Cooking and clay...

As I waited for the kiln to cool, Chad and Kevin fired up the other heated apparatus on the back patio, the smoker.

Our July 4th centered around new recipes for smoking pork loin and corn on the cob. 

I made a fruit salad and an once cream cake, family favorites with red and blue berries.

Here's my collection of leaf print necklaces after their final glaze firing...