Guacamole fixings...

i was hoping to take photos of ceramics i have in use around the house.  it's hard to see the bowl in this photo (which has a lovely scalloped clamshell shape)...  but that's ok.  :)  this still turned into some amazing guacamole.  my husband grilled some salmon perfectly and we used the guac as a relish of sorts.  it was reaally good.  but, then again...  what's not good with guacamole spread over it?  ;)

Mistaken for Sunflowers

what i love about ceramics is that my favorite pieces and new creative ideas usually start as "mistakes".  this is something that i have come to appreciate over time.  when i first started throwing pots i sought perfection... now i am open to the possibilities that imperfections can bring and use them to explore.

a new set of large serving platter/bowls that i am working on started with a first piece that ended up way too thin in the center as i was throwing it.  (my new bats were adding a 1/2 inch to the wheel head and i just hadn't adjusted.)  so...  in the spirit of saving my beautiful bowl with the too thin center, i thought i'd add a large wad of clay to the piece.  yes, an act of desperation! but...  the method of working/tapping the clay outwards produced a "sunflower" effect that i fell in love with and continued to incorporate outwards.    

these pics are of a leather hard piece that i trimmed today.  i've got a couple more that should be coming out of bisque firing soon...  cross your fingers that i see no s-cracks!

Calla Lilies

porcelin (and organic) lilies...  a trio of new vases.  :)

Bode goes surfing

Bode, my namesake, caught posing with C's surfboard...

What a tart!

no... I'm not referring to myself... ;) take a peek at this beautiful fruit tart that ben and kelly brought to our 5th of July BBQ. it was so pretty i had to take a picture.   wow... just thinking... blogging about a fruit tart may qualify me for free senior admission at the movies? 

celebrating ...the motorcycle??

basically anyone who knows me knows that i am not a fan of motorcycles. in particular, i admit to "not love" my husband's. it's actually not that the fact of the motorcycle itself that causes issues. rather, it's that my entirely safety-conscious self likes to conspire with my overactive imagination to make me wildly nervous around it. yikes! so why should i choose today to celebrate the motorcycle with a full-blown photo shoot? because, sadly, the motorcycle is going to greener pastures tomorrow (or is it blacker pavement?), as one lucky marine comes to pick it up. so here's a toast to the yellow ducati... May the girlfriend/wife of the next owner have nerves much calmer than mine. ;)

summer strawberries

mmmm. what a better subject for a first posting? my adorable nephew has been enjoying his first ever berries.