I did have a good day in the shed today, once I actually got down to it. Elaine and I both intended to work, but not having seen her for quite a few days, we had loads of meaningless rubbish to catch up on. Then we had a cup of tea and a bacon sandwich, and then another cup of tea. Then we went our separate ways a bit, she wimped out and sat inside in the tea room and I sat in the shed. I then wrote up my final show proposal, but without all the really useful information such as room numbers and heights of the ceilings.
It did rain a little bit, but not to be deterred a few drawings were made. I’ve not been as adventurous with my materials as Bernard, but it’s been fun again. I’m looking forward to the weekend, I almost don’t dare look at the weather forecast. Rob is going to play in the shed during the afternoon, and I shall draw or paint or sew for the rest of the time, and talk to people about the project the rest of the time…
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It was a good job I had the forethought to put a couple of quilts in the shed! I’ve been freezing! At one point this morning I was shivering so much I couldn’t draw! So I wrapped one quilt around my legs and another around my shoulders and hugged a mug of tea. The sun broke through the clouds for a while this afternoon and that made all the difference in the world, just as the visitors arrived. It got warm enough for Rachel to describe the shed as “quirky” but not its inhabitant as “stark raving bonkers”. I did a few ink and watercolours of the foliage around the garden. This was unexpected, as I’d planned to organise myslf, do a spot of writing, and sort out one of my poems/lyrics that needs a bit of work. Apart from being a bit chilly, it’s been lovely, I’ve listened to the ducklings and the sheep and the fish doing formation leaping out of the pond when they think no one’s watching. A mistlethrush played in the birdbath and two wagtails did John Travolta impressions across the lawn. Lovely. I’ve been productive, but with all the wrong things.
Not much to say really today, as we’re exhausted! I would like to say thank you to Elaine, Mike, Liam and Taf for all their help… And of course to Rachel for letting me park the shed in her super garden for a whole month! I couldn’t do this mad thing on my own! Here are some photos though, to show her in her lovely new surroundings.
Not much to be written today, but a few photos now it’s finished. I suspect I haven’t used enough red. But the idea is that I use what I’ve got rather than buy any more. The mountain of second hand fabric in the loft is marginally lower than it was. Did remove that offensive greenish bit in the end, much happier now.
I shall now lie down in a darkened room for a while, and think about who I can con into helping me dismantle it later in the week.
Spent much of today stripping the tatty bits of fabric off, giving the shed a brush up, then removing the fabric that isn’t vaguely red, white or blue.
I haven’t got my usual crew with me… Briony and Elaine have eschewed the shed for general festivity elsewhere. The weather forecast is looking pretty dire for the rest of the week so I’m doing it on my own. Mike offered to help, but I haven’t got time to “train him up”. So he’s on tea duty.
There is less R, W and B on the shed than I thought, and there are a couple of bits that are slightly greeny that I thought I’d be able to get away with, but as I put the new pieces up, it’s become obvious that they just won’t do.
I finished the back which is the worst bit as they are the longest strips and I have to do it squished up against the fence, and I invariably get pva smeared all over my sticky-out bits (of which there are many). The forecast is ok for the morning, so I’m wondering about getting up at the crack of dawn to do more, and then having an afternoon nap when I’ve finished.
I’ll need to sweep it out, and need to do somethng about the lace round the windows. When it went up last year it was white, and now has developed its own little micro-climate and eco system and things are looking decidedly greenish. I might get a toothbrush round it to clean it up. Also wondering if you can still get that whitener stuff that we used to tart up our green flash tennish shoes with in the olden days?
Oh God I feel so old.
