Equinox

 Well it has been a almost 4 weeks since I updated this,  Motivation has been lacking but I won't dwell on that,  this is not going to turn into a moaning blog.

Tonight / Tomorrow we hae the spring Equinox (from the Latin = Equal night) which means that for the next six months it is light for longer than it is dark so effectively the Winter is over.  I wish someone would tell the Met office as it is about -2 degreex C outside at the moment, nut the sky is clear and we may get some more sun for a few days.

I have had a few frustrating days in the shed, working with wood, and mainly random bits of off-cuts or leftover wood it can happen,  Finding knots that ruin a piece,  finding flaws in the wood which mess up a few hours work.  It happens, wood is a natural organic medium so there are no guarantees it will do what is expected of it.  The most frustrating time is when a finished item is brought into the house and two days later a crack appears and suddenly a well turned bud vase or pot becomes a very beautiful piece of firewood.  

This is a pretty little bud vase in Yew (Taxus Baccata)  only about 4 1/2 inches tall, it was perfect when I finished it and two days later the crack appeared...

Ah well,  onwards and upwards.

The following made me smile:

A Russian woman married a Canadian gentleman and they lived happily ever after in Toronto .  The poor lady was not very proficient in English, but did manage to communicate with her husband..  The real problem arose whenever she had to shop for groceries.


One day, she went to the butcher and wanted to buy chicken legs. She didn't know how to put forward her request, so, in desperation, clucked like a chicken and lifted up her skirt to show her thighs.  Her butcher got the message and gave her the chicken legs.


Next day she needed to get chicken breasts, again she didn't know how to say it, so she clucked like a chicken and unbuttoned her blouse to show the butcher her breasts.  The butcher understood again and gave her some chicken breasts.


On the 3rd day, the poor lady needed to buy sausages.  Unable to find a way to communicate this, she brought her husband to the store...

What were you thinking?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Her husband speaks English!

Now get back to what you were doing!

 

I worry about you sometimes!