely do. I got home from work last night (technically this morning) and went right to bed. Most nights I stay up, watch the repeat of a news show I like, and have a little snack. Sometimes I fall asleep on the couch which is annoying.
I woke this morning at about 7:00, fed & let the dogs out, fed the other critters, let Rosie loose, made coffee, washed and hung a load of laundry and decided that it was so beautiful I would go out for a run. We loaded T's bike onto the car and went to the bike path in North Falmouth. I had a great 4.2 mile run, though I am still not happy with my time (I know. I should not be focusing so much on that. I get it!). But, I am closer to getting to where I need to be for the Falmouth Road Race. I think...
After the run, I cooled down by walking back to the car. As we walked through the parking lot, I noticed this older couple with bicycles who were geared up as though they really knew what they were doing, but not obnoxiously so. I took a quick glance at the tires on the woman's bike which looked very similar to if not exactly like T's, and decided to ask her one simple question about them. We've been wondering about T's bicycle tires and if they would work well on a "multi-use trail" which usually means it's dirt or gravel. They believe we should have no problem. We got to chatting and found them to be fascinating people. They have cycled all over the place and spoke very much about cycling all over Europe. They were very young at heart, Henry and Pat. We talked for quite some time and I would very much like to run in to them again someday. Henry's parting words to me were "Enjoy life".
After the ride/run, we stopped at the house to get my bike and took a ride over to
Hatchville Pottery to poke around the gallery. We met the potter, Mr Hollis Engley, who was working in his studio. We decided on these mugs and I could not be happier!

The one on the left is my new mug. I really like the shape and feel of it as well as the glaze. It was tagged as a "second" and somewhat tucked away. I wanted to have a new mug since my old (mass-produced) cup developed a severe crack on our last camping trip. This Hatchville Pottery mug will also go with me on camping trips. T decided on the mug in the middle of the image. I then asked Mr. Engley about some pieces that he
featured in a blog because I had not seen them in the gallery. They happened to be sitting right behind me in the studio. While we were discussing them, T picked up and admired the green mug shown on the right side of the image. Mr. Engley was gracious enough to give her the mug as a gift which we were not expecting at all. We thanked him and offered to deliver some Frost Bottom eggs to him. We rode home, retrieved the eggs, rode back and delivered them to him. I was so happy to finally meet him and am pleased to have some of his work. We hope to obtain more in the future.
I would have been content to not work this evening. The day was so beautiful and rather hot (as compared to what we're used to this month) with temps in the 80s. But, have to pay the bills and keep the health insurance I guess.
But remember, "enjoy life".