Photos of the house

As promised I'm posting some pics of the house in France. The
cats are not allowed out here unless under supervision which means harnesses and leads. They don't think much of this and they spend a lot of time sitting in front of the windows looking hopefully at the pigeons. Camille is living on a diet of flies and chases them madly all over the house. As well as the house pics there are a couple of me doing the Race For Life in Cambridge last Sunday. It was a great day and we reckon that between us me and my mates Sam and Sandra have raised about £500. We are going to try to pick Nick up again this afternoon, hopefully he will be on the plane this time. Hope you like the house. We love it and think it is very French.

Widening my horizons

I've decided to make my blog wider and share our experiences in France where we are at present. My best news is that I am going back to Wadi Gawasis in December to do more work in the pottery. I'm really excited. Need to say Hi to Joey Ludbrook who has encouraged me to make my blog wider. Hi Jo how's it going? Jo makes fantastic cushions and I'm proud to have two on my sofa at home. We arrived in our lovely village Verfeil Sur Seye on Tuesday evening where it is hot and beautiful and everything was fine although a bit dusty. The cats were very good on the journey and Camille has settled in well with Amelie to show him the ropes. Nick John's son was supposed to arrive last night but so far he has managed to miss his flight twice so hopefully he will get here on Friday afternoon! There will be piccies so check back later.

Here are some of the bits drying in the sun. This is just a tiny fraction of what has been excavated in just a week's work. Erk. I'm glad Mr WJ is here to help.

Here I am sorting out some of the bits. As you can see there are quite a lot. Its hard to put pictures on the blog but I'll try to add some more soon.

Here is a 4000 year old bowl especially for Lettie, Milo, Sophie and of course Ari. We just found it isnt it amazing? Hope you like it.

Well, its been a hot and busy day with about a zillion buckets of bits of pot to look at. Here are some pictures to show what I've been up to. I've looked at lots of storage jars and bowls and Mr WJ has been learning how to draw some of the things we have found. For a rest at coffee time we can have a walk by the Red Sea. Its very pretty.

Arrived Safe

We arrived at Safaga last night and today I have begun my work on the pottery. It already looks very interesting and there are a lot of big jars and plates, all kinds of pots used for storing and transporting things and for cooking. The hole in the ground is already about 2 metres deep and I have spent all day washing the pottery which is very salty as it comes from right by the sea. Tomorrow we will begin to study and draw some of the broken bits. So far there is only one whole pot but it is amazing, about 4000 years old and it looks new. That's all for today.