Concrete

The ancient and practical material of concrete, that mixture of cement, stone and sand, is many things to many projects and many people.
Concrete holds up our built-up world. It can span great rivers, reach great heights. Concrete can provide for a smooth journey in your automobile, and a smooth landing from the air.
Concrete is cheap, relatively speaking, versitile and usually gray.
It can also be a much needed surface on which to work, to create, to have a shop upon. Which is what a friend has in mind for the small slab poured yesterday.
A good friend of mine has helped me many times in the past to "pour concrete". He has helped "get it out of the truck", which is the hardest part of the entire process. That was my intention yesterday when I volunteered to help with the small slab project of yesterday. However, on thing does lead to another and the day was spent floating, and troweling, and waiting, and weather protecting, and waiting more.
The end result is a slab worthy of a pottery studio. Also a couple of very sore backs. Concrete is much work no matter what the job, but a long lasting and smooth and an almost perfect surface to create the art of pottery. And I'm glad it was yesterdays project.