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For those addicted to Piled Higher and Deeper, the author is doing a tour of a bunch of east coast aussie Unis in September this year. Unfortunately (for us) so far he isn't coming to Adelaide, is speaking in Sydney, Canberra (ANU Sept 11) and Melbourne when we are in the middle of shipping off packed stuff and final cleaning and removal, and is in Queensland when we are in Melbourne and flying back to NZ.
Sigh...
But sounds really good for those who can make it in other centers.

Pluses and minuses

Minor grumps:

It is that time of the month for the drill-here headache. Not huge scale or particularly incapacitating (ie definitely not in the migraine category), just annoying - if I get sore enough to take Z up on his flint tool trepaning offer then you know it is serious.

Wandered to Gaganis Bros for the usual honey and real cocoa supplies and cause I needed sugar, picked some up there. Silly move as I could have paid a third of the price for half the quantity (we don't need that much) at the local supermarket. Will just have to try to use it up with Pumpkin pie, ginger and date cookies and spiced lemon cordial (those are probably not really minuses...).

Pluses:

3rd seam on the blackworked chemise is done:)
( Photo under here and some comments on the chemise )

And more photos can be found here onwards.

On the oilskin hood and cloak front, 1 set done and posted, 2 hoods cut out and machined - need the hand finishing on seams etc. 2 cloaks cut out but waiting on me biting the bullet and deciding on necklines etc, then should be about an hour all up (excluding breaks for swearing at the stapler) to machine and finish. And another order for a cloak and hood arrived today.

And then there is the blacksmithing workshop at our place this weekend.

Not a bad lineup.