BRK #450
A few wins today, with environmental challenges thrown in the mix.
I successfully drilled drainage holes in the bottom of a ceramic container. The secret is apparently to
not use the drill press. Seriously: being able to wiggle the drill bit in various angles seems to accelerate the drilling process - maybe by eating away at the sides as much as the center - and helps prevent compressing the ceramic dust beneath the drill bit. Using the drill press, I suspect, eventually just tries to crush the pulverised stone, and that causes it to shatter. I felt good about this process, and I am confident I can replicate it with much less shattering in the future.
Also successfully fit a doorknob and deadbolt at the Red Cabin. Several hours later, I even found the working keys.
Meanwhile: the Lab is a sopping wet, muddy mess. Wanted to fell a tree up there but neither Toots (the van) nor the RAV4 were up to the task. Very muddy.
In other news, cats are up for adoption...! If you are interested in taking in a barn cat or two, then we can offer some suggestions. My only hard-and-fast rule is that
Donkey stays. The rest are up for grabs, in my opinion.
(Razz and Top G AKA Doorstop pictured here)
In the afternoon I mixed up some poly-dough, and earlier this evening I baked my first-ever bread bowls. They're intended for tomorrow's Half Assed Holiday: Wooden
Spoon Day. Going to make some split
pea soup and test them out.
Based on my taste-test, they seem more like dinner rolls. And the portions were way too large, and when they were baked the edges touched together so the structural integrity might not be the best. I'll try it out tomorrow and see how resilient they end up, maybe along with
SEPPer Dez and
SEPPer Julia. The good news, as
Paul suggested later: if they didn't work out so well as bread bowls, PB&J is always a superb alternative.
That's all for now. Thanks for reading, and enjoy your day...!