Hello everyone. Mike went back to office this morning, and my summer holiday has just begun. Financial market will be cruising until mid-September. The first thing I did this morning was a bit of cleaning. Ah, it's reality.
Ta-da. After Mike's work, we went to check the kiln (firing was done), collected fired works from another kiln (all look good), and collected dry cleaning. Then I spotted this.
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| Lovely Greek watermelon. |
It is 9.8 kg (21 1/2 lb), and really heavy. Mike hurt his elbow carrying it to the car! Still he posed for me, and hurt wrists. Caution: don't do this at home.
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| A long faced man! |
With this spirit, I share this with you.
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| Something I made earlier. |
I didn't like the big chicken head, so decided to remake it. Mike dismantled it from the body with a hammer and chisel, but alas, the bottom part also came off. This will be the head, but I probably made it too thin. We will see.
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| Now she became three pieces. |
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The weekend flew by. Saturday we spent about six hours in the studio. Mike made test glazes, and I finished several small critters; monkey, chicken, chick and cat. Surprisingly small works take a long time to finish. I use underglaze, oxide, vitreous slips and glazes. I make resists here and there with tapes and waxing. It can be quite tedious.
Sunday, we walked two dogs to High street to buy a jar of peanut butter with no salt, no sugar and no palm oil from Canterbury Wholefoods. It is made by Meridian. We have always used it for the parrots' cake; Scooter doesn't agree with any added salt. When we came home we had delicious big slices of lemon meringue pie Mike baked earlier. Then lunch with a glass of cider (yes, this order!). I became so sleepy; I took a lovely nap for about 45 minutes. It was so lovely that I didn't want to wake up, but forced myself to open eyes. Then I went to creative mode, and made this and that until about ten at night. While I was napping, Mike baked another batch of hazel nut biscotti! Yeah! It was another busy day!
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| Mike's biscotti! |
You know I am laughing at watermelon man ...ha ha Mike is being fruity funny ;)
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear you are having a Summer vacation Midori . A little housework, naps and some creativity with hazel nut biscotti on the side ~ sounds relaxing !
：D In Japan, it's not real summer unless you eat a watermelon or two. Japanese ones are all round. What are like in your place? It is yummy. We haven't finished it yet. : D
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