Gary Jackson: Fire When Ready Pottery
A Chicago potter’s somewhat slanted view of clay & play
Categories: holiday, pumpkins

Celebrating today’s holiday with this wonderful “conjoined” double pumpkin…
for twice the pumpkin fun!!

Categories: food, holiday, platters, stamped

This has been a great week so far… and it’s only Wednesday?!
Today is another holiday… NATIONAL DESSERT DAY!!!
And it would be “wrong” of me to not celebrate, right?
Special thanks to “First Slice Cafe” for having a yummy cherry mini-pie at the Farmers Market today!

Categories: bowls, food, holiday

Celebrating another national holiday… one of my favorites!!!
Today is NATIONAL M&Ms DAY!!! Plain everyday…
melts in your mouth, not in your hands!!!

Categories: food, holiday, platters, stamped

Gotta love a good holiday… especially when it’s so tasty!!!
Celebrating today with NATIONAL CHOCOLATE CHIP DAY!!! burp…

Categories: holiday

And while it sounds like Chicago’s huge fireworks display was completely fogged-out last night… we had an amazing sky show down in Chenoa yesterday! Crazy cool colors & exciting explosions in the sky… all set to patriotic music. They always give a great show down there… but this year was bigger & better than ever to celebrate America’s 250th!!! Well done Chenoa… you never disappoint!

Categories: holiday, special events

It was a steamy day for a parade in Chenoa… at least until the clouds moved in for a quick burst of cool winds?! So it was perfect for kids ready to be doused with water from some scary clowns… while others weren’t quite sure why you would want to do that??? Finding comfort in friends & freeze-pops!

Categories: holiday

Wishing you all a wonderful FOURTH OF JULY with all of the family, friends & fireworks you want to make your celebration the best ever! Celebrating 250 years of America today… whoo-hoo!!! Stay safe, hydrate & have a fantastic holiday!!!

Categories: bowls, food, holiday

I mean, who doesn’t need a “bowl” to put your donuts in when celebrating NATIONAL DONUT DAY?! Everything tastes better when served in handmade pottery… even donuts!!!

Categories: food, holiday, platters

Hope you’re having a great day with family or friends… or just outside enjoying the Spring weather!!! We did a family get-together and my niece Taylor made these yummy “birds nests” with marshmallows, peanut butter & Cadbury chocolate eggs!!! Perfect on a spring green platter!!!

Categories: food, holiday

Okay… one last piece… after all it is still NATIONAL PI… err, PIE DAY for another half hour!!!
And food always tastes better on handmade pottery.