10/11/2026
Stories of the Studio
&
Thanksgiving Message to All
Yesterday was a great day and I know today is going to be a great day too, for many.
Many people will be gathering together today or perhaps tomorrow. They will be gathering around tables to celebrate with family and friends during the Thanksgiving Season.
Usually it is a time of great joy seeing people perhaps that haven’t seen each other in a very long time. It tends to be a time where people might go back home if they are away.🍁
It’s a time to gather around to give thanks for the many people in our lives and all the various jobs and services that make our community tick and make our lives safe and comfortable: nurses, doctors, teachers and their aids, police, fire departments, and all administration who run them, etc etc. 🍁
Farm workers from owners right on down to people working the fields: the truckers, harvesters, to packers and our wonderful transport system that move product around.
Rail, trucks, ports and ferry workers.🍁Thank You!
Along with our municipal, provincial and federal elects that help run our villages, towns, cities, provinces and country.🍁we are so fortunate to be 🇨🇦 Canadians and have freedom! Thanks to all our military women and men and people out there keeping the peace! 🍁Thank You!
And for all those jobs in between that seem to be the kind of jobs that people take for granted. All the cleaners, custodians, and our sanitation crews. People who run our recycling to landfills. Thank you! 🍁
Volunteers of every kind of organization big or small who work tirelessly to get jobs done to fill in areas which aid in an extra pair of hands. Than you for your passion to help in non paid positions just to aid and make life more comfortable and help society along. 🍁Thank You!
People who work in difficult and uncomfortable positions giving aid and comfort to those in need on the streets.
You may be pastoral, shelter workers, Red Cross, Salvation Army or other grass roots organization who feed people and give people dignity when people are down and out. Thank you🍁
So let us think about all the people today that are working jobs and answering their calling in emergency departments, ambulance driver and medical staff airport crews to pilots, bus drivers and taxis, security staff , dispatchseniour and special home care, hospital and senior care workers to all emergency personal running the behind the scenes positions, making it possible for others to get together! 🍁Thank You!
While many are celebrating and feeling the wonderful feeling of togetherness let us all remember to be kind, give a smile or just a compliment or stop and give a small thank you!
This small recognition for what they do in life or why THEY matter to you for that person feeling alone! Might mean the world to them! 🥰
People of all walks and stages of life have felt alone at times for whatever reason! night shift workers, essential care workers, elders, people going through their own struggles right now; friends/family members helping the sick or dying, people struggling with mental health, people that might be going through divorce, separation and have lost family or close friends. People facing anniversary dates of loss of cherished people in their lives find family holidays especially hard.
University/college students, people who are new to the province or to our country and not able to afford the time or money to get back home. Let’s remember them and try to connect them more🍁
And the many people who just can’t seem to connect and be social or physical challenges making it hard to get around maybe people who do not even have a place to call home or a bed to sleep in find the holidays tough🍁extra kindness and compassion is needed in letting them know, they matter!
One of the greatest gifts that we can bestow on one another is kindness in whatever way we can.
For Robert and I in our new community of Hope River, PEI we HOPE to connect to our children, grandchildren and our many friends across Canada that we can not touch in person this year.
We are thankful to our new friends and all of the people who have supported us in our craft and work in our new community and have been following us on our new journey together!❤️
❤️You lift us up as we build together and move forward in this new life here on PEI!
We are thankful we have each other to lean on at this stage of life!
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We are just new to PEI and our Gallery and Studio is OPEN today!
If you are looking for a warm and interesting place to go to connect whatever your circumstance may be…take the fall drive here to Hope River.
Our Studio is magical in making people feel connected and social. So come by and enjoy the fun, laughter, stories and yes the music is always playing in the background.🥰❤️🥰
We talk pottery and we talk life❤️and love to share our stories!
And anyone who has come to visit knows it is a safe place and Hugs are always free. It is our wish if you walk in strangers you will walk away friends!🥰😁❤️😁🙂🙃😆😀😀🙂❤️
Robert and I know one thing for sure it is going to be a GREAT DAY!
Enjoy your day whatever it may bring!
We are thankful for all of you who follow us and see us in person and we appreciate all of you who virtually connect with us, online❤️
If you can make it by Robert McMillan Pottery to enjoy our company and our beautiful fall colours in our pottery, we’ll have a good time then!
For all of you who can’t, we are thinking about you! 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
And guess what?
I’ll keep you posted! 🤣🙃😆
Pictures speak louder than words so check out the pictures from Yesterday! We are having so much fun!
Happy Thanksgiving from both of us: Robert McMillan,
Your Potter ❤️
&
Pamela Milne McMillan
Potter’s Wife of Hope River❤️
