June 2012b

Not much going on this fortnight really.

As usual, click on a photo to see it bigger.

Fri 22 Jun 2012

Jen enjoys the culmination of the past week or two of work preparing for her staff conference. She designed no less than 142 x A1 foamboard panels for the event, plus other printed materials. Here's a couple of her colleagues at the set up.

Sat 23 Jun 2012

Today we helped our aussie buddy Finnian move some furniture into his new digs. Here, his sweetie Mary is figuring out setting up the TV.

Mon 25 Jun 2012

Eva returns for the second part of her trip ... only, she's had such a fab time on the archaeological dig up north (for the past month, in the mud) she decides to change her flights and go digging for a further month. But she'll enjoy london while she's here for the next week.

Thu 28 Jun 2012

Steve meets Jen after work to help her measure up 72 panels worth of building-site hoardings, which Jen will be designing artwork for. Thanks Steve!

Sat 30 Jun 2012

So with another work week done, we took Eva into town to see firstly the British Library (next door to the amazing St Pancras station), and then on to the V&A museum.

So here are also just a few of the treasures in the V&A....

Above & below: Victorian spires of St Pancras Station.

Above: A rare sunny day in London - the central garden at the V&A museum

Above: Victorian painted plaster casts of original medieval sculpture.

 

Above: early christian / byzantine. Very impressed by the width of the body - it must meet up straight behind the wearer's elbow for the beginning of the sleeve. See the small width of the neck hole too (for an idea on proportion of the wearer). Interesting seam running across the belly too.

  

Sun 1 July 2012

This morning Jen collects a pretty carved antique corner chair she bought on ebay (can't seem to shake that ebay habit). Eva heads off back north. And in the evening, squire Alex visited for a few Knightly tips from Steve - enjoying at least one "Ah-ha" penny-dropping moment even though neither was in armour.