warm and cloudy
an early start
editing photos
forming a clear layout
for the catalogue
8 pages
combining text and image
takes most of the morning
the printer goes on holiday
tomorrow
then back to supermarket
to get local paper
H is sure I’ll be in there
it took a while to find
the papers and magazines
are neither in the supermarket
…the woman on the till
looks shocked when I ask
where the papers are
nor in the bookshop
but in the ‘library’
a magazine shop
of course!
anyway there I am
under Sacy Le Petit
unsmiling
for some reason
and quoted
en français
at the supermaket
buy gâteau breton
with framboise
mmm
back at the chateau
a late lunch
some gateau
and then down
in the workshop
…sharing with a mouse today
hoping to stiffen
the fabric with glue
so it takes on a rigid form
but its flimsy still
want to pad out the
big frame
made in the first week
test out different
fabric folds and things
but it’s not quite happening
maybe needs stitching
and padding
to make long tubes…
D returns
cheerful and bluff
the bell rings
and we sit around
H’s kitchen table
woofers from
sweeden and paris
H and me
with bordeux
salami, hazelnuts
D is entertaining
in an old fashioned way
like he’s amusing his grandchildren
showing us his muscles
getting us to guess how old he is
(62)
not that I understand much
but it’s good to laugh
about lost hamsters
and the girls
from Colorado
who wanted
to use his shower
not quite all downhill after that
manage to stitch
some tubes
into a length of muslin
stuffing them with
bubble wrap
it’s got potential..
