Heather Dales' "The Maiden and the Selkie" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hG5vJv0OEQ)

"..long have I loved you, as a selkie on the phone"

After three trains, one plane and a tram, I arrived at Pierrelatte station at about half six on Thursday evening. About two minutes after sitting down outside the station, wondering how I would recognise my contact for the placement, Caroline, she drove up, waved, and took me shopping, and then to the studio flat I'll be staying in for the next ( Read more... )

So, I have a tree in my garden that looks to me like it *might* be a plum tree.

It has yellowy-green, not-quite-ripe fruit on it that look and smell like plums.
It has reddy-brown bark and pointed-oval leaves around two inches long, with serrated edges.

( There are pictures under the cut. )

Having had rather a long and dull day in the lab (at least I can crochet between pressing buttons/opening a furnace door every 3.5 minutes.....) I got back to the office and found the following on my laptop keyboard...

( Cut for being a picture, perfectly safe for work etc.! )

Yesterday morning I woke up feeling tired... not because I’d slept badly, but because I’d had some really tiring dreams.  Is it just me who gets that?!

Aaanyway, they were both based around the coast; I’ve not been near the coast/watched/read anything involving the sea for a while.  I’m blaming Talis, as I’d had her Still Catch The Tide in my ( Read more... )

I have this Friday off, and plan to be in Cambridge for the Beer Festival... I have floorspace/accommodation sorted for Friday night, but can anyone offer me somewhere to stay the Saturday night?

Also, who's likely to be around when for more general meeting-up purposes?

Eh, it has been a hectic few weeks!

Canada was good, after the first day and a bit.  I got to Montreal, with a migraine that had developed on the plane, to discover that my bag was still in Amsterdam.  This does not make me happy.  The weather was grey and miserable, and so, it seemed, was Montreal.

The bag turned up at 10pm-ish the next day... so ( Read more... )

1x small section of Maelstrom attended
2x bags packed for Canada

16 hours until I head off

It'll be the furthest I've flown alone/unmet at t'other end, and the first time I've spoken at an international conference, so, arghhh!

Ahem.

I should have internet access whilst I'm t'other side of the pond!

So, I finally decided that I've made enough scarves and need to try something different crochet-wise. Small toys are clearly the way forward! (Ahem)

( Pics under the cut )

It's a friend's birthday today, so I made ( Cake )