Bright colors for Spring! We’ve all been quarantined in gloom & doom… and it’s time to burst out with a pop of color! My POP-UP POTTERY SALE starts in six hours only on my Fire When Ready Pottery Facebook page! This time around it’s mugs, berry bowls and sgraffito bowls & platters! All in fun bright colors!!!

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Just seven hours away… the kick-off of my POP-UP POTTERY SALE only on my Fire When Ready Pottery Facebook page!!! Come back at 7:00pm CST to see the official Photo Album when I post it. The first person to claim a piece on the photo in that album gets it! Easy-peezy…

Continuing with our weekly installment from Cirque du Soleil… this time they’ve pulled together contortionists & hand-balancers! As always, the performances, the costumes, the music, the lighting… I LOVE IT ALL!!! And this time, I’ve seen all of them live… except for the “phosphorescent” one in the middle! Not quite sure which show that was from?!

And I especially love the ones from KURIOS… the quickness & whimsy as they move & twist while stacking themselves on that steampunky hand!!!

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A little morning clarity…
and creativity from an unknown artist with some talents!!!

Just twelve hours away… the kick-off of today’s online pottery sale ONLY on my Fire When Ready Pottery Facebook page!

I was supposed to be selling outdoors under my tent in Hinsdale this weekend… but sadly that’s not happening! So instead we’re going online with some new bright & colorful work for Spring! Starting at 7:00pm CST tonight on my Facebook page… so be sure to set a reminder, click in and do some shopping before your favorite mug is gone!!!

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Lots of holes means lots of drainage for these colorful BERRY BOWLS!!! These will also be part of my pop-up pottery sale online on my Fire When Ready Pottery Facebook page starting tomorrow night at 7:00pm CST… Sunday 6/7/20.

Limited quantities… available ONLY on my Facebook page… grab ’em quick!!!

Oh yeah, and then this happened too… a “friendly” reminder through the Public Safety Alert System sent to everyone’s phones to let us know that we’re apparently STILL under the Chicago Curfew!!! This is getting old… call me selfish… but I miss my sunrise bike rides!

Just a few “teaser shots” of the mugs that will be up for sale in my POP-UP POTTERY SALE only on my Fire When Ready Pottery Facebook page tomorrow night. You can only claim them online when I post the official Facebook Photo Album at 7:00pm CST on Sunday 6/7/20. Set a reminder for yourself, do a little window shopping now so you can swoop-in and grab your favorite tomorrow night on my Facebook page!

On my way home from Openlands, I was pedaling through Evanston and saw this amazing house… okay, so maybe it’s more the decorative work on the facade than the house itself?! I was completely enamored by the craftsmanship & design… and the fact that they have kept it in tact and in great shape over the years! BEAUTIFUL!!!

Another beautiful day with not a cloud in the sky. Perfect for another bike ride north to Openlands Lakeshore Preserve. My new favorite spot since the quarantine & Chicago lakefront closure has “forced me” to explore further north. It’s a beautiful location with plenty of shoreline, beaches, bluff, grasses & trees! Nothing like having the whole beach pretty much to myself! Waves splashing all around… and me trying to capture the splash without getting too wet!!! It would have been a long & chilly ride home if I got soaked!

Just a few more pieces of beach glass for the “quarantine collection.” I’ve never really collected it before, but since we’ve all had to find new diversions over the past two months… I found some new routes, some new bike trails… and some glass.