Getting ready

 We have a problem at Hepworth Towers neatly summarised by one of our ‘kids’ this way: “Every horizontal surface is full of stuff that Dave had made and every vertical surface is covered by Sue’s paintings.”

This means that getting ready for an exhibition doesn’t just consist of cleaning and baking, it’s also about clearing spaces, which means the bedrooms are becoming full of stuff.

But downstairs is looking lovely! Well, it will be when Dave has cleared his piles of books from the floor in the sitting room.

Dave complained this morning that I never wipe the kitchen surfaces properly and that if he died (and so would not be here to clean them properly) they would build up layers of particles of food and look like a social services horror video. He does like to exaggerate…this morning it was a few sugar crystals from the lemon curd I made yesterday.

I replied that if I died the house would look like one of those houses where people had to make corridors through piled up junk.

“No, the house would be a series of workshops - one for stained glass, one for woodwork…one for ancestry research, one for storing my tools, one for…and I’d get rid of the cooker and install a giant fridge just for yoghurt.”

Whatever.

The paintings are now hung and I have to write an information sheet and bake the cakes. The cards for sale are all laid out. All the profits from those will go to Medical Aid for Palestinians.

I’m getting excited. It won’t be like last time when people sat out in the garden and chatted with strangers after viewing the paintings, because it won’t be warm. But I am looking forward to it. It’s Saturday and Sunday afternoons and if you’re a regular blog reader and you’d like to come, get in touch. One blog reader from another county has already said she’s coming, which is exciting for me as I have never met her.

I still have an account on Twitter (though I intend to leave) so you could direct message me for directions. Or you could send me a message on Instagram. I don’t like putting my email address online. Do come!