ACTIVITIES
Girls are back to school, teaching is back on and week two feels somehow like week seven. With the freebird mindset we shared a lunch with a few cocktails, found a local plant sale from the Civic Garden Club of San Carlos and meandered through Saturday.

We went for a fun hike at Alum Rock Park. Two separate groups of deer, one of four and the other five. The river was flowing and the view from Inspiration Point was fun to see. It was new to us both and while it’s a 30-40 minute drive, it was worth it. We ended up walking about 3.5 miles up the canyon, to the point, and then down the south rim trail. Definitely worth another visit.
Activities-wise that’s about it. School, dog walks, house chores, rest. In other news, I got a really sweet email from a former student, I don’t go fishing for comments like this and rarely share them when they come through, but this got to me differently somehow. Usually I print an email, or tear out or fold the paper it was on and add to my appreciations book. Here we go,
“Hey Mr.Tillson! I just wanted to reach out and let you know i’m not attending MA anymore. I’m at redwood now because I feel like MA was just too open and big for me and I kept getting distracted a lot. But I just wanted to say thank you for being someone I can count on, and for being someone I can talk to whenever I need to get something off my chest without feeling judged. Thank you for letting me have that confidence in you and for being the amazing teacher you are. Thank you for everything and for all the advice you gave me, I will forever carry your words with me. I hope you’re doing well and I hope you continue being the best teacher/person you are. We definitely need more teachers like you. Once again, thank you so much for everything. You deserve nothing but the best.”
You never really know what kind of impact you make on someone.
ARTS AROUND
I don’t know what else as the usual (Cantor, and Anderson Collection are finishing up show in early Feb. So, what I’ve been into is trying out this combo on a couple mugs…
https://amaco.com/resources/layering/pc-20-blue-rutile-over-pc-43-toasted-sage
The results are meh, but I learned a bit about this combination and will try again. A few sweet spots on the mug turned that deep blue, and the 3 layers on the inside revealed the tinge of red/orange, but I don’t like that. So I’ll stick to two coats of the toasted sage.
VISUALS
Check out what caught my eye in the visual report.










See you next week?