Another spooky trio on a chilly Fall afternoon.
Smirky smiles & whimsical ghouls! Thanks for sharing Kelly!

It’s been a great “run” of fun this birthday weekend… all pun intended… with special THANKS to everyone for the great Birthday Wishes yesterday to help celebrate the big day! After a Sunday run with bananas & Gatorade… I much prefer yesterday with huge cookies & ice cream!!!

It’s getting spooky out there… as another “Ghouls Collection” is making its annual appearance out in the ‘burbs! My friend Chris has quite a collection of my Halloween Ghouls… but seems to be missing two of them! She apparently missed out on the Limited Edition twice?!

Can anyone guess which two Ghouls she’s missing?!!!

And if you’ve got a nice collection of my Ghouls, please send me a photo so I can post yours here too! Thanks… gary@firewhenreadypottery.com

Well, it’s the second day of October and the “GHOULS” are coming out in full force! My friend Nancy has a great collection started… but she is missing a few of my Limited Edition Ghouls. But if you look closely, she’s also “filled it in” a bit more with a new Ghoul made by her daughter Lydia!!! So cute… and so glad that she’s now part of the ever-growing Ghouls Collection!

Fresh out of the soda kiln, these little cuties will be coming to ART IN THE GARDEN and ART IN THE BARN. Not really an “official” addition to The Ghouls Collection… but they would definitely fit right in! A new soda-fired version of my terra cotta classic pumpkins!

While making a bunch of “realistic” pumpkins for the soda kiln, I decided to make a few of the “ghouls collection” jack-o’lanterns for the soda kiln too! I’ve made these little pumpkins for years with terra cotta & underglaze. But this will be my first batch going into the soda kiln… fingers crossed that they’re as cute as the originals!

What better way to celebrate the Fourth of July than sharing cotton candy with a friend?!

Yesterday I went down to Chenoa to celebrate Fourth of July with my best friends from college. Because the festivities were later in the day, I brought my bike with to go for a ride along Old Route 66… so Americana nostalgic of me, huh?!

A fun morning ride… hotter & windier than I expected out there in the midwest farm fields! Basically my route was a big triangle from Chenoa to Bloomington-Normal to Colfax and back to Chenoa… just in time for the Chenoa Fourth of July Parade… and before the storms blew through and promptly cancelled the Chenoa fireworks!!! So luckily, I got a good bike ride in well before the storms!!!

Celebrating all the Moms out there…
cherish your time with them, and the memories without them.

Looks like Rosene is celebrating a wonderful MOTHER’S DAY with a couple new mugs… including a new stamped shamrock mug from her daughter Kristy… that we’ve been keeping “secret” from Rosene for months!!!