I've pressed on with getting as much clay ready to use, as it does need to rest/mature...even though it must be at least seventeen years since I bought a ton of this clay!! What was finished today makes another five bagsful.
This afternoon's throwing...bud vases/bottles.. They will have lugs added, possibly tomorrow, depending on how fast they dry, with the raised humidity at present.. although the workshop is quite warm.
In the garden the tomatoes are slowly producing...these two ripe ones...
The Russian Black is quite sweet.
The Costeluto Fiorentino is not quite as sweet, but is beautifully tomato-ey!
And the plant that I thought was an onion squash... isn't....!
In the front garden the flowering "buffalo" currant has been affected by something...but is the only plant along the wall to be like this
Although the leaves are brown, scrape any branch and there is green living tissue.
The rest are steadily on the way to providing bird food. In fact thd blackbird was busy eating the rowanberries when I was standing there!
It has been quite a concentrated weekend, getting back into making ...but trying not to overdo things. The body knows what to do...it just hasn't done it for a while!!
Saturday evening was a nice break, going with a friend to a mutual friend's 50th birthday party in a village church hall!
Several generations of family (all cyclists) cycling friends, work friends and other friends..about forty of us!!
Today after a morning wedging and kneading three bags of clay, I went for a walk after lunch..checking the weather radar first!! Plenty of places are reporting heavy rain and thunder..All we had was some light showers Saturday lunchtime...then heavy rain Saturday evening. On Sunday the radar showed what I could see from the upstairs windows..rain passing both sides of the village!
While I walked the air was warm and close...
And you could see rain towards Arran
The rain arrived after my walk...good timing!!
The day was rounded off by a little sewing...
Just two corners and small border to add to Our Shirts....
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It may seem like I'm too busy..but there is so much to do. I've decided that I can do a little on several jobs every day.. enough at least to see progress. Then I won't be feeling guilty about neglecting anything. If something is near to being finished it will be worth pushing on with that.