Summer is here!
Things are heating up on my back porch . . . in between rain showers, of course.
I’ve been working on dragonfly mugs for what seems like a long time.
Now they are glazed and ready to fire.
As I was rolling my kiln onto my back porch from the garage, the cover for the kiln lid fell off and broke. 😱 A huge chunk of the kiln brick fractured and crumbled.
Broken kiln brick can cause brick debris to stick to the melting glaze creating unwanted bumps, lumps and textures.
After some thinking and cleaning up I decided the firing will continue!
Meanwhile, we had contractors in the house this week.
We have always done home improvement jobs ourselves for convenience and cost.
Now that we are a wee bit older, we decided to hire someone to do what we couldn’t do.
Husband and I found having contractors in the house nerve wracking!
My tomato plant is blooming on the back porch.
And the volunteer squirrel’s tomato plant is thriving in the garden.
Yay!
It is summer!
“The kiss of the sun for pardon, the song of the birds for mirth, One is nearer God’s Heart in a garden than anywhere else on earth” Dorothy Frances Gurney
Back Porch Studio 
I never like having contractors in the house too. And I am sure Mr squirrel is happy that his tomato plant is thriving 😁
The dragon fly mugs look real nice.
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I found another volunteer squirrel tomato plant as I was weeding yesterday! We may actually get a tomato or two this year. 😄
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😁😁
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Love the dragonfly cup!! Too bad about the lid, do you think you have to replace it?
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I emailed the guy who made my kiln and he said he will be able to repair it!
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Oh that’s fantastic!
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love the new cup and the colors. Your front room looks good too
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Thank you Tammi! It looks better now that we have a new front door. LOL
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