PLEASE ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF,

I’M A MAN OF CLAY AND GLAZE

PUSHED MUD AROUND FOR SEVENTY YEARS

OR TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DAYS.

Robin Hopper is a man of many parts, mostly worn out, rusty or dysfunctional, due to a lifetime of excesses! He started working with clay at the age of three and is still doing it over 70 years later. His lengthy, peripatetic career as a mudpusher has included side trips into working as a Professional Actor, Stage Designer, Property Maker, Stage Manager, Stage Carpenter, Grocer, Greengrocer, Jazz Musician, Teapot, Wine and Beer-Bottle, Trumpet, Trombone and Bugle Player, European Travel Guide, Founder of Several Clay/Art/Craft Organizations, Alchemist, Geologist, Primatologist, Linguist, Ornithologist, Botanist, Ceramic Historian, Educator, Author, Garden Designer, Lecturer on Japanese Garden Design, Laborer and Star of Stage, Screen and Potter’s Wheel!

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

I'VE BEEN BUGGED!

I MAY BE PARANOID, 
BUT I THINK THEY ARE OUT TO GET ME!!

A TROPICAL BACTERIA PICKED UP IN FLORIDA LAST YEAR BASICALLY WIPED ME OUT FOR OVER SIX MONTHS AND ENDED MUCH OF A 50 YEAR CAREER - AND I DIDN'T EVEN SEE IT COMING!! I SEEM TO BE OVER THAT ONE AND AM AT LEAST BACK TO WORKING AT QUARTER VOLUME AND HALF-SPEED!

YESTERDAY MORNING I WAS WALKING IN THE GARDEN CLOSE TO SOME FRUIT TREES, WHEN, OUT OF THE BLUE, A BUNCH OF ANGRY WASPS DECIDED THAT MY HEAD, EYES AND NECK LOOKED LIKE A FAIR TARGET AND TOOK AIM. I RAN AS FAST AS I COULD WITH A WALKING CANE BUT THEY WON AND HIT THEIR TARGET MULTIPLE TIMES.  THIS IS WHAT I LOOKED LIKE IN A MATTER OF MINUTES!


I COULDN'T SEE ENOUGH THROUGH THE REMAINING EYE SLITS ENOUGH TO GET ON WITH MY PLANNED BLOGGING SESSION AND ALTHOUGH IT IS MUCH BETTER, HAS SLOWED ME DOWN BY ANOTHER DAY OR SO.

 THE NEXT BLOG POSTING(S) WILL BE MORE ABOUT
PLANTS, OBSERVATION AND INTERPRETATION GENERALLY USING BRUSHWORK AS THE DRAWING METHOD OF CHOICE
CYRTOMIUM - JAPANESE HOLLY FERN
NON-SPECIFIC BRUSHWORK

BARRING ANY OTHER UNFORESEEN PROBLEMS, I SHOULD BE BACK IN A COUPLE OF DAYS!!!

PS - I ZAPPED THE WASP NEST IN THE MIDDLE OF LAST NIGHT AND THINK THAT ROUND IS OVER!

 SEE YOU SOON.

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7 comments:

  1. Linda StarrAugust 7, 2012 at 11:56 PM

    Boy you have had the bad luck, those wasps were terrible; wonder what kind of bacteria you got here in Florida. Since I now live here you have me kind of worried.

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  2. smartcatAugust 8, 2012 at 4:34 AM

    So very happy that you are not allergic to bee/wasp stings.You look like a caricature of yourself. It may be an old wives tale, but I have heard that the more you get stung the more sensitive you become to stings.
    Wasps are the worst! They love to nest near our swimming pool. In the spring we always carry a distance bug spray when we go out.
    Take care...we need you with us.

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  3. Sister Creek PotterAugust 9, 2012 at 7:41 AM

    Robin, so sorry about the bees and the bugs. At our age we are so vulnerable. Makes one want to just sit down by the window (closed) and be quiet! But I hope that is not your solution--I enjoy your blog so much. Keep up the good work--and life!

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  4. CyndiAugust 10, 2012 at 5:31 AM

    Boy, who or what did you piss off? You can't seem to get ahead. I am sorry for your latest test. I continue to wonder how many more tests you will have? Here's to sunshine, the sound of birds and water lapping at your waterfront. Cheers, C2

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  5. John BrittAugust 10, 2012 at 2:02 PM

    Jeez dude! You aren't parnoid if they really are out to get you!

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  6. Nadine MercaderAugust 12, 2012 at 10:21 AM

    Like Linda Starr I live in Florida so the bacteria question is important! I hate wasps, I know they must have a function in the ecological balance but they HURT.
    I have been getting ready for an art show in Dunedin and I am showing my textile art, much of which is botanically inspired.
    I could not showcase pottery because I had a disaster with both kilns caused by the main electric panel in the house. Had that replaced last week and I will fire again after the 19th, close of show.
    Take good care of yourself!
    Nadine

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  7. John BrittAugust 15, 2012 at 7:20 AM

    Robin, You know that we have a West Nile outbreak here? Maybe that?? Florida .

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