What are we going to find between the pages of these weighty tomes? Something we put there seven weeks ago, you might remember . . . Ba is almost overwhelmed by her mounting anxiety.
She's rather disappointed that they've become so pale, after being such a lovely yellow when they were fresh.
[And yes, that is the Bard's face on the cover of the big red volume. Have you seen the hilarious, yet very clever Upstart Crow, by the way? Alice adores it. Of course.]
On a closer look Ba admits that all the same, they are still very pretty indeed.
Then ensued lots of careful work by our long-suffering helper, who has nimble fingers, but still found the delicate petals wouldn't stay put, and tended to float off as though with a mind of their own.
This is the second attempt to create a pleasing collage. Although Alice admits it's not ideal, and doesn't satisfy her usual perfectionism, it's the best we could manage and will just have to do.
[Click the photos, do, for larger images.]
I suggested maybe we should try again with a fresh bloom, and go straight to lamination, without the pressing?
Alice just grunted.
