J. B. Bartram

Amazing!!!!!!!!

"SHIT"
"FUCK"
"NO"
"FUCK"
"SHIT"
"FUCK"

I would love an adaptation of that lovely book (& its sequels)…as long as the caterpillar cook character has a beautiful practical effects costume/puppet/etc!

I was sick all week but had to keep plugging away at the ceramics work to not lose ground on market prep, so yeah. Same vibes 🙃

x files showrunner: ok it's time to break down the season. we've got 25 episodes and--

bug master bleak, master of the bugs, covered in cockroaches like a gown: tsssssssir! SSSSSIR

showrunner [creaking a whip]: down! DOWN! you will get your bug episode bug master bleak. BACK TO THE WALL SPACE

A bunch of bisque-fired mugs made from brown clay sit in a big plastic box. The sun is illuminating them in a pretty way.

Sometimes you’ve gotta take a second away from panicking about how much glazing you have to do in the next 10ish days & admire how warm the light illuminating your mugs-in-waiting is (hurry up, spring!).

OMG YES. This feels like a good thing!!!

This looks lovely (as per usual for Cartoon Saloon)!!

😍😍😍😍

Hahha omg…he’s the only one allowed!!!

It’s wild (minus the last one, which is pretty cute / normal)!!

Right??

Oh yeah, the last one is fine & normal! The rest…big oof 🙃

These are…unhinged?? The one that really gets me is “are you totally drained / do you still have energy for me.” The miasma of passive aggression around that one is STRONG.

My mom’s cat, Minou, loaf’d majestically on a chair.

Minou approves of the mighty hunting of his fellow tabby-with-white!

Good ol’ Keet!!

Even liberals are quite concerned about this .. the hawkishness.

For those liberals and others (like me), you can send your thoughts right to the man himself by going here www.pm.gc.ca/en/connect/c...

I think a lot of your issues would be solved by strictly following some recipes to start — sourdough can be finicky, especially with the prove & sticking to a system will give you a better idea of what the base issues might be (as then you can troubleshoot from there).

Simple Weekday Sourdough Bread | The Perfect Loaf A recipe and schedule for a simple weekday sourdough bread so you have fresh, homemade bread soon after you get home from work.

I think I’ve sent you this one before, but I highly recommend it — Maurizio is so detailed & thorough with technique & it’s always worked for me when I follow it to the letter (his recipes in general are top notch) — www.theperfectloaf.com/simple-weekd...

Are you following a recipe? It’s super helpful to start with a well-written/math’d out recipe, which will give you all the right percentages & also walk you through a good technique foundation.

Moonbean in Kensington used to have super tasty ones & I got them often when I worked on Spadina. These look amazing 🤩

Looooooooooooooooong boi

If the sea wants you, the sea wants you, y’know??

Will do! If you DM me your email, or email me at jbbartram at gmail dot com, I can send them that way 😊

Yes!! More ravens are on their way!! (If you still want one, I’m happy to send photos & reserve one for you when they’re done!)

A box of bone dry snats (snail cats) made from white, brown, and black clay

My desk covered in the snats (and some owls in a clementine box). I’m underglazing their eyeballs pre-bisque fire

The bone dry creatures & vessels in a plastic box ready to head to the kiln. The black clay raven at the front looks like it wants out

Another plastic box of bone dry ceramics, featuring toads with mushroom hats who would also like out please

Just unloaded the kiln & now have SO many Little Guys to glaze (but first, one more quick batch of mugs for a second, smaller bisque fire, because I’m trying to figure out a good production schedule now that I’m doing markets!!!!!!!! Agh!!!).

Also it is SUNNY and 4 DEGREES CELSIUS and I GOT AN ICED COFFEE TODAY!!!!!!!!! It gets cold again tonight, but I was having the best time not wearing a coat and basking in the sunshine!!!!!!!

A plate with two onigiri wrapped in cellophane w/cute cartoon characters on it, sunny yellow pickled radishes, and marinated potato chunks

Cute onigiri part one, feat three little onigiri with cartoon faces

Cute onigiri part two: one onigiri with a fish egg hat

Saturday jaunt to Merivale = picking up some lunch from OK Mart & getting the most adorable onigiri (tho I missed the nori — they were out of that version 🥲) & perfect marinated potato & pickled radish banchan 👍👍👍