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  • Still positive, birthday bash has been cancelled due to others in my family either getting the cold or also getting COVID.

    Boring weekend incoming

  • learning and practicing how to use watercolour has commenced , I'm painting in the colouring book , title page in wash is my start :)

    • Nice. Watercolour is fine but tricky.

      • oh boy, I'm used to nice pointy brushes and tried the flat ones, so hard to do detail with flat brushes. I think I will go back to pointy.

  • Is this an urn 🏺and why is it in the food section?

    • Here's my real life roman one.

      Gramps bought it from a market stall in Africa WW2.

      One of my favourite things to look at.

      Interesting thing about it is the slight angle of the top bit (rim / throat?)

      Also looks like it was made in two bits.

    • That's a small amphora meant for household and table use. You can tell by the size of the handles and the base to stand on. The really really large ones for transport and storage have a pointed base and wider mouths.

      ( I used to collect museum replicas of Greek antiquities. ) Most of the big decorative urns you see in collections are funerary urns , big urns to bury bones in.

    • I think it's a roman orgy wine vase. e: seeing the other reply I'm not far off.

    • @CEOofmyhouse56 @Seagoon It's apparently an amphora, which was apparently a type of container/vase used to transport wine and food.

      Here's what Wikipedia has to say about 'em:

      "Amphorae were used in vast numbers for the transport and storage of various products, both liquid and dry, but mostly for wine. They are most often ceramic, but examples in metals and other materials have been found. Versions of the amphorae were one of many shapes used in Ancient Greek vase painting."

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphora

      Now I want one, haha

      • That makes alot more sense. Interesting that they went with a amphora and not an actual bottle of wine. 🍾 will have to do for now.

  • sorting books, getting rid of all the art books I have read and aren't good, the little down to earth watercolour handbook without flashy glossy colour pics is the most useful. Will keep that one.

    Found note books full of memos, I no longer remember what they are even about. Shredded and tossed.

    All that daiso paper and ink, easily and cheaply replaced.

  • Went to check out my local Anytime today. Was very small and apartment gym like. They only had one PT that worked there as well. Their machines were decent though.

    Council gym is the same price plus you get access to the pool and classes. But it isn't 24 hours and doesn't have the option to go to any club, which I'm not sure I'll need anyway. This gym also gives you a personalised program and when I went there, they seemed pretty friendly.

    I'm thinking the council gym?

    Also scheduled a psych appt and could only get one for a month from now.

    And I'm waiting to hear if my uni will give me extensions for my assignments because rotting in bed for three weeks has made it really difficult to do anything.

    • After trying a bunch of local gyms, ended up signing up for the council one. Equipment gets fixed quickly. Staff always on hand. Very clean and modern. No dickheads and show offs.

      Even had a staff member tell some 'influencer' that recording is not allowed without the consent of everyone else around.

    • I always like the option of a 24 hour gym, but in reality I'm never there outside of the "regular" hours (except maybe early evening Saturdays). Pool and classes would tip me over the edge until the rate is crazy high.

      Good on you for getting the pysch appt booked!

  • So before the power potentially carks it..

    Behold the Baguette of misfortune

    There was post recently on the site that won't be mentioned about RR. That didn't look very good whatever that roll was. But I still maintain their chips are up there.

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