The rain garden

 

The plants for the rain garden beside the clay studio. May 15 I took this shot.

Though in late June we've had drought conditions, there's constant water discharged from the clay studio, which may have different colors in it at times, depending on the chemicals in glazes.

There are some nice plants growing well here now.

Today's quote:

In the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.

KAHLIL GIBRAN

Clay studio and bas relief wall

Black Mountain Center for the Arts Clay Studio

A popular camera view for tourists, and it's lit very nicely at night also

This bas relief wall was designed by David Sais

2 Skutt electric kilns for the potters' work

Clay Studio view

Fall foliage as seen from the Clay Studio in Black Mountain

Same scene on March 29, 2013...

"Make visible what, without you, might perhaps never have been seen."

Robert Bresson

That's exactly the reason I make art.

Clay Studio party

Clay Club visiting the BMCA Clay Studio

The First

Clockwise from top left, View from Blue Ridge Parkway, Snow going into Montreat, Light tree Lake Tomahawk, View from BMCA Clay Studio, State Street in downtown Black Mountain (copyright Barbara Rogers)

Rabbit Rabbit...which is supposed to mean something for good luck.  I may not know the tradition, but I'm a tradition junkie already, borrowing many other people's traditions whenever I am so inclined.  Native Americans, Mexicans, Irish, Celts, Norse, Romans, Greeks, Egyptian, Jews, Christians, Pagans, North Carolinians and so on.

Here is our first blog posting of one picture of Western North Carolina, around Black Mountain.  I cheated and made a collage.  I'll try harder to meet my own discipline.  I'm really enjoying browsing through my photo collection to see what to share here.

Hope you'll enjoy this.