Ainay le Vieil

a fairy tale castle with wonderful Russian dance groups

llama walking in local paper

enlarge the sideways picture to read all about our friend Robert and the llamas in our local paper. Picture shows us en famille, walking the llamas in their field.

Face Painting

Besides making the circular hangings (in background of picture) Kaspa was a dab hand with face paints

Afternoon at Pirot Lake

After a morning making circular wall hangings with Kaspa we all went to Pirot lake for a picnic. The lake was idyllic, quiet and peaceful. It is deeply burried in Troncais forest, a wonderful space for relaxing and picnicing. Second picture - homeward preparations at the end of a full day.

Souvigny Medieval Festival

visited the annual medieval festival at Souvigny. Highlight was an amazing performance by Luc Arbogast do click here to watch a performance of his trecorded last year and posted on u-tube. This one shows how he changes pitch mid-song. It was quite the most powerful music I've heard in a long time

Listening to the Other

Just when I thought I'd got the Guilt book off my hands, an email arrives third morning with the latest version of Listening to the Other from the copy editor. A joy to edit after the last experence as this time the changes are clearly visible thanks to word's tracking facility being turned on. Fantastic! A deadline of the end of the month should be possible, but Other Centred Therapy hits the back burner again. So much for writing three books in a year!

A little visitor

Alena went to wash her brushes in the sink and found a little visitor. This baby dormouse couldn't believe his luck when we rescued him in an old bran flakes box (which still had a few flakes in it). Afterwards he became my friend for life, finding a way in through the drain hole to visit me in the kitchen! So adorable - I felt very mean shooing him out again.