4/27/2005: The class project
Now that I once again have a visible means of support and because it's busy season in the world of stock market earnings results, I haven't been able to put much time in here writing up wonderful words for your reading enjoyment <koff>.. but I have been leaving extra-cool links & cams daily, and recapping some of the better mass mails and web finds over the years. Enjoy. 
A class of elementary students started a class project to make a plant pot to take home. Their teacher wanted to have plants in them that were easy to take care of, so it was decided to use cactus plants. The students were given greenware pottery in the style of a clown, and they painted them with glaze and had them professionally fired at a class outing so they could see the process.
It was great fun. They planted the cactus seeds in the finished planters and they grew nicely, but unfortunately the children were not allowed to take them home..
The cactus plants were removed and replaced with small ivy plants, and then the children were allowed to take them home.
The teacher said cactus seemed like a good idea at the time..
