Potting outside with my pup

It was too nice a day to be in my workshop so I relocated to my outside table area with my boards, tools and clay to roll out some slabs for bowls. 
I got quite a bit done listening to the radio with my "not so little" pup sleeping next to me. 
Only two months ago I could have fitted him into a shoe box, now he wouldn't fit into five shoeboxes.  

Rolling out slabs of clay to impress fern leaves and beech leaves into them.

Poppy stoneware bowls drying after being made.

 

New Arrival!

I emptied the kiln on Monday with all the wedding favours in, so I really should be working, but I have a minor distraction!!

My Old Tyme Bulldog puppy

His name is Gus and he will be our canine companion from now on.
He is only 8 weeks old right now so its like having a newborn baby around. (All the extra washing, paper training, feeding ect….not to mention the stream of visitors we have had.)
He has had quite an impact on our lives already and we have all fallen for his charms.

Not sure when I will get time to thread all these ready for the weddings, I think I might take him in the workshop with me and put a hot water bottle under his blanket so I can thread them up tomorrow.