Another Corning mug today. So far the Corningware items are the one thing "made in the USA," and I'll admit it does make me swell with a little patriotic pride. Sure things here aren't perfect and we have problems, but it's like a family. Everyone family is a little messed and we all have a crazy relative that gets a little too loud and people inexplicably listen to, but it's our family and it still the best for us. (And might I note, no one gets to talk trash about our family, that's a right reserved for family members trashing other family members.) Sitting here outside in the morning chill, watching the sun come up, drinking from my American mug, I feel happy and grateful to be part of it all. Things are a bit wild right now, but I wouldn't be anywhere else because this is my country and I'll roll with the crazy, just like we roll with Uncle Bob's insane theories.  

The patterning here is more of muted desert colors that slightly blend and then shift for contrast. You can pick out some of the colors in the mug as the sun changes the sky as it rises, although I think I'll have to wait for a sunset to get that red tone. Shape and way these color blends evokes a Native American pattern, but I think that's just how I'm viewing it.