Celebrating NATIONAL ORCHID DAY with this beautiful orchid re-blooming again down near Peoria. I think this might be the healthiest & happiest orchid ever… must be the handmade flower pot. Thanks for sharing this stunner Rosene!

With all of the April showers we’ve been having lately… it’s about time we got some flowers too… beautiful Star Magnolia flowers! Hopefully even more May flowers coming soon!

The colors are popping… Spring is finally here! Sure, still a bit on the chilly side, but at least the Spring flowers are starting to work their colorful magic!

One step closer… with some “pops” of color getting ready to open in the next few days… Spring is finally here and this forsythia bush is ready to prove it!!!

With crazy snow yesterday, it was so nice to see a little “pop” of Spring working its way through last year’s leaves! Daffodils can’t be far behind…

The snowdrops are still blooming… while today the SNOW DROPS again in Chicago?! What?… I want Spring!!! Not more Winter!

Okay, so “somebody’s” calendar seems a little bit outta whack!!! Which I’m totally okay with… as my Christmas Cactus is blooming for a second time this year… even though Christmas was literally months ago!!!

And it was a beautiful day to kick it off here in Chicago… clear blue skies, warmer temperatures & a few Spring flowers finally making their much-awaited appearance!

Well, we’ve waited a very long time for Spring colors to start coming back… I’m tired of Winter’s grays & browns! But in this case, I had to drive all the way down to St. Louis to see some Spring flowers just starting to bloom! And I’ll take ’em… and try my best to bring some color back to Chicago too!!

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So I made some plain vases for my LILLSTREET THROWDOWN class for their Glazing Challenge. I had an extra one, so my friend & fellow teacher Chelsea glazed it during the LILLSTREET THROWDOWN class. It came out beautiful. And then Chelsea gifted it to Clara for her birthday… and Clara is in my THROWDOWN class. So what started in THROWDOWN is now back for good with a THROWDOWN for good!

Happy Birthday Clara!!!