Hi

Well… theres the straw!
Will hopefully last a while.
Have popped several bales in the garage out of the weather so we’ve got access to dry chook bedding!

Poor Floss is unwell. No oomph
She’s spending her days in the hothouse out of the weather and full access to treats/food that she doesn’t have to fight the others for.
Fingers crossed she perks up

I STILL haven’t managed to get the white garlic in!!!
But the purple garlic is all going along nicely

Jeff dragged me out in the cold with my camera the other night to check out Frog Village

So many cute little frogs living in the ‘Bonsai’ Rhododendron

Glad to see them hanging about!

Back to soap…

A bit of bubblewrap on my Honey Milk and Oats soap again to make the honeycomb pattern

Speaking of soapy stuff…
Been caught up preparing my first solo workshop.
Sharon isn’t doing them at the moment, and I was asked to do one by the local group who I do the basket weaving through!

I had five ladies come along to learn (I capped it at five since I was on my own – although I did have amazing volunteer help with Michelle and Mal who ran about washing dishes etc which was a lifesaver!!)

It was fun setting up. I’d written out some notes for the students and baked a cake
I had to talk at them for quite a while with all the background soaping information and they were very patient and got involved asking questions etc. so that was nice.

I pre made most of the lye which made things slicker and faster when it came to everyone making their own batch.
Since its a critical part and I wanted them to be VERY aware of how to handle it and the dangers, I did one demo of mixing the lye into the water.
Everyone was a bit shocked on how quickly the mixture heated up to dangerous levels.

We got through all five batches quite well with the ladies choosing a wide variety of fragrances, colours and designs.

I’ll start unmoulding later today and get some updated snaps of the finished soaps
The dining room is COVERED in soap and it was a bit tricky getting them all flat in the car to transport home!
Later this week I’ll arrange dropoff/collection for everyone.

The ladies had a great day – even said not to bother advertising the next one as they just all wanted to come back and do it again!! (Nawwww)
They had the bright idea to get their own moulds so they could make soap and then just take it home with them!

First… I need to recover!
I swear I was more sore and tired after that than when I did that accidental 7 hour hike the other day!
I STILL have most of my gear in the slate room because I’ve not mustered the energy to go put everything away!

But it was fun! I even got time to do my show off demo!

Hope your weekend has been great so far!
Cheers