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Wednesday, 16 July 2025

Hard work morning

 This morning's work was kneading clay...two bags again....it took over an hour and a half, but worth doing well to have the firm and soft mixed evenly.

I counted the bags...I have put two more in the soaking bin..

There are twenty, stiffer bags...and six possibly half bags that are completely dry.

I could do with moving the small chest freezer to the workshop for a clay store, but there isn't room for it yet...so.it will have to stay cluttering the kitchen! 

I managed to scrape the back of my hand on the rim of a plastic tub....mad dash to clean up and slap two plasters crosswise on my hand to keep it clean. So no throwing in the afternoon... probably a good thing after the morning's work!!

So I finished cleaning off the biscuit mould...


Lunch was had sitting on the garden bench in the sun...while the bread machine was the source of lovely kitchen smells??

I saw the late Paddy over the road's son...Patrick...now called Paddy!...at the house over the road...he has a garage in Ayr, but works on his own..so doesn't do clutches.

He returned a handy side table that Pirate had given to his dad...and gave me a small carved wood table...which will be very nice as a present for a friend's birthday next weekend!!

A bit of weeding then quick supper and chat online with another friend. Online socialising might not be ideal but it is keeping in touch.


Then time for bed....from a watercolour sunset last night to a peachy one tonight 




11 comments:

  1. Another productive day. Hope the hand heals quickly.

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  2. A productive day.
    I hope the hand mends quickly s9 you can get back to pottery.
    The biscuit mould looks great. I’m eager to see the final product.

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  3. ...a busy day with a beautiful ending. Be well.

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  4. Lovely sunset. I was trying to show SWMBO some of your clay work but could only find one picture. Are there more?

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    1. Was this on the other page in my blog? I haven't added much on that...I'll have to check my website...and send more photos to my brother for that!

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  5. You've got lots of clay to work with. I had no idea how much must be done to prepare the clay for making pottery.
    The biscuit mold is attractive. Nice work GZ.
    Your pink sky is quite beautiful.

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  6. Yikes on injuring your hand. Hope it scabs over quickly. Yes, mixing clays into one consistency is difficult work. Lovely skies. I liked seeing your FB posts also.

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  7. I guess it requires good hand strength too. Kneading clay sounds like a real upper body work-out.

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    1. I'm trying to ease my body back into work that it knows how to do but hasn't done for too long!

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