And so it’s now clematis season… and yet I still have no good place to grow my own. So instead I need to covet this beauty that lives across the street from me! Easy to do when it’s this STUNNING!

It’s catalpa season in Chicago! Beautiful orchid-like flowers covering the catalpa trees with the unusually large leaves.

Beautiful now, but they’re short-lived blossoms. Soon enough the flowers will be gracefully tumbling down like snow… covering the ground, making a mess & eventually decomposing into a mushy brown mess. So enjoy them now while you can!!!

My purple shamrocks have really been loving the early morning sun these past few days! They have totally burst out with beautiful pastel flowers dancing above the purple clover leaves!

Apparently the prayer plant I got as a gift at the end of the last pottery session… remember the handmade OREO cookie planter?… is VERY happy these days! It’s growing well in my window and has decided to shoot up a couple teeny-tiny flowers?! Who knew they even did that??? Thanks again Christine!

Just a little snippet of nature’s beauty this morning. Someone down the street is growing this beautiful clematis up their fence. I don’t really have a good spot to grow a clematis in my “city garden”… so I’ll just have to admire other’s!

We’re a few days after the Hinsdale Art Fair… and my booth display flowers are STILL hanging in there! Looking good in their stamped & soda-fired vase!

What a wonderful weekend we just had at the HINSDALE FINE ARTS FESTIVAL! The weather was amazing for both days… sunny, breezy & perfect under the shade tree by my booth! Huge THANKS to everyone who came out to visit, do a little shopping, or just to enjoy the outdoors! I sent a lot of pottery off to their forever homes… and saw a lot of smiling faces of friends old & new! So nice to finally see people actually smiling again… and not just squinting over their masks! Thanks again… it was the perfect way to kick-off my art fair season!

Another bright spot this morning… sure, I’m supposed to be setting up for Hinsdale Day Two… was this sunshiny yellow hibiscus that just caught my eye! Stunning in every natural detail.

Another beautiful flowering tree along the lakefront bike trail this morning. Beautiful colors & striking flower formations on the red horsechestnut trees!

More beautiful spring flowers along the lakefront trail today. Cluster of white blossoms on the black locust trees… striking, but sadly not much of a scent.