do you believe in elves?

 Sometime in the early 90's, when I was living in Wilton, NH, I found these great mushrooms growing in my yard...

I watched over them for a few days and eventually the large one, fanned out to create a flat top. When I went out with my camera to photograph it again, lo and behold, there was an elfen creature relaxing on the top!

Moments later he jumped down and tried to hide in the shade underneath...

I never again had mushrooms that beautiful growing in my yard, but occasionally I did catch sight of the elf in the garden.

a day in the sun

john and i spent saturday at the league of nh craftsmen shop in meredith...john was invited to do a pottery demo on the deck outside of the shop...

Meredith is located on Lake Winnipesaukee, the largest lake in NH. The water front is directly behind the shop...unfortunately the temperature on the deck where we were set up approached 100 degrees by mid-afternoon...we quit early and took a leisurely drive around the lake and visited my sister and her family in Wolfeboro before heading home. Despite the intense heat it was a nice break from the sometimes isolating work in the studio.