one of those days

 It has been one of those days where you feel that you gaven't done much...until you list it!!

LOTS of washing...sheets wash..everything that needs 60⁰ in other words..mattress protector, ordinary clothes wash, my handmade quilt. (Just fitted in the machine!!) and studio aprons and towels .  The machine did a lot of work..and the weather obliged and dried it all!!

I moved all the small plants out of the greenhouse . Broad bean plants and shallots were planted out. tomato and pepper seedlings on the shelving I made from pallets a few years ago.  It should be ok for them there..and while I'm away they'd be bound to get cooked!!

The apple tree in a pot is flowering!! That should have been potted on or planted out by now...but I'm not sure where it should go.

The bigger pots were dry enough to turn over to dry the bases for finishing and I managed to deal with the smaller ones.

So quite a bit done...plus morning and evening Duolingo.  

Not non-stop...cuppa breaks must be taken!

getting better and bigger!

 Mornings still suck....I think it is part of living alone, on my part....not having someone else there. I don't know.

Anyhow, I got myself out for a walk in the sunshine before lunch. I didn't fancy a road walk so Hannahston it was.  A floral day...one open patch is full of cowslips now! Plus the violets are lurking in the wooded sections..

Then to work after lunch.

The first two are five pounds of clay each...the next two seven . They will all lose a fair amount when I've turned and cut the footrings, but when thrown they need extra thickness there to support the shape.

When you are throwing, the most important side...is the inside. The space that is contained.

did this day the wrong way round

 I should have sorted the vases first....then gone to town...but I didn't.

I popped in for a natter with the small arts and craft shop where I have some work. 

She is doing a marvellous job on her own.

Then a wander down to Lidl to buy the three things that I missed off yesterday's list!

The idea was to draw.....but it just didn't feel right...so I took some photos that may end up as drawings or prints...or both!

Then back on the bus...

Despite having been wrapped, the vases..or bottles...were only just leather hard and starting to be too dry to finish!!

Supper was made to the sound of head banging music and a party...not mine!! But they have stopped now

even more sun!!!!

 I managed to get going earlier...and got things done!! 

My homework was well recieved...I managed to get all the phrases for "some, numerous, a heap of etc" in one long and one short sentence....on worrying about learning a foreign language!!  

I turned the bud vases upsidedown to dry the bases a little quicker....but then had to cover them with cling film, so that they don't dry too much before I can finish them.

Plus the bonus of being on the same bus home as my friend from the next village up...which gave us time for a good natter!

and dandelions..just because !!

JayCee have you seen the report on Manx tv about La Malouine ? 

I was sure that it was Wednesday

 Another clear and sunny day here, and quite hot at lunchtime!! I shaded the small plants in the greenhouse and the door and window stayed open all day..

Back to throwing today, just wee ones to start with, a few in the morning then more in the afternoon when the heat eased a little.

I planned to finish them tomorrow and move on to bigger pots....and do my homework for Friday's conversation. 

I've just realised that it is Friday tomorrow!!!! That means an earlier start..and no throwing until Saturday!!

sun!!!

 Blue sky and sunshine all day today..and still the chilly breeze. Home is on top of a hill though....

Today was a day for this and that...outdoors!

Tidying a bit in the greenhouse, painting sheds, moving garden shelving, cleaning tbe studio floor, clearing space for a piece of timber to go..

I gave the 3m long timber to the glass artist, along with some matchboarding. He is building a new chook house. 

An almost clear corner!! the thing with castors is upsidedown...and is a wareboard rack. When I moved it had to be cut ..as the Oily one had welded it instead of bolting. 

Now, nearly 20 years after he made it he will be putting it back together again as soon as he can get up here !!

 

steps in the right direction

 Good in the greenhouse...shallots sprouting roots...they'll go out when they really start growing. cherry tomato and hot pepper seeds have been chitting...and we have roots! So they have been put in small pots.

The best of the kale plants got planted out and beetroot and radish sown.

Bad in the greenhouse. One pane properly broken. But it had been on the way out anyway. I have a spare.

On the studio front, I have brought in most of my small tools and stamps...and bits and bobs....fifty years of accumulation needs sorting!!

These are not all...