We also had another birthday in camp today! So of course we needed a birthday cake… and two campers jumped right in!!! Aaron threw the cake on the wheel… and then Ophelia decorated it. So cute!!! Birthday boy Colin was very pleased with his first-ever clay birthday cake!!!

Another day of gloopy-gloppy fun at Summer Camp. This group’s third & final day of wheelthrowing… for tomorrow we start trimming, carving, stamping & adding handles. And then Friday they’ll paint all of their masterpieces with colored slip. They will then be fired, glazed in clear & fired again after they’re gone. So the campers will need to come back to pick up their pottery treasures in a couple weeks!

Pulling handles… getting ready to turn my “stamped cylinders” into stamped MUGS!!! Yes, I’m a firm believer that a “mug” must have a handle. If not, it’s just a cup!

Crisp & clear… with plenty of wind & splashing waves all around. This morning was a little cooler than expected with crazy cool gusty winds coming in from all directions! Very fun (and a little dangerous) along the lakefront when the waves are crashing in & splashing upwards. It’s a challenge to “catch the splash” on film… and NOT “catch the splash” getting soaking wet!!! It’s all in the timing…

With a drop in temperatures, it feels oddly Fall-like outside… so it seems somehow appropriate to be spending the afternoon “pumpkintizing”!!!

With a rainy start to the day, I ended up adding some colored flashing slip details in the studio early this morning before heading down to summer camp!!!

Tonight in my pottery class we went European… with OREOs from France! ooh, la la… thanks to my friend Tracy for bringing them back for me!!! Apparently Pac-Man is universal. Merci beau coup Tracy!!!

Today I stamped the cylinders that are going to become my “matching” mugs for class. I decided to turn them into two different sets… with two different “sets” of thrown cylinders that were closer to matching than the others. And then I stamped each “set” with a different stamp. Hoping that as I trim them & add handles, they will continue to get even more matchy-matchy!!!

About a half hour after I had gotten home “dry” from my bike ride… staying dry in my car while driving to Lillstreet for another week of summer camp! Crazy storm blowing through with lots of HAIL!!! And truth be told, I don’t think I’ve ever been driving inside my car during a hail storm. It was crazy loud & a little scary with diminished visibility! YIKES!!!

Also exciting this morning… finding that some of the bike trail “intersections” have been repainted… with hopefully more to come!!! Clearly designating the green safety zone for cars crossing the path. As well as a clear separation of the BIKE trail versus the RUNNING path. A HUGE Thank You from all of us that use the lakefront trail every day!