I jumped in & bought myself a cheap pottery wheel which actually doesn't do a bad job! Playing with mugs & handles....

Very happy to get back to pottery classes this week. Straight back on the wheel & a new technique to try - double walled pots! #pottery #ceramic

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Distant slightly fuzzy osprey shots from Lytchett Bay the other day. At least 4 of them putting on a great display. A lot of them migrating south through Poole Harbour at the moment so we’ll be heading out later to catch some more

Chillin' at Purbeck folk festival...

For #MSFriday this week, my experience of #MS & anti-virals: I tested +ve earlier this week & was prescribed paxlovid, but none to be found anywhere. Same story with the only alternative, molnupiravir🤷🏻‍♀️ Worrying situation for MS patients but luckily my symptoms haven’t been bad & I’m on the mend 🙂

We had a garden visitor! So excited to see a little hedgehog trundling along 🥰

Lovely to see the wildflower seeds I scattered a couple of years ago are coming into their own...

Good to be part of this group & great to meet in person this week! Looking forward to getting involved in more future projects - so important to have our voices valued by those influencing policy. ‘Nothing about us without us’ #MS

How’s your #MSFriday shaping up? I’m in recovery mode (ie quiet day pottering at home then feet up with wine….) after a trip to London for a @denpru-qm.bsky.social meeting. Great to meet the team in person & feeling positive about involvement in research projects ahead.

Squirrel walk on Brownsea Island

Recent #pottery fresh out of the kiln. So happy with how these came out 😊

Busy bees need a good night’s sleep….

Little friend in the garden. Made himself thoroughly at home on the bench....

I knew getting out in the sunshine helped my MS - looks like it’s more than a psychological boost 🌞 #MS www.scientificamerican.com/article/surp...

Been dithering over whether to buy a camper van for ages. This week we jumped in & got one a friend was selling. Enjoyed our first evening out in it, eating supper in the most gorgeous location!

Amazing what turns up when you start clearing out the garage 🤣🤣🤣

Now adding #MSlife for the new feed that just popped up. Life with MS is not all doom & gloom (but some of it is bloody difficult...)

Should have added the hashtags 🤣 #MSAwareness #MSConversations #MS

Back out in my happy place, paddle boarding by Brownsea Island This is what you can do when MS is playing nicely - grabbing every opportunity, use it or lose it! #MSAwarenessWeek

Over 150,000 of us in the UK live with MS but most people don't know anything about the disease or what life with MS is like. It's MS Awareness week, time to find out more & talk about MS.

Cat sitting for a very relaxed cat!

Wandering the streets of Valletta this morning…

My biggest throw to date, a mighty 2lber 💪 #pottery

Hope all my MSer friends have had a good #MSFriday? Got a new ‘do’ this morning & then had a strange energy boost & cycled up to the gym for a bit of exercise & a swim. Knackered now of course, but not long til wine o’clock 🍷

The kiln gods have been kind this week! I now have a selection of cute little bottles & pots to find homes for #pottery

Lovely day at the Dorset guild of weavers spinners & dyers. We watched the beautiful film ‘The Nettle Dress ‘ by Allan Brown www.nettledress.org I also picked up an award for a cardigan I dyed, spun & knitted #knitting 🧶

It's #MSFriday & I saw the neuro physio this morning - this resulted in a shopping trip..... Lots of work to do on strengthening & stretching 🏋️

Pottery class today was catching up on glazing & clearing some space on our teacher's 'bisque fired' shelf. Going for a wavy line motif in different glazes & application techniques. Looking forward to seeing how these come out, the colours should be quite different!

@shiftms.bsky.social has made the switch #MSFriday

Decided I needed my own maker’s mark for my pottery. Modelled it in clay & then cast in plaster.

3 weeks back at pottery class & happy with my little stash. Spent this morning turning & trimming the prev 2 wks work, & adding a couple of handles. #wheelthrownpottery

More #pottery from before Xmas, some now gifted. Disappointed with the drippy glaze on the white bowl, it rather spoilt my carefully drawn wax resist arts & crafts design. A lesson in taking time with glaze application & not rushing it at the last minute!

Great start to my #pottery year - after watching throwdown on Sunday, teacher suggested we try bottles! They're pretty small & slightly odd shapes but v pleased with my first attempt. Only one dud which I was able to rescue & turn into a mug.

Great to see they're keeping all the old traditions alive in Salisbury.....

Happy Christmas everyone!

Just realised it's #MSFriday Been on fab pre-Xmas break in Mousehole, travelled home today & dropped in to a busy waitrose to do some shopping. Absolutely exhausting, was talking gibberish by the time we left 🤣

Stormy morning in Mousehole...

This can’t be repeated enough. MS is never inactive/not there. It is always vandalising our brains whether it is detectable by current methods or not. This is the reason to treat it with a highly effective DMT and the full court press of lifestyle interventions as soon as poss.

Wonderful to have a pre-xmas break in Mousehole. The lights are magical

Happy #MSFriday to all my fellow MSers out there! This week’s been quieter - trying to do some xmas prep but not dash about overdoing it as usual! We’re having a quick pre-xmas break in cornwall next week so looking forward to chilling out & enjoying the Mousehole lights.

Blimey it’s #MSFriday again already! Not sure where the week’s gone, weekend in Brighton, pilates, walk with friends, pottery class, MS neuro appt….. No wonder I was feeling the fatigue by yesterday afternoon, I never learn! Gentle couple of days coming up, then start again…. How’s your week been?

Very pleased with this little cuerda seca mug I picked up from the pottery studio this morning. My 2nd piece using the technique, think I'll do some more...

Look who's here.... #MS

Sunday morning with my grandcat 😺

Well that blew away the cobwebs! Sussex Downs & Ditchling beacon in glorious winter sunlight....

#MSFriday ; I'm visiting son in Brighton. About to walk on Ditchling beacon, there will be pics......

So apparently I’ve been followed by Elon Musk’s mum 🤣. She must be really interested in crafts & MS…🤔