Not a lot done today..housework..meh! It is ok when you can share the jobs...but needs must do it, even though it takes away from doing interesting things!!
I do like ironing though...the smell ..and the results!
So, I didn't get out to my studio until after lunch. I was nicely warm from the sun...and on the way down the garden I had a flypast..the first bumblebee this year!!
The soap dishes...became candle plates.
I've started using my collection of stamps, mainly made from clay, but some found objects too. These make a feature impression,...which helps to attach a handle soundly.
I'm working on irregular verbs...you just have to learn them! But I look at the lists...and I realise ..I don't really understand what the verb tense names mean..
Look, I had to re-sit English Language "O" level...and only just passed it. I succeeded in French with higher marks, especially spoken..
Which is odd...as I never have done much talking....
I got my French credits after high school. It was tough.
ReplyDeletestudy after school is always tough...I remember my dad studying so that he could pass exsms to go to teacher training college. He was a technician in Southampton Unicersity's Electronics department. I used to go straight from school to there and we'd both do our homework there after he finished work.
DeleteA bumblebee flypast! They're keen to get out there and start pollinating!
ReplyDeleteI ,would be so lost, both with pot-makung and French. I think you are doing superbly well!
ReplyDeleteI do like the candle holder concept! My daughter doing English in this century is very different to my English last century. Grammar appears to be gone.
ReplyDeleteI think it is the same in every language, even French. Although they seem to have held onto the language structure
DeleteYears ago, when learning Russian I got a book called English for Students of Russian (there was the same available for French) which explained in English (with English sentences as examples) what it is that i was trying to achieve in Russian with conjugations, declensions, tenses and gendered nouns etc. Made me realize I know nothing about how language is constructed and English doesn't really have rules (read Bill Bryson's "Mother Tongue" for more on origins of grammar rules in English - and why they don't work)
ReplyDeleteI'll have to look for that book (and check if son#2 already has it!)
DeleteCandle plates are pretty
ReplyDeleteI learned far more about the structure of English in my Latin lessons than in English classes - you had to know your tenses, cases etc with Latin.
ReplyDeleteYou are likely the most productive person I know. Undertaking pottery and a French language course is impressive.
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of candle plates. That's fun. Well done on your French!
ReplyDeleteI had two honey bees in the house today, which was thrilling.
ReplyDeleteI haven't seen a bee yet, can't wait to see one hopefully soon.
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