Tuesday 28 September 2021

Tuesday

 Good morning, everyone.  It's another dull old start to the day today although yesterday, after some torrential rain, brightened up considerably and we had lovely sunshine for the rest of the day.  Maybe today will be similar.  Fingers crossed.

Yesterday pretty much all went according to plan.  Circuit training was, as suspected, a killer.  I never like the lying down sort of core exercises very much and end up feeling giddy and slightly nauseous, so I did modified versions instead.  Lindsey is good like that - always assumes one is trying ones hardest and is happy to adapt.  Still, I suppose it must be doing some good.

Tuition was fine.  The student is on a residential trip next week so I have a holiday!

Then Dave and Anna turned up with table and bowl after picking them up from Liverpool at the weekend.  Yes, they had a few fuel issues but nothing unsurmountable, thankfully, although Dave thought at one point he was going to have to phone his boss to say he might need a couple of days off, having not taken his work laptop with him.
All was well however.


Here's some photos.  The table is a slab of Canadian redwood that Dad had shipped over after a business trip there in, I think, the late 70s/early 80s and had made into a coffee table over here.  Some years ago, he and Mum had it re-varnished and whoever did it made a right dog's dinner of the job and it looked horrible.  What Anna's brother, Paul, has done is stripped everything back to the wood, filled in some cracks, etc and then re coated/waxed/stained/whatever-he-did the whole thing.  The base (which you can't really see as it's in shadow) is a different wood and he found a stain to get it to more or less the same colour which it hadn't been before.

To Paul's horror, the bowl had been used for fruit and as a plant or vase stand and was quite damaged with gone off fruit and water drips.  Again, he has restored it beautifully and, I gather, a visitor was prepared to pay rather a lot for it, had it been for sale.

I have to get used to the table being here.  It doesn't look 'right', it should be at Letchworth, but I will work on it < grin >.
Dave and Anna have laid claim to the table after my demise (!) and Beth the bowl so I know that their future is assured.

I thoroughly enjoyed our dinner together, Dave, Anna and me.  A shame about the wine induced headache this morning.  

Today, in contrast, is a nothing sort of day.  Nothing in the diary, nothing outstanding.    I'm going to do some tidying up and clearing out, especially my tuition shelves.  There's a whole load of stuff there that I no longer need but I DO need the space.
Today, I feel motivated - a nice feeling.
Have a good day, everyone.  xx

16 comments:

  1. Oh wow. That table is absolutely stunning. Exactly the sort of thing we would love.

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  2. Even reading the words 'Circuit Training' makes me feel tired

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  3. I'm with you on any exercise that requires lying on the floor. Ugh.

    The wooden pieces are a lovely legacy. Clearly, lovingly restored.

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    1. Aren't they beautiful. It's the sort of thing I love, using the natural ebb and flow of the wood to determine the shape.
      xx

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  4. I love the bowl!! I am a real sucker for woodturners stalls at any fair I go to and to say I have a lot of bowls that I try and convince myself are useful is an understatement, but they look good stacked together and eventually most are given a job even if it is occasionally just to look pretty and fill a gap :-)

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    1. I have a few bowls too but nothing quite as lovely as that and probably not as many - wood is such a fantastic material.
      xx

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  5. What beautiful pieces of wood, your Dad had great vision. The bowl is gorgeous. xx

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    1. It is. I love it so much and the restoration has worked wonders with its visual impact.
      xx

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  6. Oh, they both look so good. Dave's friend has done a fantastic job on them ... you must be delighted.

    Please will you pass some of that motivation my way? I found the task of clearing out my tuition folders to be very therapeutic so I hope it is the same for you xx

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    1. I am thrilled to bits and it's well worth the cost. It's not just any financial value, it's also important emotionally too.
      Sending some motivation over - here, catch!
      xx

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  7. Gorgeous table and bowl. Redwood lasts forever if looked after.

    God bless.

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    1. That's great to know. I intend giving it a good going over with a bit of beeswax and a soft cloth today and anything that goes on it will either have felt pads underneath or be on a heatproof mat. :-)

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  8. Those pieces are gorgeous. You just can't beat the beauty of solid wood, especially when it is treated properly. X

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    1. Very definitely. Wood is just beautiful.
      xx

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