Thank you all for your comments to my earlier blog postings. It's so nice to hear voices from home.
Just a quick update - I'm in Florence and don't have my keyboard with me, so typing is slower than I would like.
Florence is beautiful, but crowded, and very hot! It was 79 degrees at 11:00 last night, so I suspect that it reached mid 90's yesterday. And it's humid. Yikes! I chose yesterday to climb the 464 steps to the top of the bell tower. The view over the city was beautiful. I wonder if the people I was dropping sweat on as I leaned over the edge to look down thought it was raining!
Besides other sights, I sat on the Piazzale Michaelangelo and had a glass of wine while looking over the city (I saw quite a bit of the top of Florence), had dinner, and went to bed. I was exhausted. So here it is, Sunday morning, and I've had the first night of more than 4 hours of interrupted sleep I've had in two weeks! No bells, no snoring, no talking, and no bathroom light in my eyes! 7 hours of sleep - a luxury! I would stay in bed longer, but I have to go see Michaeangelo's David soon. This is a hard life!
To answer some of your questions, no Jess, unfortunately I can't take pictures of the site or the bones. We'll have to make do with the pictures that are on the Field School site for now. I'll see if I can get some loaded to Picasa soon. No, Manny, Shelby cannot have any of the bones I find. She'll have to stick with the boring old animal variety. Dr. Bouton, you were right about the bug bites! I have more mosquito bites than I can count. I've been resisting the bug spray, but I'm going to have to give in - I look like a pink-spotted leopard! As for the hangover, so far, no problem there. I can't even imagine working on this heat with a hangover! Jim, I'm sure Georgia IS like another country! Aren't you glad we live in the country of Californa?
As for work, no real news there. We've removed up to 15 inches of soil from our site now. Unfortunately, I expect we have another 15 inches to go before we hit any burials. Hopefully we can speed up the process a little. One thin layer of dirt at a time takes a long Time, because after each layer is removed, the surface has to be cleaned (can you imagine cleaning dirt?), measurements have to be taken, and photos, before we can start to remove the next layer.
Dr. Larsen is gone now, but before he left, he gave a lecture to the townspeople about a project he had in Georgia and how it relates to the project we're doing in Badia Pozzeveri. They seemed to enjoy it, and are happy that we're here. One man brings us fresh fruit everyday!
That's all for now. It's time for breakfast. I didn't mean to write a book when I started this!
More later,
The Body Snatcher (thanks, Jess!)
Hi MB, Good to hear from you. Sounds like you're having a good time. Hope you find some bones before you have to leave. P.S. Use the bug spray. I'm having a problem with bites this year too. Between them and the hives(eggs this time), I'm always scratching. Other than that, we both well. My boomerang quilt won first place overall at the meet. Johnny was proud. Bye for now. Love, M
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