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<\/a><\/p>\nI stood in my garden and I could see the eclipse – through cloud, so I didn’t need the unobtainable glasses. unfortunately the iphone I use as a camera could only record a very very white blob instead of the elegant crescent that was visible. at times the cloud got too thin, and I used a couple of sheets of paper with a pinhole, but a very small upside down image was pretty disappointing, compared with the cloud-veiled eclipse.<\/p>\n
spring has been very cautious, with cold winds and a frost at night from time to time. the classic spring flowers are all out<\/p>\n hellebores, primroses, violets in Clip street, the japonica,<\/p>\n blackthorn, though the remaining bush in my garden which is covered in flower buds is in the shade, so it comes out later.<\/p>\n I am back in my shed too – a bisc firing last week cooked all but 2 of winter’s production.<\/p>\n today I’ve been washing some with iron oxide,<\/p>\n preparatory to slipping and glazing them, and there will be some glaze tests as well.<\/p>\n next I’m concentrating on bowls, mostly small<\/p>\n with little stem-type feet<\/p>\n and maybe some spoons<\/p>\n whilst birds and trees<\/p>\n and woods<\/p>\n get on with the spring business<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n