Showing posts with label blooms. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blooms. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 14, 2016

2016-06-08 - Wednesday - Flowers and fires and clay

Wednesday I stopped to check on our Rose of Sharon hibiscus. It's very happy and blooming quietly in the corner of the fence. Not bad for a volunteer. I really like this plant. The blooms only last a day but there are hundreds of them. It's a very happy plant.




In the evening I was at Clayworks. I know, go figure.

Greg was firing the raku kiln and I caught him standing behind the flame. He looks like some sorcerer casting a spell. If you've seen any of his raku pieces you know that's a pretty accurate description.




I went inside and threw a lump of Pure Catawba clay from STARworks. My friend John Freeman gave me a piece to try and I really liked throwing it. The way it held the texture and got crackly without having to use sodium silicate was surprising. I may have to purchase some of this to explore it further.

The little guy was made from the trimmings of the large one. Waste not the dirt.




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Thursday, April 7, 2011

Thursday - Great gloaming

When I came home Thursday I was struck by the beauty of the light as I turned into my driveway.  I ran in to get my camera and while I was gone I missed some of the light I was trying to capture.  The sun moves fast this time of year, but I managed to capture a few keepers.  Then I just wandered around the yard, camera in hand.

Great Spring light


  
Everything is a riot of blooms.

Landscapes are getting lush.

More neighbor's blooms.

Full view.

I just found out my camera will choose one color to highlight.

Nice, big ant hill.

Nice, big branches came down in the storm.



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