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Arrived home 29 June hoping to catch up on mail etc and in doing so discovered a note from the BSMGP, organisers of the 2 day conference at the end of the month - Aspects of 20th Century Glass, that they require the digital images for each talk by 10 July - since I am due to leave 6 July for another week's long filming - this means that I have 6 days in which to write the lecture I'm giving on Brangwyn's stained glass, plus learn a completely new programme, never having given a digital lecture previously! Plus catch up, rid the house of encroaching spiders, attempt some sort of gardening, and prepare for the next PP - thoughts of re-reading June Osborne's book on Piper's stained glass faded into insignificance. Somehow, by dint of working until about 9pm each evening all deeds were accomplished, together with a batch of raspberry jam (our own fruit), and invitations to a 180 NOT OUT! bash in August to celebrate the 90th birthdays of my mother and father in law.
Unfortunately it does mean that I am not feeling as refreshed as I should do for this next week, and Charles is similarly hard pressed and somewhat exhausted having had Jobear Webb staying all week working on the Charlotte Bach film (see http://www.charlottebach.org