Some more photos... I posted here and also on Facebook.

I have posted some photos of downtown Bowling Green, Kentucky at Fountain Square Park today and also of the Pots Place, outside and inside.

Here are a few:

They are pumping out the Fountain this week.

Pomona is watching!

The tools for the job and the Fountain fence.

My Halloween pumpkin! (I got to decorate it)

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Downtown Bowling Green Kentucky - Fountain Square Park, October 31, 2012

The Pots Place inside and outside October 31, 2012

All for today! And thanks for stopping by.

-Betsyanne

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Getting ready for summer! What a great Spring so far...

My biggest Fairy Door at the Pots Place.

Spring has arrived with a vengeance!

All of a sudden my yard here in South Central Kentucky was overgrown! But I found a great lawn person to come over and help out today.

He was very nice. I was impressed that he came over the same day I called.

Now to get my mowers ready for the summer.

And of course I will want to grow some more tomatoes. Maybe this will be the year I will actually can some veggies.



My wildlife sees some activity from my friendly mole (more rooms added to his warren) but I haven't seen my usual bunnies. 1-2 new squirrels have taken up residence in the willow tree. AND there are many birds visiting this year.

Also: is it just my imagination or have the bugs started being active pretty early?

I head downtown to the Pots Place tomorrow. I might bring my computer and catch up on work.

Oh! Check above for this week's activities around town in Bowing Green Kentucky too. Just click on the  page button at the top of this blog labeled "Bowling Green Kentucky Events Page" with date. It is right under the description of this blog.

Leave a comment. Are you excited about summer too?

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Remembering Mom...

I have been remembering my Mom more this week, as I did last week.

Helen and Mom at the Pots Place

But I have not been writing about it (yet...)

Some things I remember about her were:

Her rolling off the couch onto the floor laughing at a funny Honeymooners TV episode... of course, we kids had to laugh with her! It's a good feeling to laugh so hard your sides ache.

Sharing coffee sometimes in the morning at her house... she had her coffee black, and I added milk and sweetener... we would talk over our plans for the day, and the week. It was a very relaxing and fun time for me.

Some things she said, like "remember the happy times..." when we talked about memories.

How she made homemade macaroni and cheese with a cracker crust... everyone's favorite! I think I will try that one of these days soon.

Singing in the car... her and we girls would sing songs and have the windows open sometimes when we were traveling to see relatives. It was fun to see the reactions of the people in nearby cars. Most smiled at us.

And how she made Christmas cookies and let us help her when we were little. My favorite cookies were the vanilla flavored, vanilla frosted cookies AND the fruit cookies with multi-colored fruit candy in them. Yum.

I am scanning photos again this week and should have a bunch linked to her sites eventually and on my Facebook page too.

There are many great memories I have of my Mom. I knew I could not have her with me forever... she was a beautiful person, an artist, and a friend.

I am starting some remembrance pages for my Mom, Mary Ellen Hooper Hirst, and finding out some stories about her I never would have known without them.

I miss you, Mom! I am listing her remembrance pages after this posting.

Your daughter

Betsy

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Light a candle for Mom 

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The Pots Place Silent Auction for Capitol Arts in Bowling Green Kentucky

Hi - this is a quick blurb about the Pots Place silent auction, other people/businesses who are having Silent Auctions, and the benefit for the Capitol Arts Alliance here in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

The Capitol Arts Alliance helps put on plays, concerts, art shows, and other community events at the Capitol Arts Center, located on the Square in downtown Bowling Green at 416 East Main Street. They recently announced a partnership with the new SKyPAC Center being built now in Bowling Green.

I got a neat poster today about the benefit from Theresa at the new Tea Squares - A Sweet Boutique store in downtown Bowling Green, Kentucky. They are located at 906 State Street, on the Square downtown.

There are SO many businesses helping with this. That is so great. They are calling it Capital for the Capitol.

Here is that poster, below. Click on it to see a bigger version of it.

I am glad so many people are having silent auctions. If you are in the area, stop by the Pots Place and bid on our Pottery Basket. Thanks! And of course, bid on any of the other great auctions listed above on the poster.

This event ends on October 15th.

And be sure to give Theresa's store a visit in person and online at the Tea Squares Facebook page. She has done a lot of free work for this campaign for such a good cause. Thanks for all the work, Theresa!

Here is an article about TeaSquares: A Sweet Boutique from the BuyLocalBG site.

You can see the pottery that is in the Pots Place basket here on their Facebook page. 
Just scroll down to see these photos.

And here is the Pots Place website. I still have one more artist to talk about on the site, some more photos to post, and some more pages to do. One of these days!

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A beautiful Trumpet Vine with orange flowers

I have always loved these orange trumpet vines next door to the back entrance of the Pots Place.

The vines are in the alley across from Mariah's restaurant parking lot, draped beautifully on a building there. 

They climb all over the other building next to the neighbor's building, and I really like how these vines look.

Here are a couple photos I took of them yesterday.

Luxuriant tropical-looking vines.

So pretty!

There are also some of these in front of the back entrance to the Pots Place. They have been used as a bush there. I don't see the flowers as often, because they get trimmed so much. They grow really fast (I can attest to that!) - and they are pretty cut an in a vase too. I have not cut the neighbor's vines, but I have trimmed the Pots Place ones.

Anyway, these are so pretty, I thought I would share them today. I think having the same plants could point to a relationship between store owners long ago. Maybe there is a story behind them. Who knows? These vines and flowers are so jungle-like...

And here is a photo I found called "Kauai: Orange Trumpet Vine" on Flickr.

Photo by Eliduke on Flickr.

 All for now,

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Some of my newest vampire and monster heads, one fairy door

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Vampire and Monster Heads, plus a Fairy Door.

I just shared this on my Facebook page, and thought I'd put a copy here. These are some of my newest clay creations. They are clay monster heads, and I stained them so I could
keep the detail. Bob showed me some of his techniques for making heads. I could not match his wonderful faces, so I made some other kinds. I guess the vampire ones are good for this month (Halloween and all...) so the timing worked.

These are actually at home right now, instead of downtown. I was going to make an Etsy store and put them on it. There is a Gallery Hop coming up here in Bowling Green on November 6th and 7th (a Saturday and Sunday) and I sent these in for possible inclusion on an ad. I have been told that I should consider making some fairies or elves to go with the door.

So... I may have to move them there to the Pots place for that weekend. Then I can take them back and try the store out the next week. Sometimes it's good to give yourself a deadline anyhow, to get things done.

 -Betsyanne

PS The picture on top is from a trip to the Milwaukee museum. 


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My pottery Fairy Doors

 

Today I make some cards for my new Fairy Doors, explaining how to use them. Then I'll go and put them around one of the door handles. They go against a bookshelf or a wall. The lintel in front stops them from falling forward. The back is flat. I will probably need to make some more for presents. Also I made some tiny sizes too. They take awhile to make, but I like them. Each one is different. I am thinking of selling them online too.   I like making them because they are handbuilt, and use stain for glaze, which keeps the markings from being filled in.

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Bob in the park again.