Shades of Green

There are many different shades of green and I like using variations of green in my garden. This is variegated yucca. I hope it blooms this year. It get's a tall stalk of white flowers from the center when it does.

This is Japanese golden forest grass. It looked a bit peak-id yesterday when I got home. I hope it can survive in this spot. Perhaps it needs more shade.

 This is a garden phlox and I confess I can't remember which one; will have to look it up.

I'm sure you've heard of spinach and artichoke dip. This is collard greens and artichoke dip. I get a can of greens and a can of artichoke hearts and drain them well. I then squeeze the greens in my hand to get even more moisture out of them. Then I chop both up and I mix in two heaping tablespoons of sour cream and some hot sauce. It's really good. I get the collard greens because they have the most vitamins of any of the canned greens.

I buy these Food Should Taste Good gluten free chips for my dips. Gary doesn't like olives and he likes them. Try them if you can find them; you might like them too.

Lots of folks admire my muses (perhaps totems) but I think some don't know what to do with them. They are for reflecting upon like my meditation bowls. Being in Baptist country perhaps I should call them prayer bowls. I guess I'm a little bit outside the box in what I make with clay.

I did make some green at the farmer's market yesterday. I sold a set of dinner plates, a pair of wall tiles, another wall tile, and a tea bowl and maybe a few other items I can't remember. It's exhausting getting up so early (4:30 am) and being out of doors till 1 pm and then packing up. I'm lucky I have Gary to help me I don't think I could do it all by myself. Thanks for reading and for all your comments.

Pots, Plants, and Projects

Here are the first three pots I made and fired for this year, a small pinch bowl and two vases. I used Highwater's Little Loafer's clay for these. I'll also be trying Speckled Brownstone in a few weeks.

I really need to decide on another camera, Gary's camera just isn't doing it for me.

I should have taken these photos outside, next time. I know where my photo cube light tent is but it will have to wait a few weeks to be unpacked.

I officially joined the Helen Arts Center and will volunteer one day a month to work in the gallery. I'll also have my pottery for sale there. Meanwhile I'm unpacking a few pots for their jury process next week.
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It got up to 63 yesterday and was so nice and sunny.

 I had picked up a few plants at the nursery last week like this coral bark maple and saucer magnolia.

I even found a couple of variegated yucca, can't wait for all these plants to grow into their new homes.

We also tried planting a few junipers, dogwoods, redbud, and holly and found out our back yard is almost all rock combined with dense Georgia red clay. The planting plan was thrown out and we had to improvise. Gary dug all the holes and I put in the plants. At least we know our home is built on a solid base and isn't likely to slide down the hill.

We now have our mantle installed; it's a bit light in color but will mellow with age. Up next some plans for my new studio and a refinishing project, so stay tuned. Thanks for reading and for all your comments.