After a nice dinner “get-together” with the NORTHERN ILLINOIS POTTERY TOUR Sandwich & Leland artists… we were also treated with an amazing rural sunset for “dessert.” Thanks to our Leland potter host Anne Maraviglia for having us all over for dinner!

C’mon out to the farmlands this weekend for rural beauty,
sweeping sky shows & plenty of pretty pottery!!!

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So tonight some crazy cool storms came blowing through town while I was teaching. It wasn’t until we heard large hail… that we “may” have decided to run up to the rooftop to see what was going on. Unfortunately, we missed the hail-fun by just a couple minutes. But we did see the end of the storm, the blue skies following & the dark clouds still pounding Downtown… sorry Beyonce’. Guess your concert got a little delayed & a little wet?!

At the other end of the day… a strikingly beautiful sunset while I was teaching class tonight. So amazing… that we ran upstairs to take in the view from the Lillstreet rooftop!!!

Another rooftop view… with darker clouds giving a little more sunset drama!

Urban sunset with an old train bridge silhouette over the river.

And just a few moments later… it changes so quickly!!!

Cool contrast of nature vs. not-nature!

A beautiful sunset to finish out a busy day… prepping, pricing, packing & shlepping everything out to Barrington. I got a good amount of my booth set-up… but I forgot a few key pieces! Like it’s my first time?!! Luckily I can bring them early tomorrow to finish setting up! It was a pretty ending tonight though.

Okay, so I’m one of those who enjoys sunrises over sunsets…
but this sunset was pretty darn AMAZING tonight!!! From the roof of the studio…

A beautiful sunset as we were driving back to Cory’s after attending the Friday night Opening Party in Aurora. A nice kick-off for the NORTHERN ILLINOIS POTTERY TOUR… lots of pots & friendly potters. And a bonus sunset to cap off the night!!!

So I decided to drive out to Hinsdale tonight to set-up my tent & shelves. Hoping to make tomorrow morning a bit less hectic when I bring all of the pottery!!! Beautiful sunset evening in Burlington Park… hoping for some good weather this weekend?! Fingers crossed…