… much better day today.
Or, at least, I think that I did but I won’t know until I compare the photo of today’s work with that of yesterday’s.
Anyway, this morning the issue of the chisel was decided by the fact that I couldn’t find the old screwdriver anywhere no matter how hard I looked, and so I fetched a metalworking chisel from the toolbox. I’ll be using that until I can buy a stonemason’s chisel on Saturday.
And it worked wonders too – first thing that I did after midday was to chase out a huge segment of mortar, and I was doing so well that I reckoned that I’d bung a bucket-load of mortar in before lunch.
I must have been so carried away though because a glance at the clock told me that it was 14:20 – a good 20 minutes after lunchtime and that’s not like me at all. You can call me anything you like as long as you don’t call me late for lunch
After lunch I heaved another 6 buckets of lime mortar into the wall.
But although it all went in really well and I was making some really nice and consistent mixes, this huge crack is being rather awkward and it isn’t really going how I want it to go.
None of the stones that I can find are the correct size and so it’s being a little patchy.
it’ll all stick together, that’s for sure, but it’s not as artistic as I would like it to be.
A good morning on the radio programmes too.
I’m now up to 23kb of our latest effort and it’ll be another big one I reckon, certainly overtaking the “load of rubbish” that we did in February and March.
But hark at me, hey? “Not as artistic as I would like it to be” – who do I think I am?
I’ll be starting to criticise other people’s curtains if I carry on like this!
