Gary Jackson: Fire When Ready Pottery
A Chicago potter’s somewhat slanted view of clay & play
Categories: bike, nature, photography, travel

It was another beautiful blue sky Sunday yesterday…
so why not go for another beautiful bike ride?!safely by myself!!!

Again, I headed north as the Chicago Lakefront is still shut-down!
So pedaled north LITERALLY until the bike path ended!
Which is apparently across from the Great Lake Naval Station!

Kinda makes you think of the Shel Silverstein classic book, huh?!

So when I started out on my bike, it looked beautiful, the sun, the blue skies… but… it was a cold & windy ride… I easy could have used another layer… or five!!!

But look at those colors!!!

A little further north at the Fort Sheridan Forest Preserve area… with a scenic vista overlooking the lake! Still waiting for the prairie grasses & trees to get green again!

Then I went down to the beach area, passing a vintage army machine gun… proving that Fort Sheridan was an actual FORT back in the days!!!

I’ve ALWAYS said that the best part of biking… is STOPPING!
Cuz’ if you don’t, you miss out on seeing beautiful locations like this deserted beach area!

Back up from the beach… an now in the Fort Sheridan neighborhood that used to be a military encampment.

Headed further north… past Lake Forest… past Lake Bluff…

And up into North Chicago which is apparently where the Bike Path ENDS!!! Right across from the Great Lakes Naval Station! I took the path ending as a sign it was time to turn back and head home… especially as my toes & fingers were FREEZING!!!

Okay, maybe one last scenic stop… I mean, I was already there, right?!

Categories: photography, textures

Kicking off a fun year-long photo challenge tomorrow!!!
You may need to follow me on INSTAGRAM to see all of my texture photos.
And then even better… please feel free to participate as well.
Just post a “texture” photo to your Instagram feed every Tuesday in 2020!
It can be anything with a texture… your own artwork, someone else’s work, nature, flowers,
inspirations, etc. It’s just that easy… at least one photo every Tuesday!!!…
with the hashtag #TextureTuesday !!!

Categories: photography

Well here’s a quick “Year In Review” in the form of my Best Nine Instagram posts from 2019. It’s always fun to see which posts got the most Likes! Don’t forget that you can always follow me on INSTAGRAM for quick pics, fun filters and easy swiping for multiple photos!

Categories: photography, sunrise

And who ever said that a panorama photo always has to be horizontal?…
… not me!

Categories: photography, sunrise

It’s a BIG holiday morning… with a BIG sunrise sky show…
so it only makes sense to have some BIG sunrise photos too!!!

Categories: nature, photography

Okay, so I was “supposed” to be focused on my Christmas Shopping List today…
but how could I pass up a beautiful hike through the woods on a surprisingly warm
& sunny Saturday?! Apparently I couldn’t.

Categories: photography

We all had them… these are mine!

Categories: nature, photography

A little cloudy to start, but it definitely cleared up to become a beautiful day for playing downtown yesterday!

Categories: bike, photography, sunrise

 And then sometimes THIS happens!!!

A sunrise party on my camera lens! Not a huge fan of the solar flares on my camera lens…
and thus my affinity for the well-placed silhouette.
However yesterday’s “polka dot party” was pretty darn impressive!!!

 

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Categories: photography, sunrise

With a sky full of clouds splashed with colors… a big sky-show requires BIG PHOTOS!!!