This Saturday Mark and I went on the local artist’s tour and started out our visit with seeing four pottery shops. It was very interesting to see each potters’ uniquely home made kiln for “cooking” their pots. Each potter definitely had their own unique style and Mark and I enjoyed the earthy creations. At the first potter’s place I was entranced with the hen house- in between the kiln and the potter’s shop there was a beautiful hen house. Here in Madison, there is quite the desire to grow chickens in the city, so much so that our local TV station did a report on the unusual trend. There is also a support page for local chicken growers at MadCityChickens.com.

When visiting the artists on our last stop we saw our friend Wendy Hill and her husbands beautiful block prints. Her husband Marvin passed away from cancer this last year. It is always a joy to see her and her husbands beautiful work. In the same shop we also saw some lovely furniture, which we admired from afar. It's not time to go furniture shopping yet, we don't have enough room for all the stuff we already own!