Long Long Day

Bonfire Bliss

   Why do my days seem to get longer and longer, I'll soon need to borrow a few extra hours each day, they can just knock if off my end date, a few weeks off my life would be a fair exchange.Tomorrow it's another full day bead making as I need to try some ideas out and I have a few orders to complete. I guess most people feel a bit down with the thought of another long days work ahead, but to be honest I'm really looking forward to it, don't ask why but sitting at my torch early on a winters morning just seems right, something makes me feel safe and happy while I'm there, the rest of the world passes  while we sit chatting and swapping ideas next to the warm kiln.
   This afternoon I spent a few hours burning more of the conifer cuttings clearing the new kitchen garden area, I think another two or three fires will get the job done, then I get to plan out and build the raised beds. Its been a long time coming but I'm so looking forward to getting started, I guess after nearly  20 years landscaping it will be nice getting back to my old skills plus I just enjoy being out there knowing in a month or two it will look so different, our own kitchen larder there just yards from our door, you can't get veg fresher than that.
   I also need to plan the new herb garden, most of which will be grown in containers, I'm fed up with having different herbs around the garden so thought this was the perfect chance to get a herb garden sorted, after all no good kitchen garden should be without one.
   I completed the new bench in the greenhouse ready for the heated cable, this weekend I hope to get the first seeds sown and the heating set up, it a busy time here but I'm really enjoying it.
   Now there is one job I have to do this week that I'm not so sure about, making my first ceramic glaze, one of two things may happen, it all goes ok and I'll have a smile from ear to ear or I'll sit in a corner and cry for an hour haha, no telling which way it will go !