it's all roses

Rose gardens are in full bloom in Squares all over London.

We recently popped into Queen Square for a lovin' noseful. This one was the winner:

deep thoughts

Caught in thought.

I've actually been deep in my head the last couple months, trying to nail down my changing PhD topic. Stay tuned now... and tune in later -- I may be starting a research field blog soon.

clever addition

I found this playful intervention today, just south of Central Saint Martins.

puzzled

Remember this?

That's the puzzle we started on Christmas day. It's finally done! Well, almost...


Four long months (and 1499 pieces) later we are missing ONE piece. This is excruciating. So was the puzzle. Take a moment to look at just how crazy these pieces are:


I have a feeling that the puzzle will remain under our table cloth until we move or find that piece, whichever happens first.

mecklenburgh square

As mentioned, we have access to a key-holder garden in front of our building. Mecklenburgh Square has been a real treat this spring.

The Square has incredible mature trees, barbeque pits, playgrounds, song birds, a tennis court, and lovely gardens.

The weather has been amazing recently and we've been spending lots of time in the Square. Sometimes we bring our morning coffee down there and we tend to hold picnics on Fridays in the late afternoon sun.