An hour of render, times eight

6.15am Sunday

 This was my Sunday, hour by hour, rendering the east wall.

7am - the sun rises

8am - struggling with render quality - three distinct batches on one panel but the last one is good

9am - on a good batch of render and sailing along - stopped for brekkie until 10am

11am

12 noon.  This panel looks more finished than it is - the mud is just slapped on.

1pm.  Tiring now. This looks the same, but I've squished the mud into the wall more thoroughly, smoothed it and cleaned around the rocks and the woodwork.  I've trimmed the straw on the final panel and started slapping mud onto the section over the window.

2pm.  Nearly there!  A frustrating, hungry hour in which the render would not stick to the wall.  Mix after mix slumped off.  Then lovely gentle warm rain started falling and I persevered, but I'm not sure the mix ever really did stick to the wall. Maybe it will still be there next week, maybe not.

2.40pm.  Finished and cleaned up.

Lovely Sunday.