balmy evening...

off to the beach we trecked last night celebrating lauren's b'day my niece, only took us 22 years to get there apparently it's been always inclement for her event and we just haven't made it...but there ya go persistence...and a lovely sunset it was...i grabbed a few shells some lovely pointy ones to experiment with and perhaps on the tiles...

and this week a plaster workshop at roses place woohoo!, i'll be doing some plate molds to whip up emergency kiln fillers and just play with the plate form which can be a bit tense when throwing them ... so the goal is to loosen up with the plate form and work more on the deco side!!

mud says hi!...

and there we have it! the whole system back together and not a leak in site yey!!



and of course the posts are still waiting it's been a bit wet after the heat wave and not much has been done pergola wise...ahh back to it, warming up again for the wkd...

Mud says hi!
but that was all i could get out of him this morning nap time apparently...he's outside now chasing a mouse around..you wouldn't think he was 13...

and this is what happens when you deco over 40C sparkly colours all over!! they're back in the kiln for glaze firing now so i'll have loads for market...

and these guys i just love so much the rustic nature the cobalt dash of texture and a little splash of colour too, it will be interesting to see how they go down this month at market too..well that's my day including some clay pugging
this afternoon nearly lost a tool in the machine as i was trying to clear some old clay left to dry in it and was grabbed by the thing.. luckily the off switch is handy and yes it shouldn't have been running while i was poking around in it trying to get things moving....all good though both machine and i survived the encounter...!!

all good things...

who'd deco in this heat??...

mwa!!!

nearly done another shelf load later when the sun's run away!!!.....and progress report on that other job later too...stay cool or warm wherever you are...

ta daaaaa!!

ta daaaa!! firstly mmm lunch and the lovely new mug from margaret brampton with some yummy tea...

and mud checking out whats going on up the garden that or checking out the rustling in the vine, could be a mouse or a lizard but they went to ground so no action there..

and the big mystery unveiling, ahh a lovely slab of concrete that survived the heat so far and last nights effort 2 posts in ready for some shade and pergola extension...yay!!