What better way to celebrate New Year’s Day than a little painting party with a bunch of little painters!!! Each creating their own masterpiece. Including Kieran who was working on painting one of my holiday mugs!

“FOR GOOD” was real good!!!

Last night we went to see “WICKED FOR GOOD” on IMAX and loved it. The performances are amazing, the vocals crazy… and so fun to see how everyone & everything came together, transformed, evolved, devolved & pulled it all together “for good.” I must say… loved the stage version, but I’m still loving the movies so much more!

Last night we followed the Yellow Brick Road back to Oz… for a double-feature “refresher” course! My sister Jen & niece Taylor went way “over-the-rainbow” with their thematic decorations & colorful foods!! Perfect timing as we’re returning to the Emerald City tonight … “WICKED: FOR GOOD.”

Fall fun with family & friends last weekend at Christ Orchard in Elmwood, Illinois. Spent the day playing in the field searching for the coolest pumpkins & gourds. Playing with my Cousin Kim… and my “very first art fair friends” Rosene & Gerry! It’s always fun to get out of the City to play out in the farmlands… I think it’s quickly becoming an annual adventure!!!

So here’s my sister Jen’s GHOULS COLLECTION. She might have one of the largest collections out there… although she is missing a couple. Can anyone spot the missing Ghouls??? It’s a shame they’re all Limited Editions!!!

And more importantly… does ANYONE out there have all of them???
If so, send me a photo of them on display!!! – gary@firewhenreadypottery.com

We wanted to be in the room where it happened! So we did… and we saw the “big screen” version of HAMILTON at the theater tonight. So much fun with my sister Jen & cousin Kim who had never seen it before… and we ate plenty of POPCORN !!!

Always fun when my Cousin Kimberley Sue comes to the art fair… hanging out, chatting, laughing… and adding to her already HUGE pottery collection! This time it was all about some new flowerpots for her houseplants!

Also fun (for me) when someone finds a FREE pot! A little art fair game I like to play…
basically just to entertain myself!!! Well, today it was Kim’s lucky day!!!

Free pottery for the win!!!

Another freebie tomorrow…

Looks like my cousin Kim has some happy plants… especially that clover plant that’s thriving in a handmade & stamped flower pot!

Spent today playing hooky with my cousin Kim. We had a lot of great adventures & laughs along the way. We ended up at her place… where I saw her peach tree FULL of peaches. Too many peaches? Is there such a thing?… yes! They were EVERYWHERE!!! I can’t even imagine stepping out my back door to find hundreds of peaches at arms length. Crazy!!!

And yes… of course she sent me home with a bunch of homegrown peaches!!! So yummy!!!

Last night was another night of numbers fun at IKEA BINGO!
No winners at our table… but a fun night with family makes us all winners!

Sure, I probably shoulda’ been packing up for this weekend’s art fair in Glenview…
but I can do that today, right???