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The nice church where we had our union meeting. To strike or not to strike - WWJD?

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Today, I was the only person in the studio for a large part of the day. So it was just me and MY music - bliss!

Something wonderful happened today, but I didn't capture it on camera - I got a phone call from our solicitor this morning, and a very nice lady has offered the full asking price for our flat! The survey will be done tomorrow, and if that goes ok, we can consider it sold - hallelujah!

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One of my favourite tools - a cutsey little measuring tape I bought in Toronto. For some reason, everyone is always borrowing it!

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More work - Giordana taking the spine off of a lovely early 18th Century book

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I'm sorry - this week I took a lot of work photos. Here, I'm trimming down heat-set tissue after applying it to very brittle paper to make it safe for microfilming. Perfect mindless work for a Monday morning!

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Work Christmas do at the Voodoo rooms. I'm afraid there was dancing. To the Macarena. Oh, the shame. But that's what work Christmas do's are for, I suppose...

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This is my very last wet press book. I have treated 83 of these, at 600 pages each - that's 49,800 pages! It only took me 27 months!

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This is an amazing object - a sheet of parchment has been cut with scissors into bible verses and decoration. It's unbelievably ornate and detailed. Lucky Giordana gets to conserve it!

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Today Gordon and I spent the day de-installing the Heroes exhibition at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.

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Kiki has a Playmobile advent calendar at work. Every morning we're greeted by Playmobile cuteness.

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My first photo on my new toy - a secondhand BlackBerry Pearl. I love it - shame the camera is a bit crap! Sally was kind enough to pose - she's a very mysterious lady.

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Team meeting at our remote bindery. We had to use the visitor's mugs, and this was the one I ended up with - love it!

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Finally back at work. This is my favouritest tool in the whole world - a brass boxmaking square given to me by a friend as a wedding present.

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A library user was caught today WRITING IN THE LIBRARY BOOKS. Who the hell does this?! Thank goodness he was kind enough to use pencil, and I spent the entire afternoon erasing his scribblings.

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The very generous gift card I got as thanks for doing some training for local law librarians at work. No, thank YOU, librarians!

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Applying cyclododecan to water-soluble inks in a ledger book before washing.

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Training on a Saturday!! Knife sharpening/leather paring workshop in Dunblane.

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This is what water looks like after washing very acidic paper. The professional term is 'pee water'.

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My new camera does some sweet macro.

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Kiki, Sally, and I bought Giordana orchids for her birthday.