Tuesday 15 Dec

The first thing i checked this morning was the weather! Not as bad as yesterday, but still overcast..after a quick cup of coffee it was straight to Ratanda to pick up the last of the forms from that area. We met with Eunice who owns a little shop in Ratanda selling vetkoek and such to the public,we spent some time chatting to her about her business ideas and giving her some new ones, all we had left to do in Ratanda after we'd taken her forms was to get the contact details of 50 disabled crafters. Thankfully we had a load of help finding them, so, while we waited for the contact sheet we relaxed, chatting about random stuff, like how artists from earlier years had lived.. a location can be surprisingly peaceful when you take time to notice. We got the contact sheet and met some of the disabled guys from their office, our list of disabled crafters ranged from paraplegic leather workers to blind people who can sew ( dangerous much?). On our way through to Norwood, the weather now warm and sunny, what had started out as a relaxing day quickly changed as we hit traffic. Joy. We waited several long, uncomfortable moments until we realised it was a roadblock further down! When we finally reached the police cars stationed on either side of the road (which took forever by the way) we where pulled over and asked for the relevant documents, licences etc. We where let go pretty easily though and they continued doing their thing. Finally we arrived at Spark Gallery , we'd given Gordon our catering duties for the day and he seemed to have had a bad time about it! 45 Minutes of trying to explain a lunch order to a clueless cashier can bring out the worst in a person. =) In the end though everyone was fed and the workshops last session for the year was going really well! we wrapped up after a chat with Gordon about next years classes, starting on the 5 Jan and said goodbye to the guys and girls that where there.. tomorrow is a public holiday (Yay!) but if theres anything worth writing about you'll be the first to know!