Another September post

Finally made it to Botanica, and here are my favorite pictures from there. I wanted to get there while there were still butterflies in the butterfly house.

....And this is a slideshow to make up for the pottery I haven't posted on here. There are about 32 pictures in all including the 61 pieces from the wood-firing, so don't feel obliged to watch it all. I did sell 8 pieces, but it was a little overwhelming bringing this much stuff home. Ugh!

p.s. Not sure how to get all the slideshow to show, so click here for a link if you so desire.

More pictures from last month

Here are some pictures from Planter's Feed and Seed and the City Market from Kansas City. At Planter's, I bought some smoked paprika and whole nutmeg.

I went on a Wednesday morning and got 7 yellow and red peppers for $3 and 8 limes for $1 and the City Market!

More from Powell Gardens

Blue Morpho and White Peacock

Early last week I attended a butterfly photography class at Powell Gardens during their Butterfly Festival. There were different butterflies from North and Central America, but the star of the show was the Blue Morpho. Notice how the blue is on only one side of the wing?

The butterfly in the last two pictures is the White Peacock.

Hopefully I will post more of Powell Gardens later. They have the most beautiful chapel on the grounds as well.

Black and blue

Great spangled fritillary and what came out of the kiln

This butterfly was in my front yard a couple of weeks ago. It's interesting to see how different the front of the wings look compared to the back.

I did a little hand building and have a few other pieces waiting to be wood-fired next month. It's been a long time since I've gotten anything finished since I'm saving up for wood-firing, so I caved in and had them fired in the electric kiln. The first pieces can be used for sushi or soap, but I don't eat sushi or use much bar soap so probably won't be keeping these.

Off to watch the Tour de France, the one sport that I enjoy watching. See ya!

Caterpillars and pottery pieces

Am hoping to make this post short and sweet, like all my others. Here's an update on the status of my butterfly rescue mission so far this year. The first picture is my very first and currently only Monarch to emerge, as I haven't found any more monarch caterpillars.












Here are some pictures of some black swallowtail caterpillars. Just noticed that one has pupated yesterday.

This one was the daily snap on www.verbict.com.

Here are some pieces from the last few months. A couple of my pottery friends are coveting my horse hair brushes that I made in Jamaica, and I'm trying out new ways to use them for glazing. Now that I know how to make them, we can make more!

The wood firing that was planned for the end of this month has been moved to August 14th. I'm very excited about that have at least 11 pieces made already!