I have carved a head for 'Pierrot' this week.  This may seem an extravagance, to carve a trial head for a figure, but when fitting it into a socket I think it is worth it.  Also, I think it looks too small - although it is exactly the right size - I may make the final head slightly larger.
It rained this week for a day and a half - the first in 6 weeks - and they call this winter??

We went to Xativa yesterday with some friends where there is a fantastic castle on a mountain ridge, built by the Moors and the Romans; we also saw an aqueduct built by the Moors, all of the pipes bored through the rocks, maybe 1,000 years ago and still in working order - And yet our motorway bridges are falling to bits - We seem to have lost something somewhere!!
Already I am planning our trip home - how time has flown - the work I had so much time to do now seems pressing.  I hope the almond orchards will flower before we go.
I am thinking of doing a teaching tour of Canada and the Northern States in 2013.  If anyone is interested please let me know.
Best wishes
Ian