1. The afternoon is a bit of a bust – more things fail than succeed – but as the session draws to a close, some of my slip experiments produce interesting results: not as I’d planned but interesting all the same.

1b. J, one of my favourite people at the studio, makes amazing shapes by pushing clay through a sieve. One way, they’re amazing organic fronds, like moss or seaweed, but the other way around, it’s a neat grid, almost industrial.

1c. G has her Egyptian Paste materials in an cardboard box which is so old that on its side, it advertises “special 3 packs” of Crunchies for 35p. Bargain!

2. A cup of tea waiting for me when I return from pottery.

3. Lily wants to play with her dad. They chase after her bone for a bit then when he curls in a ball with her bone hidden underneath him, she sphinxes in front of him, tail banging on the ground, waiting for him to unfurl again.

3b. John can hear her noisy tail as we dance together in the kitchen.