Well, it was fun to see the archaeologist-lady at the museum and she was very kind to me, despite the fact that I'd basically brought in a bunch of tat. She wasn't patronising at all and looked at all my little finds with care and interest. I did actually have something as old as I'd hoped, even if it wasn't the actual object I was counting on!

( What has it got in it's pocketses? )

storyfootprints made me smile by tagging me thus:Pick 10 people and give them the "you make my day" award in no particular order. If you're picked, you are charged with picking 10 of your own (unless you've already done it).

This was hard, everyone on my flist is lovely. I just hope that I make these ten people as happy as storyfootprints made me and that no one else feels too ( Read more... )

The ever-lovely slightlytookish asked me about these seven interests. It's a bit tl;dr but there are some lovely photographs beneath the cut, as well as some songs for you to download! And surely you want to find out all about:

19th century magic tricks
americana
bonnie 'prince' billy
crazy boromir
metal detecting
sea shanties
sol star

( seven interests meme )

It's 12.30 and I'm desperately trying to make tapes to play in the car because my MP3 player died. I'd forgotten how parent-friendly Nick Cave could be. On the bus home from work I was lost and forlorn (due to state of aforementioned audio equipment) and so I picked up The Metro newspaper from the seat next to me. When I got to the cartoons page I ( Read more... )

I saw this on found_objects and it really made me laugh.

Oh woe, I am going on holiday to Cornwall for two weeks on Friday two weeks? How am I going to cope without livejournal? and probably won't be able to access the internet at all, I will, therefore, have nothing to do but read and draw and maybe write...so if anyone would like a drabble or some kind of ( Read more... )