September 18-20, 2014 Fort Collins, Colorado

Hot weather in the 90’s. Beautiful days.

I planted this silver lace vine and the sunflowers in the alley at John’s house years ago. This is the first time we have been around in the fall to really see how they look. Nice. Lovely sunset too.

This snake was on the bike path yesterday. About 3-4 feet long, and fat. He posed for the photo then turned around and went back into the grass. I spent the afternoon in the studio working on a new piece. The little round one is one I already made, I was using it for reference. I added roots to the new one.  It will end up being an oval bowl.

 

Here it is in the kiln before the first firing. We walked down to old town and listened to the music of Young Ancients. Some of the members are part of the Subdudes.

 

I love seeing my studio a mess, means I am working! A great blue heron on the Poudre river as we walked the  one and a half miles each way to the Sustainable living fair this afternoon.

The main stage at the fair. They had music, booths, food, and beer. This is the Holler a band we like. Michael Macfarland playing the mandolin in the middle won his category in the Telluride Bluegrass festival this fall.

The crowd and booths at the fair. They even had Kelty recycle tents.

Art work on the New Belgium beer garden. New Belgium is all about bicycles. Fat Tire is theirs.  Bike wheels and plastic bottles opened and painted into flowers. On the way back we stopped at Old Town at the Hoptoberfest. There were two stages with music, food and beer booths and lots of people. We listened to some music then headed home. Lot going on today.