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This little fellow was sitting next to me. Until he got popped into next file’s yard hastily!

Our first grapes!

Hooray! The finished paint and the damar resin i had to melt with the wax. All of the colors except for the small whites were made with the darker brown wax which hasn’t been bleached in the sun. . The…

The car passed its MOT but we were both a little traumatized by the experience. MOTs are a sort of drive through experience and there’s three lanes of vehicles that get tested. Our testing man was very thorough. Much more…

Who would have thought that the bleached wax came in so many different shades! The wax at the top wad its natural colour.

I’m getting on with it, this is as far as I’ve got. There’s a lot more to do! It’s not quite as blue as this in real life.

We’re in the middle of a heatwave! It’s impossible to walk outside now without shoes. Although there was a cloud yesterday, which was nice, it’s blue skies and very hot sun! Happily all our cats and dogs are sensible enough…

One of my favourite things about this time of year is when we are sat out in the evening, saying ‘bird’, ‘bat’, ‘bat’, ‘bird’ as the birds and bats flutter round together. There’s a short 5 minute or so window,…

Last Wednesday and Thursday there were storm warnings. On Wednesday there was an electrical storm bouncing around, and – quite literally – six drops of rain (Ian and I felt three each when we were sat outside in the evening).…

I think I know why bleached beeswax is so expensive. Here is the latest in my beeswax quest, the bleached beeswax has been melted into blocks however that appears to be a lot of black gunk on the bottom which…