Here’s a nice Facebook posting from another wonderful customer…
“My Costco flowers feel like a million bucks in your vase!”
Thanks for sharing Mary Pat.

A field of dandelions playing in the morning sun. A fun end to this morning’s ride. And now back to the art fair… stop by the Schaumburg Prairie Arts Festival today from 10am-5pm. It looks like it’s going to be another beautiful day!!!

Today was a great day in Schaumburg… and here’s a few more pictures of my booth & pieces. This was early on in the day, so a lot of them have already found good homes!

Bundles of yellow oncidium orchids dressing up the studio. Adding a splash of color in the corner… a reminder that Spring is supposed to be here. Even though it’s still far too cold & wet here in Chicago!!! They even mentioned a chance of SNOW for tomorrow?!!!

I met a coworker of my sister a few years back.
They’re both teachers at the same school.
He was a novice potter and became enchanted by my pottery.
He was a fan, and a great friend to my sister.

Unfortunately, he recently passed away from a chronic heart condition. My sister donated a vase from her own “Gary Collection” flowers to be presented at the memorial service. She knew that he would be looking down admiring, and his family will be able to keep the vase as a keepsake for years to come. Such a sincere, loving & thoughtful memento.

A beautiful friendship… A beautiful thought… A beautiful life.

Sun was shining this afternoon and hitting the orchids on my kitchen windowsill just right. The sun was encouraging. Sure, it’s still freezing outside… but at least it was sunny!!!

So this afternoon, my next door neighbor told me that I had “a plant or flowers or something” down by the front door. So I scurried down to see what was there… and I found a wonderfully cheery holiday floral arrangement. I unwrapped it and found that it had been sent by my cousin & his family in Ohio. I guess if they can’t be here in person, at least a “surprise holiday gift” makes the distance seem a bit closer!

There may be inches of snow outside, but there’s still a friendly burst
of “tropical” in my kitchen window.

On a recent bike ride, we stopped at the Chicago Botanic Garden for our “half-way” point to stretch, get some water, eat some lunch, maybe some PIE… and a nice walk through the Botanic Garden. My favorite was the water lilies. Such pretty colors. Great patterns. And so cool that they grow & float in the water!

And then they had some really cool, somewhat crazy, water lilies. They’re HUGE… the largest are about four feet in diameter. The colors are cool, and the spikes are crazy!

The coolest one was this “new” leaf. The colors were more vibrant… and look at those really incredible textures inside AND outside!!! Like something straight out of “Little Shop Of Horrors.” Feed me Seymour…