MORE SHAMROCK MUGS… going up for sale tonight only on my pottery Facebook page! Come back later tonight at 7:00pm cst to grab a festive green holiday mug!

Click here at 7:00pm – www.facebook.com/firewhenreadypottery

Tonight on my pottery Facebook page! Go to www.facebook.com/firewhenreadypottery at 7:00pm cst for the big kick-off… first come, first served!

My second annual ☘️ SHAMROCK MUG SALE ☘️ kicks-off tomorrow at 7:00pm cst!!! Only on my pottery Facebook page! Lots of mugs, lots of green ☘️!!!

Click here tomorrow to see some green mugs! – www.facebook.com/firewhenreadypottery

Green with envy… FRESH FROM THE KILN!

Here we have the full batch of handmade shamrock mugs in random shades of green! Gotta clean them up, take some photos & get ready for my SHAMROCK MUG SALE only on my pottery Facebook page… mark your calendars for this Friday at 7:00pm CST.

Click on www.facebook.com/firewhenreadypottery this Friday!

Celebrating NATIONAL OREO COOKIE DAY with two of the best! Original & mint flavored… sure, the crazy flavors are fun… but sometimes you just want a plain yummy cookie!!!

For those of you who have never been to my condo…
a quick glimpse inside while celebrating NATIONAL TILE DAY with a few shots of a tiled wall I made several years ago! All handmade, textured & soda-fired tiles filling the wall from floor to ceiling… from bedroom to bathroom.

The holidays might be over… but it looks like Walt is still indulging in a bit holiday candy! Only a few more pieces… and then Maryann can put her new favorite stamped bowl away!

And the search continues… looks like Allison & friends were out looking around Illinois Beach State Park on a rainy & gloomy Tuesday morning. Guess their persistence paid off with three fortune cookie finds! Well done… and HAPPY NEW YEAR ALLISON. Hope these fortune cookies bring you good fortune in the New Year!

A little fortune cookie Scavenger Hunt at Illinois Beach State Park!
Handmade ceramic fortune cookies… textured, patterned, stained…
oh, and they rattle too!!!

So here we go… a few visual “clues” to help people find the hidden fortune cookies! Remember, there are twenty-three ceramic fortune cookies hidden throughout Illinois Beach State Park… both North & South Units. Kind of my way to share some “good fortune” for the New Year!

I hid them yesterday… so go get ’em!!!

Of course I’m not going to make it easy for you…
so these little “clues” may or may not help?! Plus, the photos are in no particular order! All part of the game… and FUN for me!!!

And a good thing I brought a couple extra fortune cookies with me…

I found this great piece of driftwood and thought that this would be a perfect place to stash a fortune cookie. When I set the fortune cookie into the hole on the top, it seemed a little wobbly. So I pushed it a bit further back… and it fell right in! ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE BOTTOM!!! I could hear it tumbling down inside… like through a “tube” down the center of the log! Never to be found until this piece of drift wood rots away! Whoops!

Continuing a new New Year’s tradition…

I started this little tradition of mine two years ago during the Covid-19 Lockdown. Remember when there were to parties, no get-togethers, no way to safely celebrate the New Year! During the lockdown, I started exploring some of the Illinois State Parks by myself… safely “quarantining” by myself enjoying the outdoor air. What could be safer?

And then to “celebrate” the 2021 New Year… after a long drawn-out, Covid-filled 2020… I decided to “celebrate” by hiding 21 handmade ceramic fortune cookies for people to find out in a State Park. Then I did it again… with 22 fortune cookies for 2022!

Well, today was the day… bringing in the New Year!!!
23 clay fortune cookies for 2023!!!
Hidden out in a state park for people to find!
Happy New Year… happy adventures… happy searching…