Harvesting onions & celebrating pottery

I celebrated this "first day of school" by signing up online to receive Social Security benefits following my birthday in November when the big 62 comes to pass!  First, cool that you can do it online.  I thought I'd have to make an appointment.  But, some day down the road I'm sure I'll regret not waiting until 65, or 66, or later, but, hey, YOLO!

And then we went out and pulled the BIG onions!  But we screwed up!  We cut off the tops.  Then when I drove downtown to pick up our CSA box, Mike had all his 7 boxes of onions lying there drying...with their tops still on and drying...  So I asked him, "Are we supposed to leave the tops on?"  And, of course, the answer was yes, leave them on until they dry completely.  Oh well, some day we'll get it!

 We ended up with about 60 white, yellow, and red onions about this size (minus the tops).  Our friend who gave us the little onion plants for these last May said today that they have harvested 400 onions like this!

Then it was time for today's kiln-opening at our friends, Gregory & Terese, who do the beautiful pottery (and sell books!).  At least we thought 1:30 was the starting time, but seeing no one, we headed down for a quick trip to check out Twin Falls.  (It started at 3pm, but first the falls.)

No pictures can show the real beauty of this spot because you just can't get high enough or wide enough for a good shot.  But above is the south side of the gorge that has been worn away through the years.   And below are the two falls--one at the top left and the other on the bottom middle.  

 The best way to view this is to walk up the creek from the parking lot and see it from the bottom...but not today!  That is a favorite painting spot for the Plein Air artists when they come to Port Wing.

And here are a couple of the fungi types we saw along the path.

And now, time for the Kiln-Opening!  The firing took place a couple days ago and the celebration and showing happened today.  The kiln is in a building to the right of the picture.  Here's my post from a similar event back in June.

 Here are some of their pieces from the kiln today.   They have added a couple new glazes and techniques so there is always a new tempting piece to add to our collection.

 Today we purchased a new mug and a smaller plate for serving breakfast items.  They always have yummy snacks to go with the celebration.

(I think it's time for some tea in my new cup!)

And below is today's produce from the CSA box.  Quite a selection this time!  We already had the beans and cucumber for dinner, but I feel the need for some vegetable soup so I can use that celery on the left.  And tomorrow...basil pesto for sure!