Okay, so when I started making these flowers… I only expected to make “a few.” But you know me… I’m all in!!! No time for a sample. No time for a prototype. Instead… I just went crazy & made over a hundred flowers!!! Let’s hope this “plan” works out for ART IN THE GARDEN!!!

Another big glazing day!!! As I need to load tomorrow so I can fire the soda kiln this Saturday! It’s been crazy busy making enough work to fill the whole kiln… with some new work for ART IN THE GARDEN… followed by ART IN THE BARN!!! Since these pieces are being soda-fired, it’s mostly liner glazes & inlaid glazes for the stamped impressions! Lots to do still… giddy-up!

This Saturday, my pottery friend & studio neighbor Lesley is hosting a fundraising event for the ACLU – The American Civil Liberties Union. With plenty of potters donating their “seconds” to help protect the First Amendment. Lesley has collected more than a hundred mugs from all over the country for the event… including my “thematic” red, white & blue mugs!

It’s kinda crazy my how fast the flowers on my purple hyacinth bean vine actually transform into these beautiful pods!!! It seems like it was overnight! And what a wonderful aubergine color… before they dry to brown & it’s time to collect the seeds to grow again next year!

Again, bigger skyshows need bigger photos… so here you go!!!

Plenty of clouds & plenty of humidity… another morning during this mini-heatwave we’re currently in. Luckily, my sunrise ride is early enough that the sun has not heated everything up yet… but it will. Until then… this morning was gorgeous & I was more than sweaty!!! Another great morning.

But then I couldn’t stop myself… so I made MORE flowers!!!

I figure they be great at ART IN THE GARDEN in Glenview…
I mean, every garden needs more flowers, right?!

Over the summer I made a lot of handbuilt flowers with my Summer Campers.
Not really sure what to do with them… but I kept making more…
even some with stamped details. Go figure!!!

And for those following along… my baby mourning doves were still hanging out this morning in my back deck. It appears that mama dove has left them in their own. They can definitely fly now… but might just love the quaint coziness of my back porch?!

And in case you’re wondering… my neighbor has named them Fritz & Fredericka!

Also this morning… the latest dahlia blooming in my garden.
Pretty… but I don’t recall ever planting “white” dahlias?!
So I’m a little confused… and intrigued to see if it changes color at all
as it blooms larger & matures a bit on the stem. White?… really??