Wallcon '09: Friday

Friday-KeepOut
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I've loaded the first set of photos from the Hadrian's Wall trip -- Friday, covering the walk from Steel Rig to Housesteads, and the Roman Banquet. Here we see the modern form of Defence Against the Barbarians: a 'Keep Out' sign.

2009/38: The Eagle of the Ninth -- Rosemary Sutcliff

The Eagle of the Ninth -- Rosemary Sutcliff

Behind them, in the bare swaying branches of the wild pear-tree, a blackbird with a crocus-coloured bill burst into song, and the wind caught and tossed the shining notes down to them in a shower. They turned together to look up at the singer, swaying against the cold blown blue of the sky. Marcus narrowed his eyes into the thin dazzle of sunlight and whistled back, and the blackbird, bowing and swaying on the wind-blown branch, seemed to be answering him. Then a cloud came sailing across the sun, and the bright world was quenched in shadow. (p.283)

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