Thanks you two. We are having a few days of good sunshine at last, i thought it would never come. I just got in an enormous antique feng shui dragon pot, took five men to lift it onto the trolley, been busy positioning it all afternoon. It's very old but in tip top condition miraculously.
I spotted it on one of my hikes in a three house village garden. Believe it or not it was being used as a kiddies swimming pool, water pistols and all. I saved it and bought the kiddies a plastic one after much pleading and a little sweetener in the form of cash, a real bargain I must say. Its exactly one meter diameter inside and 77cm high. Beautiful green crackled glaze inside and a pair of lovely dragons swirling around the outside. They've had it three generations apparently. They thought too old fashioned already so let the kids use it. I can just imagine the size of the kiln they must have used to fire these things.
What a performance to get it up out of the village on a steep winding foot path. Took three days, I was very very tempted to call in the helicopter, then I realised it would've flattened the garden, one typhoon is enough in a month. Now its here today at last unscathed. Very proud. Going to put a lily in it and two very lucky goldfish.
Apparently they got it to the original village, according to the great grand mother anyway, on a fishing boat, but the small fishing village is long gone and grown over with big trees and vines. Sad, just a few gables and stone walls left.
Always making work for myself.
Life is one big project isn't it?