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

Cloudy ALL day! But as soon as the art fair ends… SUNNY!!!
I’ll take it… so much better than packing up in the rain!!!

Categories: art fair, Chicago, weather

Cloudy, windy & humid… a murky trifecta for a non-sunrise morning ride! The tailwind was great, but the ride back home was a little tougher. And for those that know our Chicago skyline… you might notice that there are some buildings “missing” due to the low-flying clouds!

And now back to the art fair… okay, with clouds, but hoping we miss the rain today!

Categories: flowers, nature, weather

After the rain… err, or should I say “between” the rain as it looks like there’s more in the way later tonight. Cool raindrops caught in the crazy-fun flowers of my front garden’s smoke bush!

Categories: Chicago, weather

Some crazy-cool fog rolling through the City today… just kinda hangin’ out low through the buildings. Generally there’s a really great view of the skyline from out on Navy Pier… but not today!!! Just a couple brief glimpses of the blue tower designed by Jeanne Gang.

Categories: nature, seasons, weather

Well, it’s officially the “First Day of Spring” … and we woke up to SNOW!!!
More than an inch overnight. Welcome to Spring in Chicago!!!

Categories: seasons, weather

Guess our little “hint of Spring” is over?!
It was nearly 80-degrees on Friday… and today it’s about forty degrees colder with SNOW!!!
Welcome to Chicago weather… ugh.

Categories: friends, weather

Snow Day fun making SNOW DUCKS!!! My friend Tiffany brought her “snow duck maker” to work today… so we had to get outside to play for awhile. Making ducks obviously!!!

Categories: weather

As predicted, we got a thin covering of ice overnight so everything is a shining wonderland. I do appreciate how you can see the little pellets of salt doing their job… an early & icy morning starting off at the studio! Be careful out there everyone!!!

Categories: seasons, weather
Categories: weather

Luckily, NOT my car… but when I was leaving Lillstreet tonight after class, there were a couple cars “trapped” under some fallen trees on Ravenswood. I knew we were getting some rain, but I didn’t think it was strong enough to do anything like this?! Yikes.