Back in the studio for another VERY quiet night alone… stamping some more porcelain patterns! One-by-one. All the way around. So much more fun when there are people around the place to distract me from getting my work done!

Here’s an informal sneak peek at the sixteen mugs that will be going up for sale tomorrow for my second MUG-SHOP MONDAY… only on my Instagram page!!! I’ll start posting mugs on Instagram at 12noon CST – and each one will be first-come, first served. Once they’re claimed, then they’re gone!

But ONLY ON INSTAGRAM!!!

Spending the afternoon shooting some mug photos, different angles, different sides, a bit of photo editing, and prepping for tomorrow’s MUG-SHOP MONDAY online sale… this week it’s only going to be on my INSTAGRAM page! Last week we did Facebook, this time we’re mixing it up! More info & photos to come!

If you’re not currently following me on Instagram, you might want to go there today, find “firewhenreadypottery” and click the FOLLOW button… so you’re ready to see the mugs for sale as they post tomorrow on INSTAGRAM!

Looks like Shelly is warming up to her new stamped & soda-fired mug with a yummy warm beverage! Can’t go wrong with whipped cream & cinnamon!!!

Thanks Shelly for shopping during this week’s MUG-SHOP MONDAY!!!
Look for another “edition” tomorrow only on INSTAGRAM!

Another chilly morning. Another cloudy sunrise. Another adventure headed north finding new beaches. Still the best way to start the morning!

Just a reminder… as seen this morning on one of the boulders along the lakefront near Northwestern University. Stay safe, stay healthy… but don’t give up on the adventures!

Just gearing up for “Pizza Night” with some friends!!! Sure, it’s on ZOOM… not quite the same… but I’ll take an evening with friends any time anywhere… and pizza too!!!

Not quite the same ambience as in the restaurant… when your laptop has now become your table companion?!

You know I love rusty metal, and good patina here & there. Let alone the stunning craftsmanship on so many of the doors of the monuments & mausoleums at the cemetery yesterday! So yes, yesterday was beautiful day for some visual inspiration!!!

While getting out yesterday to enjoy the great weather… and still looking for new “destinations” while the Lakefront is closed… I pedaled north and spent some time “self-isolating” at a beautiful old cemetery. Not a lot of people moving around there… easy to stay safe & to myself.

Though not into the “religion” of it all… I am intrigued by the architecture, the design, the craftsmanship, the names & dates, the rituals … and the oddness of actually “enjoying” some quiet time visiting a cemetery?!

Coincidentally, when I tutored first grade for ten years during “my corporate days”… I taught at the John B. Murphy School in Chicago! And here he is!!!

And here’s the COMISKEY mausoleum… as in Comiskey Park where the Chicago White Sox still play baseball. Sure, it might be called something else now, but it will always be Comiskey Park to me!

Looks like one on this week’s MUG-SHOP MONDAY mugs has arrived safe & sound! Just in time to brighten another Saturday of “sheltering-at-home”!!! Thanks again Julie!