Small but important events

I see it's been a while since I posted to this blog. One reason is that I didn't have any photos and I find I'm unwilling to put anything up without some sort of visual accompaniment

Back to Sunday which has been a very grumpy day for me for years. I was in the habit of doing the laundry, the grocery shopping and the marking that had been sitting on my desk since Friday night as well as any planning for classes that I had neglected. Around 2 in the afternoon I was looking around for something to do. The laundry was in and there was enough food in the house until Monday. It suddenly struck me that I could actually sit down on the couch and read a book and that's exactly what I did.

Yesterday I rode my bike to meet Judy for coffee at Glenmore Landing and then it was such a nice day I decided to continue around the reservoir the long way. It was the temperature of a summer day although not quite as hot as it was when we were cycling in Europe. Thank goodness for that! I was kicking myself that I didn't take a camera with me. There would have been some beautiful shots of the water and the trees turning. I'm hoping I can get back there before the week is out with my camera.

Today I stuck pretty close to home. I got some calls made and some things arranged and then I christened my new sharpening system and got the dovetails laid out for the latest box. I haven't cut any since July and I'm a bit nervous about starting them. The last set I made was the best one I've ever done and I'd hate to think that I'd peaked. I'll do some sawing practice before I start in on the actual joinery. I'm very pleased with how quickly I can now sharpen plane irons and how much less mess there is. I never was much for playing in the mud and with the regular water stones each sharpening session was very like playing in the mud. I'd never make a potter. Give me nice dry wood shavings any time.