Back To Work

Glad To Be Back For Sure.

   Another early dark morning with still more rain falling, the barn all open and kiln warming while I enjoy my first cuppa of the day, no moon this morning the sky is far too dark.
   It's back to work for me today after spending yesterday away from my torch, I guess in a way I enjoyed the rest but I have to say, by mid afternoon I was bored and was out in the clay room checking up on things there, I knew it would be hard keeping away but I do feel refreshed this morning and I'm looking forward to a good full day making beads.
   It was nice walking around a couple of the small towns near us, the Christmas window displays with lights showing off their wares and the busy little streets full of hustle and bustle as people searched for those festive gifts, there was a real Christmas feel around unlike the large stores we all visit, those stores who just count you has a number for the till.
   It's a real shame that some of our smaller towns seem to become less important to us all, we are all guilty of using the mega stores where we can buy most things under the same roof, leaving those small independent shops finding it hard to carry on, but I guess thats the way things move on in our world.
   This weekend we will get the Christmas decs up and give the place a festive feel, my treat for myself yesterday was a small bag of chestnuts which I will take great pleasure in roasting on the woodburner next week. I know it's a luxury but we need a few small things to help make christmas special and to me they are one such thing. The second treat of yesterday was that I ordered some raw materials that I need to make my own ceramic glaze, ok it was just a few pounds but to us this is a lot at the moment and if I'm going to learn how to get my own glaze colours then I just have to obtain the ingredients to do so.
   Ok, so I now have to get off to find out what the ceramic kiln holds in store, fingers crossed some pieces will be ok, I know there will be some crap results but maybe the odd success will be found, I'll put a picture on here of anything worth mentioning tomorrow.