Wow, Thats a Lot of Poo

I have spent the morning shoveling horse poo and have only removed a small portion of what I had hoped to get rid of. Oh well back to free cycle we go !

Sad Little Box

Today I made a box, a sad little box no bigger than my palm.
It holds the dearest little thing that I have ever lost.
I know not what name to put upon the lid, for life it never got
But close to my heart this tiny spark will stay
Long after the earth have rotted it away

Bone Carving continued

I have finished the bone folder and had a chance to use it, it works quite well and will serve my purpose until I can get the antler one finished.

So carrying on from where I left off. Once the bone was dry I decided on the shape which is pretty basic gently curved at one end and more pointed at the other. I used a horse rasp (a rasp used on horses feet) as I didn't have any other rasps, to make the basic shape. The rasp removes greater amounts of martial quickly. once I had the basic shape down I refined it with a medium file and then finished it off with a medium - fine sand paper. I didn't take many photos whilst I worked ( to busy shaping the bone) But here are photos of the finished product.

The bone folder from the topside. This was originally the outside of the bone.

the under side of the bone folder. It is easy to see the curve of the sides of the bone.

Some idea of how big the folder is.

Bone Carving

I have finally started to make my self a bone folder out of a piece of bone I collected off Grandmas farm.

So far I have cut the ends off the bone and sawed it in half length ways. This has rooted the blade of the hack saw either that or attempting to cut the antler which I also hope to make a folder out of also. The bone has now been cleaned in a solution of bleach, warm water and washing powder left for 20 min or so and scrubbed with a tooth brush. The bone pieces are currently sitting in the sun drying.

Bone pieces after cutting, the large will be a bone folder the smaller I may turn into needles.

The bone pieces and the antler

Book Binding - what keeps me awake at night

As odd as it sounds I spent a restless night last night thinking about book binding. The books I have to fix, what I need to get to get them fixed. What books I would like to make, the list is very long............

Horse Poo has a Home

Yay I finally have people wanting to take the horse poo away its excelent!!

Now to fill more bags

Yuck

Arghhh after 4 days of illness I am finally out of bed and have manged to stomach some yogurt which is great. Concentration is still on the blink and reading is kinda difficult. I think it could be just adjusting to being upright again. Poor O has had to take the week off course to look after A for me, which I feel horrible about.