After nearly 6 weeks in hospital after several mini-strokes, my Dad came home the day before yesterday.  It's hard work nursing someone getting over a stroke - I never knew there was so much to it!  All his food has to be pureed, there's a whole list of things he can't eat, all his drinks have to be thickened with starch until they're like wallpaper paste (until his swallow function returns properly).  He's very weak compared to how he was before so he needs a lot of help.  But he's walking with the help of a stick and can wash and dress himself, so I guess he's a lot better off than many others.  In time, I'm sure he'll get almost back to normal.

Work has of course suffered over the last few weeks, but that's a sacrifice worth making for such a brilliant dad.

Here's one of my latest pots - I decided to try something a bit different after being inspired at the Royal College of Art exhibition in June.  This vase is 10.5 inches tall; I also made a large cylindrical one about 12 inches tall and a small cylindrical one about 3.5 inches tall - they're all on the Shop page of this website - until someone buys them of course!