In the midst of this cold

These geraniums flowered all summer, autumn and they are still at it! But since it's getting icier by the minute I have them inside the house, now.

Last year's quince meets this year's flowers.

Images of my new year

For my winter break I had lots of mountains. For starters the very snow laden Alpes, a bit of Pyrenees viewen from above and for dessert lovely sunshine in the mountains of Valencia, Spain. So that's why my latest pottery looks like this. Very lemonny.

Fields of green 2

Two variations of the same central part and different side flowers.

I tried several new flowers, all unknown to me except clover, tansy and plantain...

winter fruit

I've been testing new glazes, the result was rather surprising and my first thought was "oh, there goes my 4-hour effort.." but the fruit looks striking against these purple hues.

Winter sea

My sea is more snowy than in this painting by Aivazovski but I felt the peach hues were quite similar.

Coquelicot series

A special commission for someone who loves those red field flowers.

Fields of green

A little change from poppies:




And I could considerably speed up my work thanks to my husband's genius:

Now I can easily flip the frame and do my knots without unfastening the clamp.