July 7 Art Party

Yesterday we had our annual art party. Here is a photo, courtesy of Sara, of a red hot pot coming out of the raku kiln.


Later, after the pot luck we lit a huge bonfire.


And then lit a grass fire in a circle around the stones. After that we set off some fireworks but I didn't get any photos of that.
Many of us were wearing cloaks that I made a few years ago. I'll have to make more though, because there aren't enough of them to go around.
We are thinking next year we might have an outdoor quilt display on the stones. Stay tuned...

July 7 Party

Yesterday we had our yearly July 7th party. It rained hard all morning but cleared up in the afternoon. We had fewer people this year because of the weather and because it was on a Monday this year. In spite of that, we had a lot of fun.

They did a Raku firing which resulted in several nice pots.



A friend brought along his Tibetan Singing Bowls. You run the stick around the rim and it rings like a crystal wine goblet. He also had a huge one that I didn't get a photo of. They each have a different sound.



There was drawing in our new screen tent. This tent is great because it sets up in seconds. All the poles are permanently in the slots so there is no tedious threading to do.


Our son in law set up his John Deere (he painted them himself) drum set up at the stones. Reve had a great time dancing to Matt's Heavy Metal drumming but unfortunately I didn't get a picture of that.


Then Carmel lit the big bonfire.


Later we had a bit of fireworks.
I didn't get a picture of the pot luck meal but it was delicious.