summery smiles

James and I went for a wee walk round the park by our flat yesterday and the graveyard looked so beautiful in the shade beneath the trees. colour EVERYWHERE and i found a big pinecone and a HUGE pinecone and we saw a bird of prey. 

using the sun to forget about constant employment rejection and lack of funds.

cocks, sea squirts and bits of my head.

went to london with the uni this weekend just passed. we had two and a half days to cram as much into our "cultural exploration" as we could. there was no itinerary for us so we got to do our own thing. it was pretty great. sore on the feet. it was definitely an excuse for a couple of our tutors to get away from their families and get drunk and see a west end show or a thrash band. james and i were super organised and managed to see 90% of the stuff we wanted. we spent the weekend a lot less hungover than our classmates but our feet were probably equally as delicate as their heads and stomachs on the train ride home. it was quite nice not being the photographer for this adventure cos it means we now have loads of photos of bits of my head with bits of london landmarks (bit of an evolution from charlotte's and my london adventure) we saw matisse's cut outs and textiles by dali and picasso and miro and we saw a big blue cockerel in trafalgar square and the moomin shop and we watched eurovision on an iphone and we went to the science museum and zoology museum and the ICA and i bought a cheese slicer for a pound at bermondsey market! 

mermaid butt for mum.

me with big ben!

the tate modern.

THE FIRST EVER PHOTO OF EARTH FROM SPACE. so cool, i almost cried.

designs of spacecrafts that some ended up being used in movies and stuff. we are not in space in this photo...

i am also NOT in space in this photo.

a spacerocket butt.

DNA YO!

yello car.

actual human nerves laid out on a table and varnished. dreamy!

and then we went to the grant museum of zoology, the greatest place on earth.

it was so busy compared to last time... people were congregating around the jar of moles it was so annoying.

GROW UP!

i basically exploded when i saw this bit. floor to ceiling with TINY SPECIMENS and they gave you a wee magnifying glass oh boy it was so COOL!

THIS WEE DUDE!

me and an elephant skull.

me at kings cross before we went home.

there's never enough time to do it all.