Teeth Who Needs Them?

I am so fed up with my teeth it started with toothache in August PAIN. Dentist on holiday until September PAIN. Temporary crown - fell out PAIN. Just to add insult to injury I thought I may be addicted to PAIN killers . New temporary crown PAIN. New shiny crown bl**dy thing is too high I cannot bite properly so, its another trip to the Dentist's. I just want to scream. Oh well at least there is no Pain just cannot chew my food.

Its lucky I am such an easy going person otherwise I may have pulled the offending tooth out by now although, I must admit after hearing the cost of a crown I was tempted to see if an extraction was cheaper. When I told my work colleagues the cost of a crown they all thought I meant the type a king/Queen would wear on their heads. Do I look like someone who would wear a crown?LOL......

Enough of this mad woman ranting this is what I have been working on.

Pitter Patter Raindrops I'm Wet Through

Here in North London it has been raining almost solidly since 3.15pm - its now 5.30pm. I returned home soaked to the skin. My Pac-a-mac may have impressed the year 6 children at break time but, it failed miserably to keep me dry. No thats not entirely true only my legs were soaked. Where's your umbrella you may ask well, that broke the first time I used it during the holidays. As it only cost £4.99 and I didn;t keep the receipt I didn't have the nerve to take it back. God only knows what state my son will return in. He does not own a brolly and would not be seen dead in a Pac-a-mac. Like his mum it would not cross his mind to take shelter.....

These little Jack-a-Lanterns remind me of being wrapped up warm sitting by an open fire reading by candle light with a steaming cup of tea.

Juggling Real Life With A Miniature Life

I have ownly been back at work for 5 days and I am feeling the strain already. When I was on holiday did I sculpt did I heck. No I lay in the sun, read books, daydreamed or complained that I had lost my creative mojo. No sooner am I back at work my creative mojo returns with a vengence leaving me frustrated as I am too tired to sculpt. Everything goes wrong when I am tired its as though I have lost my talent.

Here's another example of some of my Halloween delights.

September Slips In

I turned by back for a few minutes and its September already. I am now back at work fortunately, we had a two day week to ease us back in. Well I was exhausted and in bed that night at 8.30pm. So I have been flirting with the idea of handing in my notice as I suppose we all do from time to time.

In between daydreaming about giving up work I have been working on Halloween items. For some of our Pagan friends Halloween is their New Year. A time when the earth goes to sleep in the long dark winter months to awaken with the first signs of life in Spring. Here's what I have been working on.

Idle Days

The summer holidays are nearly over and I had such great plans. I was going to spend weeks sculpting getting ready for Christmas but, in truth I have made relatively nothing. The sunshine bedazzled me and lead me astray. Well I have just one week left so, I will try to resist the urge to do anything but sculpt.

I should be making more jars of preserves like this and some Halloween bits.

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Pickles, Pickles and More Pickles

Preparing for the long dark winter months pickling fresh vegetables to get us through until the warm spring when fresh vegetables will be available again. Nowadays I would not have a clue as what to do. However, as a child I use to help my grandfather plait onions and store potatoes for the winter . While my grandmother pickled beetroots and made tomato and sultana chutney.

Now that I have finally removed all the sticky scenic water from my fingers and scrubbed most of the dye off I can list a photo of what I have been upto for the last couple of days. Oh yes at this point I will mention that I have had a red finger for two days. Thankfully no-one commented. I am not sure whether pickling 12th scale or for real is any less messy.

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Real Life Verses Miniature

What a week I have had, I need to replace some of the old sash windows in my dilapidated home. Its going to cost in excess of £1000 if only they were miniature windows I could pop out and buy a sheet of acrylic perspex and have the job done in a jiffy.

I have made a beautiful Christmas pud which cheers me as it reminds me of all the Christmas preparations which, I enjoy more than the actual day. I can just taste the rich thick brandy sauce.

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