Here’s an amazing video I just found that combines four of my favorite things…
beautiful flowers, crazy creativity, incredible craftsmanship and JELL-O.
Okay, so maybe it’s some kind of special gelatin, but I still dare you to be the first one to take a bite!!!

So it appears to be a layer of clear gelatin in a form pan. Then they’re injecting something (colored gelatin?) into the base. The result is amazing!!!

Click here for the amazing video.

And now for the Big Reveal… and don’t forget to click here for the video.

And sure the tiny white ones are pretty darn cute… but I also have these beautiful purple speckled orchids re-blooming in the dining room. I’m not sure what’s going on, but my orchid plants are doing great. It’s a south facing window and apparently the ice cube trick is doing something they like?!

It may be gray & gloomy outside today…
but on my kitchen windowsill I have a little burst of floral fun going on.
It’s a “re-bloom” of some miniature white orchids!!! So tiny. So cute.

A brief moment of sunrise beauty this morning before the gray clouds took over…
and then back to pedaling into the wind.

And did I mention clouds?… did I mention gray?…

After a lot of old pots… the end of the China exhibit has these great stone “sculptures.” Crazy to believe that these wonderful pieces were created by erosion over millions of years.

After The Greeks, I was tap dancing on being visually overstimulated… but not quite.
So I continued my tour of old pots in the China Exhibit. And again, I was impressed by the pots in the exhibit… keeping in mind how old these pots are. Taken out of context of the museum exhibit, I think you could find most of these forms at any art fair nowadays!

A beautiful celadon teapot…

And a few examples of early sgrafitto… in graphic black & white…

And again, saved my favorite for last… love the pattern, the design, the colors…
and the “rusty-ness” look of it.

So Nancy and I finally made it to The Greeks exhibit… after a not-so-quick lunch and fun conversation. The Greeks exhibit is set up chronologically. So it starts “in the beginning” way, way, way back before time. Seemingly forever ago. But it was interesting to see when the potter’s wheel was “introduced” to the world. And for the record, we found it interesting to see that not much has changed to the kick-wheel design!!! But look at that date… WOW!!!

The exhibit is pretty amazing. So many artifacts and remnants. But what REALLY caught my attention were these adorable little boys and their sketch books. Turned out to be an entire family spending the day with The Greeks. The boys were adorable, with Dad hovering but never getting in their way, and SO into their sketch books. They were drawing pictures of the artifacts and labeling them with words from the displays. The little guys were adorable… sketch books, LED light-up sneakers and a fidgety little sister sitting on the bench with Mom.

Okay, enough about the kids... now onto the POTS!!!
Sure there were weapons, buttons, adornments, sculptures and more.  Yet not surprisingly, I focused primarily on the pots. Considering how long ago they were created, it’s kind of amazing how great they still look. Sure, there has been some “refurbishing” along the way, but really. Beautifully formed, beautifully decorated, and really with very few tools. And given the test of time, these pots still stand up really well.

Love the surface decoration… the swirls, the colors…
Keep in mind they had no “real” glazes or chemicals.
Just things they dug up, ground up or found.

Beautiful brushwork & design…

A quick diversion…. made me laugh... and then back to the pots…

And then as we made it further down the chronology, we finally made it to the Grecian Urns that most people are familiar with. Gotta love the designs, the brushwork and graphic color contrasts.

And of course, I saved my favorite for last…