Dog Days for Dalmatians

I hope this one meets with the subject's approval!

I did take far prettier ones, but this one encapsulates both the concentration and the disappointment of the day. The project - to make a clay bowl ornamented with dalmatian ears, nose and tail - was possibly a little ambitious, and with unsound technical advice from mother dearest, doomed to failure.

She recovered from her disappointment to craft a snowman family walking a dalmatian family - more detachable frieze than upright figurines. She was pretty pleased with that effort, but the day turned again as night fell, and the 101 Dalmatians game she had been looking forward to brought more heartbreak. As L observed, it seemed to have been devised by Cruella herself.

At least she beat me (fairly and squarely too) ...