Monthly Archives: October 2013

Anna and I got some way on the back porch (after much procrastination) but then unfortunately her Grandmother in Italy died and she had to head off in a hurry. Our thoughts are with her and her family. The porch … Continue reading →

  Balthazar has been given the post of personal assistant and is making Elmo’s job easier in any way he can. We finally finished making and hanging the clothes airer above the stove. Between it and the mangle it’ll be … Continue reading →

I spent today trimming the bottoms of my bowls and two jugs, and adding fancy bits to the jugs. Most of the day was about setting my pieces upside down on the wheel and shaving off quite a lot of … Continue reading →

Well, one kitten. We went to the shelter today and got a friend for Lily. We’ve called him Balthazar (Anna’s idea) and he’s adorable. He’s black at first glance but quite tabby-stripey if you turn him upside down, which he … Continue reading →

I’ve spent the day doing wheel pottery with my friend Heidi at her pottery studio in Derbyshire. I made ten bowls (well, eight bowls and two things that turned out to be better jugs than bowls, which I later fashioned … Continue reading →