So for the most part my soda kiln was beautiful… no glops from the ceiling, no kiln wash flakes in the bowls, no unhappy accidents. Except… for this one ornament that decided to make a “swan dive” all the way down into the firebox sometime during the firing. Then after a sitting right in the flame for so long, the ornaments is now overly-blasted with soda and the hanging ring has practically dissolved into nothing!!!

Here it is… and a normal ornament that didn’t jump for comparison. They both started out with the same hanging ring. Amazing what a too much flame & too much soda can do to the clay?!!! Kinda makes it look like a shadow…

Crazy cool flowers on this bush in the side garden at Lillstreet. The flowers may be stringy & short-lived… but they were so very cool while they were around. I didn’t know what they were… but with a little help from my dear friend Google… apparently it’s a Bottlebrush Buckeye!

Looks like a colorful mix for lunch… not a lot of stamping in these classic bowls, but a whole lot of healthy! Looks like very vermicelli… and a very hungry Matt! Thanks for sharing!!!

Just a few more quick pics from my soda kiln! These pieces were the ones facing the front door… where they get blasted with a bit more soda than the rest of the kiln. Loving some of the colored flashing slip effects & the textured orange-peel surfaces!

Getting ready to ship out another batch of pottery this morning… all packed up in some “used” boxes and ready to go! Hope I don’t need to pedal them to their new homes?!

Just a cool example of when the “auto-focus” feature
doesn’t quite know what to do?!

Okay, so not so much of a sunrise as a dark clouded morning! Gloomy cloud-cover sweeping through the City, strong winds blowing in off the Lake… and crazy cool waves splashing all around!!!

And let’s just say…
my weather app said nothing about RAIN this morning?!!!
It was wrong!!!

Okay, so now that my taxes are finally done… I’ve got a second to breath… and share a picture from my soda kiln opening on Monday night. People have been asking… it turned out great. More photos to come!!!

Oh yeah, sure I could have done my taxes during the last three and a half months when we all had “nothing to do” but stay home. I could have also purchased a winning lottery ticket, bought a tropical island and disappeared off into the sunset. Well, THAT didn’t happen either.

So here I am working on my taxes all day… and pretty darn excited to be done and hitting the SEND button in the next few minutes!!! Look at me… still with a couple hours to spare!!! WHOO-HOO!!!

Big sky. Big clouds. Big photo.