living room 30 March 2008

I am preparing for the Artweeks in early May. We have removed the carpets in the dining and living rooms to prevent them getting dirty, when the visitors arrive. This shows the wooden floor and makes it look like an exhibition area. We sanded the wood floor twice then we applied a coat of varnish. After waiting three hours then applied a second coat of varnish. It looks great, especially during the day, when the sun reflects through the window.

Easter Bonnet‏

I made an adorable bunny hat, because Easter's a perfect time for Patchy to show off his fashionable Easter bonnet!! He is very good natured to let me dress him up & photgraph him.

Daffodil

I live in big garden and many Daffodil, A very popular spring flower. It is prolific and very bright and colourful. They grow in big clumps, a few flowers there are many of them all in a large group. A famous Englsih poet wrote about "A Host of Golden daffodils". Wordsworth. I cut some daffodils from the garden and brought them into the house. They look good indoors.

Training for Almshouse

Today was the training for the almshouse tour. It was nice to meet up with Serena and John as we are long term friends. It is always pleasant to see them again. Laura was the Education Officer and she explained the history of the almshouses; What is it in the almshouse and how they were used as long ago as the 18th century. It was good to understand how people lived and it was like walking into another person's home. I found the training very interesting and instructive. It will certainly be of use in the future for my workshops within the Geffrye Museum.


After the training , Serena, John and I felt hungry; We walked along the road to look for a suitable place to have lunch. We found a nice cafe serving organic food. Over a pleasant freshly prepared meal we chatted. It was good to talk to my friends.