Getting Plastered !!!!

Spent yesterday morning teaching my Wednesday ladies. Then Mark and his friend Bri helped me to move furniture and rearrange 3 rooms so Keith the plasterer can work his magic.....
Yesterday was one of those misty/chilly/penetratingly damp days of autumn when all you want to do is curl up in front of the telly and cuddle the dog. So that's just what I did. Fell asleep, and felt better for it.
This morning up early as Gordon has a days supply teaching. Keith arrived and as I write is going around the house repairing all the wrotten plaster and filling in the cracks etc. It's a lovely sunny day, still colder than of late, but much cheerier than yesterday.
I've been good and have had another go at the last canvas. I've used gilding wax over existing paint to bring out the texture, and have painted over the gold printed image I had set into the paint as I wasn't happy with the way it looked. When it dries will regild and perhaps write a single word on the bottom right of the canvas..... the great debate will then be what word? Imagine? Discover? Love? All of which have been used many times before.
Have just spent another hour on the third canvas..... it was looking a bit plonked !! So have worked over the whole picture again, adding different blacks and then black sand medium. Had a phone call this morning wondering if I might be available to go to Buxton in Derbyshire for 5pm today. They haven't been back to me,so am plodding on with samples and prep, better than housework any day.
Well it's now 4.18pm and no phone call..... and my turbo-powered broom stick is in for it's annual service, so even if they did call now there's no way I could get there in time.
Have finished my third canvas to my satisfaction, I haven't included a word as it didn't need anything else. I worked more TOUCH in three colours of black into the textured sand paint and then gilded it again, it looks sort of organic and I'd give it house room.
I now have some MDF blanks to decorate, haven't decided what medium to use yet, but probably torn paper, ink, TOUCH, Staz-on, and rubber stamps of course. I might even stain the wood with glass paint which looks really cool.
Keith the plasterer has done a great job on the inside and starts on the render outside tomorrow. Isn't it nice when a tradesman does a good job, and you wouldn't hesitate to recommend them, a rare thing when there are so many cowboys operating out there.
The samples are calling again.......