Day Of Rest ?

An Easy Sunday

   After the long week past I decided to take it easy today, I always know when I need a rest, when the batteries need charging up and I think that time as arrived. We can all work hard and put in long hours but in the end your body tells you to stop, the signs for me are falling asleep in the evening and I must admit last night I was so tired.
   The fact that this last few weeks the Coeliac is making my joints so stiff and legs, back and shoulders ache so much that I look like an old man of 80 walking around is really not helping, thank god nobody can see me, they would have me put down, it's funny, I don't mind telling you here on my blog but the thought of people seeing me hobble around is one I really don't like. The bike rides seem to help for a while but within an hour of returning I can hardly walk, but hey, I'm told it does pass and after a while and with the help of fish oils etc it will get better, fingers crossed it's soon.
   This morning I get to open the ceramic kiln, I hope the results are good and there are some interesting pieces inside. I will be listing more ceramic beads this evening and if they are ok I will list a few more vessels, I'm so lucky, every morning I get that excitement of opening the lampwork kiln plus most Sundays I get to see what delights the ceramic kiln has in store for me.
   We were told yesterday we would be blessed with a sunny dry day today so lets hope they are right, I must say the sun was out at 6am this morning so that must be a good sign, It would be nice to enjoy a day working in the garden, after the rains I really need to catch up on so many jobs, I think my hoe will be busy and I have veg to harvest ready for our dinner tonight.
   It's mornings like this that remind me of those slow Sunday mornings as a kid, my dad would spend part of the morning picking and preparing veg for the Sunday lunch and the taste of those fresh carrots, peas and potatoes still stays with me now. I can smell that fresh mint sauce that my mum would make and bottle and the hot roast chicken that would come from the oven steaming hot with the smell of home made stuffing filling the kitchen, what I would give for one of those lunches and of course my mum dishing it out, oh how our lives change over the years.
   We started to empty the barn yesterday afternoon with the aim of giving it a lick of paint and a good tidy, the displays need cleaning and setting up while we have a new piece of carpet to replace the old one, thanks to a friend who was throwing it out. It means I need to start making stock to fill the displays but that's always a pleasure and I was told by the boss that I can even display my ceramic so that will give me a chance of showing them off. The aim is to let customers visit and we hope this will be possible by the end of August.
   Well I'm off back to the garden while I wait for the ceramic kiln to cool then it's time to see what it holds and if any are worth listing on etsy, I know they are just odd small items are the moment but I'm hoping that any sales will help buy clay and just maybe I can start collecting a few pennies to get that electric wheel, fingers crossed.