My niece texted me yesterday and said that her mom (my sister) was coming over Sunday morning to help her decide where to plant the three hydrangeas she bought this weekend and said that I should come, too. I replied with a thumbs up. She texted me this morning with her mom's ETA of 9:15. I got there about 9:30, and the three of us decided where the hydrangeas should go. I volunteered to help dig some holes, but my niece turned down the offer (thank goodness!).
After a nice walk-about in the yard to admire what's blooming (it looks great!), I came on home. One of the first things I did was to check on some polymer clay that I had put between two sheets of paper to "leach" yesterday afternoon in hopes of making a "Skinner blend."
Now, here is the big announcement: IT WORKED! For the first time ever, I made a long, even, sheet of clay that graduated subtly from red to orange to yellow, which I then successfully rolled into a cane.
Hallelujah!
And this was done with the too-sticky clay from Hobby Lobby, which has laid opened (but in a plastic bag that sometimes gets sealed) for several weeks.
There's a distinct possibility that I will ruin the cane once I start cutting into it. But that's a different hurdle to leap.
Before I left to go to my niece's house, I gave The Husband his Father's Day present. As I handed him the gift bag, I said, sincerely, "This is not retribution for the Mother's Day present [an iron] you gave me." He got some comfy sleep shorts, an extra-squishy seat cushion, and 4 packs of Dude Wipes.
There was no insinuation in my gift choices. (Well, not much. *snicker*)
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