This may have been the “perfect” Fall colors weekend here in Chicago. Which was reason enough for me to head out for a hike in the woods yesterday. It started out nice & sunny, but all too soon the clouds moved in late afternoon. Gray skies… but still beautiful Fall colors!

With a pile of clouds along the horizon, today started with some early morning drama… some colorful cloud-play… a chill in the air… and then the sun went back behind the clouds. The colors may have dissipated, but it made an appearance again when it finally made it “over” the clouds!

With a pile of low-flying clouds on the horizon this morning, it took awhile for the sun to work its way through. But it was well worth it!

My last bouquet of flowers from the Andersonville Farmers Market for the summer. The dahlias were already gone by the time I got there… so I bought this textural mix of late summer blooms, grasses & a few stalks of small kale. Luckily, I had the perfect oval vase ready to go!!!

Yesterday was the last Andersonville Farmers Market of the season… and I had to swing by to “stock-up” on a few things that might last me awhile. Including some apples fresh from the orchard. My plan was to get one apple of several different varieties to try some new flavors. It wasn’t until I got home and put them out on this platter that I “realized” that I have no idea what kind each one is?! So if I do LOVE a new variety… I’ll have no idea what kind it is!!! ugh.

Special THANKS to everyone who “grabbed a Ghoul” last night for the kick-off of my GHOULS & PUMPKINS SALE only on my Facebook pottery page. Quite a few found new homes… some joining a collection, others starting a collection! Either way, there are still some great pieces up for grabs. So scroll back to last night’s Facebook post with the “official” Photo Album to shop from… and decide if you’re feeling Ghoulish or not!!!

Click here… www.facebook.com/firewhenreadypottery

THE GHOULS & PUMPKINS SALE is now LIVE… or eerily dead if you’re a Ghoul?

So now is the time for you to purchase a couple of Ghouls or Pumpkins
online to add to your collection of Halloween fun!

We’re going old-school only on Facebook. Click through the “official” Facebook photo album of not-so-creepy Ghoulish offerings. The first person to write the word “MINE” in the Comment section of an individual item photo gets that piece. I will then follow-up with more detailed information in a Facebook Message to the winners. The prices shown on each piece includes packing & shipping within the contiguous US. All of the characters are in the range of 5″-7″ tall… each one varies slightly. Good luck collecting your Ghouls & Pumpkins… just in time for the Halloween Season!!!

Plain pumpkins too!!!
Handmade & soda-fired… the squirrels won’t eat these pumpkins on your porch!!!

Just ten minutes until the Ghouls are released! Watch for the official Photo Album to be published at 7:00pm CST. Then click fast to claim your favorites… as there’s a very limited number of some of them. And when that Limited Edition is gone… mwah, mwah, mwah…

Vampire Bats are hanging around this Halloween! And these are the last six of the Limited Edition! Once they fly away… they’re gone forever!!! The big GHOULS & PUMPKINS SALE starts only on my Facebook page at 7:00pm CST… set your timer!!!