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<\/p>\nI’ve spent the day doing wheel pottery with my friend Heidi at her pottery studio in Derbyshire.<\/p>\n
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I made ten bowls (well, eight bowls and two things that turned out to be better jugs than bowls, which I later fashioned spouts for and will make handles for later.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Some of it was pretty wonky, but for a first go in 22 years, having only really had a few goes in high school, I was pretty damn smug when I was finished. We’ll see how they are after glazing etc.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Anna made her special lasagna the other night, which was amazing. Unfortunately the second photo is a bit blurry, but it was worth seeing it in all its glory. Delicious.<\/p>\n Our German volunteers have been working on the driveway, removing stones and topsoil from where we don’t want it. Almost time to call in the machines.<\/p>\n Nora picked some reeds from the wet bit of the lawn and made a basket. She said they were much better to work with after drying for a day.<\/p>\n And they’ve all been working hard on the clearing of the back corner of the plot, as well as the turning over of the future vegetable plot.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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 ![\"closeup](\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_1990.jpg\")
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