gallery day

The gallery day went well-plenty of cleaning to keep me busy, but not enough customers-well it was Thursday and the schools haven't closed for the holidays yet....and the economic downturn is still on the downslope. Plenty of galleries are suffering.

I visited the local tourist visitor centre, also an international attraction for one sort of cycling. There is nothing there that is produced locally and plenty that you'd find anywhere. That is apparently what their clientele buys. Not that they have a choice......
I'm going to look at others in a twenty mile radius in the hope that at least one might be thinking local!

I had lunch with a friend on Friday-being pampered and talking pots!!
I felt so tired after Thursday I didn't go up to the Pontypool end of the Common on my way back home.

Today has been busy but I still haven't finished those bigger bowls! Only turning and decorating to do.
I've bought parts to mend the car (and collect two of them next week) , had a wander round Ikea (it was too full of people!) made gooseberry jam and baked a Lemon Yoghourt cake!!
It has been a day of showers but very pleasant in between.
The Oily One and The Carpenter went out on their bikes...in different directions of course!! Then we all went up Twmbarlwm together. It was good to get up in the clean air. We didn't see the ponies atall, just signs where they had been a couple of days ago and hoofprints heading North....I knew I should have called by the other end of the Common yesterday!!

bleeurgh!

Not feeling good- I think I overdid things yesterday!

Still, good news, the thing for the spinner is what is needed- she still hasn't told me what to call it!!
Could be a spindle rest. Everything is just sitting there drying VERY slowly, so nothing I can do today.

I planted shallots today! The ground was just dry enough as I'm near the top end of the allotments.
Also bought onion sets, and seed potatoes to chit ready to plant in April. The onion sets will go in pots in the greenhouse (note to self, tidy greenhouse!)

The sacks of potatoes and onions and shallots arrived yesterday, and it was a relief to get out of the wind into the Allotment Shed to clean and tidy it with Mountain Man and Big Paul. Now it looks three times as big inside!!

Over a cheese and onion butty for lunch I did more pony and stud research on the computer with Mountain Man. He needs to get one stallion registered as such (Penhwnllys Max) so that the foals he sires can be registered as Section A Welsh Mountain Ponies.

The workshop is looking a little more cluttered, but at least the good news is that I have a "new" engine for my car, thanks to the Oily One. Next step is to do as much work on it *before* putting it in my car!! That way there will be fewer bashed knuckles and cursing!!
Then I can book it into the local Citroen and Peugeot Specialist ("Bijou"-named after a Citroen2CV!) for its annual MoT test. There are some shops and galleries that I can't get to by bus or train, so I need the car going again!!

I'm feeling better for having an easier day, but I need proper Spring Weather!!