Wonderful Weekend

Most of this past week has been super hot in Minnesota (and I think much of the US).  We spent the weekend at the Cannon Falls Wine and Art Festival and the weather was just perfect for this the event.  
 
We started out a little rough.  While unloading the van, a tub full of pottery took a tumble and didn't take the fall so well.  Once past that though, it was a great weekend of visiting with shoppers while they strolled around the park and sampled wines from Minnesota wineries.  

We'd like the thank everybody who came out, bought pottery and visited with us during the event.  And a special thanks to the folks from Falconer Vineyards for being such great booth neighbors.  I really enjoyed their North Star Red and Frontenac Port.  Delicious!!  If you're near Red Wing, Minnesota plan to stop for a glass and pizza.

 Have a great week everybody.

Cannon Falls Wine & Art Festival

The first day of the Cannon Falls Wine and Art Festival is behind us and we're looking forward to another fun day tomorrow. It was hot and humid, but we were fortunate our booth was shaded by a tree most of the day and there was a nice breeze.


The guys pouring wine at the Crow River Winery booth were kind enough to provide some empty bottles to use in my display. I've made wine bottle coasters for individual bottles for quite a while, but I really wanted to make a few of these oblong pieces to hold a few bottles thinking it would be nice for those hosting parties. I like it. The guys at Crow River Winery also provide a sample of their Honeycrisp Apple and Cranberry wine. It was delicious (is that a word that can be used to describe a wine?)




After the last couple firings, I have a nice collection of mugs. I always seem to be shore on mugs in my inventory, it was very nice to start a show with a good inventory including many different sizes and shapes.


See ya there tomorrow?

Rain, Rain, Go Away

The long weekend started out great. Friday evening I had half my drying boards already full and the rest got filled on Saturday. Saturday was another beautiful day and by mid-day, all drying boards and shelves were full. The excess was spilling over to the countertops and other tables.

Sunday morning it started raining and hasn't let up yet. I did manage to get most things to dry enough to trim, but that's as far as that went.

At one point, the rain rolling off the roof was so hard, it broke the new hollyhock plant that was just starting to bloom next to the studio entry. It still looked so pretty, but with a bent stem, I don't think it will last long.


Kevin had more than 40 bare root trees to plant, so he ended up doing much of the planting in the rain. It doesn't look like he's having fun.

Now hopefully, it will quit raining and all my leather hard pots will be able to dry so they can be fired and ready for my upcoming show in Cannon Falls, July 17 & 18th.

Be well.