The bug infestation finally made it to Chicago!!!

After a few “challenges” along the way… my pal Cory McCrory finally got her bugs together & sent them my way!!! So tonight I’m putting them together with my part of the collaboration project. Windows are open… but I still feel like I’ve been sniffing glue for awhile tonight!!!

Just trying to get them done & drying so they’re ready for this weekend at ART IN THE GARDEN in Glenview, Illinois!!! Fingers crossed… with fans blowing fumes outside!!!

Luckily I had another bowl… as one of the Farmers Market vendors gave me a free bundle of radishes. Not my favorite veggie… but they were FREE!!! Which IS my favorite!

After yesterday’s Farmers Market, I came home with a bunch of yummy cherry tomatoes… and couldn’t decide which of my bowls was better for them??? Your thoughts?

I mean… well, I bought a LOT of cherry tomatoes… so I guess I can use BOTH bowls?!

Another crazy morning along the lakefront. With a pretty thick layer of clouds bumbling along the horizon… I knew we would have to wait for awhile for the sun to make an appearance. I wasn’t sure if it would break through & add some color to the clouds or not. But I was thrilled to see we had some crashing & splashing waves to “entertain us” while waiting for the sun!

Looks like Kristy has spending a little time in her garden…
picking some little flowers to fit in her little vase!!!
So sweet… so little! Thanks for sharing Kristy!

Sometimes a bigger skyshow requires a bigger photo!

Somehow the day got away from me?… too busy all day long. Seems like the sunrise this morning was SO long ago. But I think it was pretty darn amazing… so I hope it was worth the wait!!! Crazy cool colors as the skyshow continued to evolve all morning long… before cloudy grayness took over for the rest of the day.

Looks like all is not lost… some of Cory’s bugs have “survived” the recent kiln disaster! Proving that some bugs might even survive the apocalypse!!! So I guess this is part of Plan A… and there’s a Plan B underway… and we’ve still got to put everything together!!! Uh oh… this weekend’s art fair is getting closer & closer! Good thing I thrive under pressure & deadlines!!! Now I just have to get everything from Cory to do my part of our collaboration project!!!

Looks like my pal Kristin Conneely is pulling together some last-minute mosaic collaborations for ART IN THE GARDEN this weekend! And this one is a three-way… my orange nuggets, Cory’s leaves & Kristin will be mosaic-ing all around them!!! You’ll need to stop by this weekend to see the finished collaboration pieces!!!

Not all good things come out of a soda kiln! Every once in awhile you get a little extra sumthin’-sumthin’ that you hadn’t planned on. A little “gift” from the kiln gods. Like this splotch of soda build-up that looks like cooled lava? Surprising though… as this wall pocket vase was sitting flat horizontally on the shelf… and yet somehow the glop landed INSIDE the back edge??? ugh… one of the many joys of soda-firing!!!