We’re well into Summer now… and you can tell by all of the beautiful flowers blooming everywhere! Like these wonderful zinnias with such great colors, textures & details. Pretty cool for another Texture Tuesday!

Some may think they’re weeds, but I’m LOVING these Globe Thistles. Such cool shapes, textures, colors & the bees love them too!!! Thanks to my cousin Kim for sharing some of these from her garden so I can enjoy them in my garden now too!

Pretty exciting… a “small” surprise… with yet another orchid re-blooming!!! So cute, so pretty… even if it is a teeny-tiny miniature orchid flower!!!

So excited to have this orchid re-blooming in my dining room right now. Not sure why it’s so happy… but the color-splotched petals sure are making me smile!

Looks like my friend Rhonda is brightening her weekend with a beautiful floral arrangement in one of my stamped & soda-fired square vases! Those yellow calla lilies look great in there! Thanks for sharing Rhonda… it’s always great to see your work “living” in someone else’s home!

Looks like Sally is loving her new square vase… stamped & soda-fired... and the daisies are loving it there too! Thanks for sharing your flowers all the way from Wisconsin!

Looks like a beautiful breakfast in the making in Stevens Point. Flowers from the garden, a beautiful fruit salad and plenty of pottery to serve in style! Remember, homemade food always tastes better in handmade pottery!

These purple iris hung in there for a long time too. This patch of bearded purple iris are the very first ones I planted several years ago. They’ve been thriving & spreading as a consistent bloomer on the corner of my front garden. Yet sadly, they look like they’re almost done blooming now… until next year…

Sadly, it looks like iris season has come to an end in my garden. These were the last few “troopers” to make an appearance this year. Especially loving the bi-color purple & yellow ones this year… so striking!!!

Another art fair… another bouquet of flowers.
Nothing shows off a stamped & soda-fired wall pocket vase better than a bundle of beautiful flowers! A nice mix of colors & textures from the Northern Illinois Pottery Tour!