yipping

[morgaina]

Last night I was woke several times with coyotes getting their yip on (term, which I love, nicked from freewaydiva). Sounding close enough that they must be somewhere on my place. They weren't howling, just yipping & apparently trying to outyip each other, there must be pups.
I like coyotes very much so I enjoyed it.

Comments

[daedin.livejournal.com]

That's so cool! And I'm here to tell you that you don't need to live in the wilds of Idaho to hear some first-class coyote yippin'. I caught our locals putting on quite the performance late Tuesday night down in the green space in my neighborhood (1 house east of me!). I could hear them heading south, yipping as they went. It was so fun hearing them!

[copper-oxide.livejournal.com]

And that's one of the things I love about coyotes, their ability to survive and thrive anywhere. They also seem to have fun in their own coyotie way.

Deva said he was walking in central Chicago early in one morning and saw a coyote rummaging through a trash can.

[elfreda.livejournal.com]

We've seen coyotes 2x loping down our street, but I've never heard them around here. (But, that time at Moot where they were down the hill on the road pretty much scared the bejezus out of me anyway...)

There was a deer in a neighbor's yard a few years ago. And a year or so ago, there was an elk (they got photos to prove it!) in a greenspace nearby. Not bad for a metro area!

[copper-oxide.livejournal.com]

I always love when there is evidence that nature may take over civilization and I cheer when weeds poke their heads up through broken cement or blacktop.
I've seen moose in this area several times in the past few years for the first time ever. But am concerned that may mean the opposite, that we are destroying their habitat so they are looking for food closer to towns :-(.

Talia's jar

[gwen-the-potter.livejournal.com]

Hey, Morgaine, Talia brought me her pot to look at. Yes, it does look like the glaze was underfired in spots. I've seen this happen in my electric kiln when I forget to put the plugs in the peep holes.

What temp was the final firing supposed to be at? Cone 06? or 05? If so, I can put it in my next bisque and send it up and see how it turns out.

Re: Talia's jar

[copper-oxide.livejournal.com]

I used the test kiln with which I am less familiar. I eyeballed the cone which bent at cone 06. I think it should easily go to cone 05. The overglazes are supposed to go up to cone 6.
05 should be good.
A low-fire transparent over the top, then fired to 05 would help too.