My middle son got a wild hair one day and decided that he was going to re-paint our bathroom.  I didn’t have an issue with it because it needed to be done and I didn’t want to do it.  Once we agreed on a color he was ready to go.  Fast-forward to 2 or 3 weeks later, I was in the bathroom brushing my teeth and thought, I can paint something on the walls, to break up the solid color.  I spent several hours on the computer and decided that I wanted to paint some peacocks.  But not on the walls, I thought they would look better on some cups and saucers…

My train of thought often gets derailed, jumps the tracks or just stalls and doesn’t go anywhere.  I feel really bad for my hubby.

Generally, when you hear that someone is “peacocking” or acting like a peacock, they are being boastful or overly proud.  I don’t know where or even when I first learned this phrase, but it certainly seems that I have been using it more and more lately.  I don’t know if that’s because I have gotten cockier or if I think that other people have gotten that way.  I’m pretty sure it’s me, or how I’m seeing the world, but you know, it is what it is.

I painted up the first saucer, glazed it and fired it to see how it would work since I was using varied amounts of paint.  I was fearful of spottiness or burn out…  To my relief, it fired up perfect.  At least until I pulled it out of the kiln and whacked it and chipped the rim.  So it’s a “test piece” now.

       painted and ready for glazing/firing

           Peacock saucer, glazed and fired.

Over all, I am delighted how it looks and I can’t wait to finish the set.  Stay tuned for the completed set soon!

As usual, the front image of the peacock is not mine, I got it from here: https://pixabay.com/en/peacock-colorful-feathers-animal-1246843/