Green hair?

Posted on October 6, 2023 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Ceramic head, Gardening, Growth, Life, Planting, Plants, pottery class, Sculpture, Yard6 Comments

I found a photo of a ceramic head I made several years ago at my friend Claire pottery class. It must have hung on the same nail in the back yard for at least 20 years!

The weight of the face squished the space inside it in a bit, but it still is a good planting pocket. It has a crack in the back from the firing, so when I plant it up I use plastic to line it but make sure there are holes for drainage. I put different plants in each year, this time I have some sad snapdragons still clinging to life. Maybe next year I will try Sempervirans? (house leeks).

Flower head

Posted on August 12, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Back yard, Blue, Ceramic head, Flowers, life garden, Lobelia, Memory, Planning, Stuck2 Comments

A planter I made about thirty years ago, I really wish I’d planted it up with lobelia like this but it got a bit late. It’s had snapdragons in it this year but they have got a bit straggly. I hope when I get a bit better I will be able to get out and rearrange things a bit. Summer is passing by and I’m stuck. Sorry to be grumpy.

ceramic head

Posted on October 25, 2021October 26, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Ceramic head, Gardening, Hand made, Life, Nasturtiums, Planter, Pottery, twenty five years ago1 Comment

Thirty year old ceramic head. Every year I plant this, and another one (hidden behind a hanging basket) with lobelia or other trailing plants. I was going to put in nasturtium seeds but forgot!

I’m pleased with how it’s lasted. When it was fired it had a crack in the back and over the last twenty five years its been out there I’ve expected the frost to break it but it survived. I made it at a pottery class in Newcastle-under-Lyme and was really pleased with the result.

Anyway I’m thinking of making some more if I can find a pottery class or group.x

Hidden face

Posted on October 8, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Ceramic head, Dreaming, Face, Fun, Gardening, midsummer, Mystery, Plants, Poem, Poetry, PuckLeave a comment

Ignore me

I’m not here

I’m not looking out

Peeping through the plants

A ceramic Puck

Dreaming of Midsummer

Nightingales and poppies

Magnificent oaks

To roam around

And be free…

Morning glory not flowering yet

Posted on August 23, 2020August 23, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Back yard, Blogging, Ceramic head, Flowers?, Gardening, Morning glory plants, PlanterLeave a comment

Green man ceramic head

I grew lots of seedlings, in the warm weather they did really well and the plants are getting big. But now the weather is cold and wet. They seem to have come to a full stop! I’m hoping if we get some more sunshine it will bring them on again… Photos to follow if they ever flower.

Mallaband-Brown

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