Dupont:

Reporting that I have done very little and may undo what I have actually done! I did manage to throw a few small pots and soap dishes - in the new style my friend wants - I don't like them but got the hang of making them - half a dozen for starters. THEN, I was working on back deck which was very nice on a warm dry day. The next day was not so warm and I managed to trim some of them before the drizzle began...

So, off to a building/home supply store for a roof of sorts. There was a dearth of Anglophones but, with time and perseverance I managed - You have to buy it first then pick it up and if it doesn't fit in your small car, you can return it!    OH, MY! I found the place to look at it, got a nice young fellow to find it and we determined together than it should fit. THEN, I managed to get back out by going toward the bar across the path with slow determination I saw someone do it! Went back and paid for it, came back around back and nice man put it in car. Oh, IT is a large umbrella on a stem off to the side that suspends it overhead.

It is in the house (in box) while I wait for a consult with R to decide if I can raise and lower it as needed. In the meantime, it is too cool, and due to rain for parts of the next 5 warmish days... The man has still not picked up his bowls. The tires cannot be changed here until 6 May. R's Birthday is Tuesday. Clay and tires are all in car - except I brought in one box of clay to warm up until I can work again. Hope ...

So: plan is to leave on Weds. Phone service station near Beaver to see if they have time to change tires. Consider the efficacy of this Umbrella or return it! Sit and do nothing in the meantime... - Almost. Did a grocery run yesterday, made the cauliflower cheddar soup - good for one more meal. If I go to K right now, I could put in a roast pork with potatoes and onions - in the toaster oven. Good for several meals.

This heavy weather does weigh me down. And too mach green tea makes me visit the washroom often. ... Did write a longish and careful email to a friend who weighs on me - and R. I feel badly not to be comfortable being a good support person and he has a similar problem; we cannot talk about it even. But cannot let it go completely; it has been several years... No wonder I am burying myself in the internet and THEN find, today, a dear FB friend's husband has stage 4 cancer; And she lost her adult daughter just 3-4 years ago and is still grieving seriously. ... Think I may need to fall back and re-group.