OFF ON HOLS!

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DOING DOING DOING

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Best fun ever!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU

Hope you have a really special day, special girlie!

RAINBOW

Downpour one minute, brilliant sunshine the next, certainly makes for some beautiful skies!

MOORE

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Another amazing exhibition is the Henry Moore at the Tate, eight rooms of wonderful sensuality and tactility, I don't think there was a right angle within sight to interfere with the heady abundance of curves. I admit it was so incredibly hard to restrain myself from touching the sculptures that I just could not resist a figurative touch - a surreptitious, if blurry, photo (below) - just please don't tell them ;p It was also fascinating to see the different materials Moore used from green Hornton stone to ebony, lead, plaster, bronze and elm. I left the exhibition with a certain dizzy feeling but one of nourished contentment.

SKIN

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The Wellcome Collection is, in my opinion, one of London's secret gems, a very much underrated venue for intriguing and fascinating exhibitions. Like the current 'Skin' exhibition, for example. It explores what our skin is, what it does, how it does it, and what happens when things go a bit awry. It's amazing, go see!

"Skin is alive. Knowledge of who we are begins at the body's surface .. the sense of touch, and especially touching others, is a voluntary way to build evidence, to distinguish sensations from emotions, to guide medical examination, or simply to take care of ourselves."

SHOOTING STARS

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11.30 p.m. last night, in the garden, wrapped in scarf, hat and blanket, watching the Perseids meteor shower, and sometimes getting confused by the big, flashy-multi-coloured ones (ahem, 'planes) but well worth it!

NEW TEAM ON THE BLOCK

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Finalement! The photo (I am sure) you've all been waiting for! Mirco in his new stripey rugby colours! Over the summer, Stade had a clear out and Mirco was one of the players who made their exodus to the other Parisian team. Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to introduce - fanfare - : Le Racing-Métro 92. As one star wanes another one rises; this new team happen to be higher in the Top14 table than Stade and they will also be playing in the H-Cup this year, whereas Stade have been relegated to an obscure thing called the Amlin Challenge Cup. No divided loyalties though - they are both Parisian teams and both have Bergamascos on the teamsheet ;p