Woke this am to a dusting of snow which promptly melted.The heat is not helping the paintings. I saw a big painting against the wall of the Cafe des forcats actually staining the church wall. Some parts of the ice substructure are not freezing as quickly as others. Yesterday Erik, Jaz and Jeff climbed up the scaffolding to close off the sunbeam drilling away at the paintings.



Last night I woke up in a panic, remembering Art’s email instructions sent the day before. He warned us to check for leaks in certain places, for fear of a big melt down. This AM discovery: sure enough, a valve had been accidentally shut off! Turned it back on and the temperature on the plates went down almost immediately. Whew!

Jaz has the fever-flu going around; he’s been suffering in silence, finally we forced him to stay home so he can be strong when the crunch is on.



Al is our latest crew member and he sees everything as if for the first time, even as we walk past too quickly. We've all contributed to the photos posted on the blog!! Here's one from Jeff, taken on one of the walks to Fenestrelle from Mentoulles.



Tonite: the Opening of BC Canada House, time to press the flesh, pass out invitations. Patrick & I are both tired, happy to be doing nothing on the bus for a couple of hours. It’s Sunday and the sunshine feels blessed out the window. Smog alert; it’s eerie how few cars are on the road. The sky is blue.