Just days away!!! The NORTHERN ILLINOIS POTTERY TOUR is this weekend. I’ll be at the Sandwich location out in the far west suburbs. I would start there & work your way back towards the Chicago to get the full “tour” experience. There are seven ceramic artists at our location… functional, whimsical, decorative, sculptural, traditional, textural & so much more. A little of everything!!! Mark your calendar, set the GPS, pack some snacks… and have fun roadtrippin’ around The Tour this weekend!

Looks like it’s Catalpa Tree blooming time! Maybe a little bit past their prime?… or just “beat-up” a little from the storms? Either way, it’s always fun to see these huge trees flowering… and then in a few days when the flowers fall off the trees and everything gets scattered with these orchid-like flowers.

But then those flowers start to decay… so enjoy the pretty now!!!

The plan was to work last night in my studio… but alas, I was “trapped” at the airport forever!!! Got home way too late. So I did a little early morning trimming… trying to move these cylinders along as quickly as possible. Surely helped out with my favorite DiamondCore Tools & Giffin Grip!!! Big plans for these later…

It’s been a long day… but I finally made it home. Now I just need to find my car! You would think it shouldn’t be all that hard, right?! I was just gone for one night in Dover! HA!!!

WINDOW SEAT!!! Looks like we’re finally headed home!! Time for a nap! If all goes well I’ll be asleep before the plane takes off… and wake up when we land in Chicago!!!

So at least my plane is here now. Things are looking up… except for those crazy clouds!
Fingers crossed we make it outta here. I just wanna get home!!!

So I’ll be at the Sandwich location of the NORTHERN ILLINOIS POTTERY TOUR this weekend… assuming I ever get out of this airport?!!! Just a reminder… with fingers crossed!!!

Yes, I’m bored… still “trapped” at the airport trying to get home!
But this made me laugh… and at this point, any little smirk helps.

The sign says “wet floor”… so I did.

Okay, so I’m stuck at the Philadelphia Airport trying to get home after a quick overnight in Dover. Flights cancelled due to lightning in Texas… nowhere near this airport?! So our stand-by attempt to get home earlier was thwarted by those people rebooking. And now our regular flight was just delayed another two-and-a-half hours!!! Stuck in the terminal with nowhere to go!!!

Suspension bridge geometry. Little cloudy, but I still appreciate the color choice of a yellow bridge over the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal.