Summary: Hello from the Plain! The last few weeks have flown by in a whirl of assessments and cushions, so this is just a quick update prior to the Postcard, which was recorded back in April. <br> <br> <a href="http://www.woolsack.org/">Woolsack</a> Update <br> <br> The first two Listener Cushions are now assembled and stuffed and ready to make their way to London. Thank you all so much! <br> The first cushion I think is made from a lot of Rowan British Breeds, and includes a square made in the US on the front.... <br> <br> <br> <br> and squares made in Australia on the back... <br> <br> The second cushion also has some "Made in Oz" squares, this time on the front.... <br> <br> <br> Thanks to all the listeners who contributed! <br> <br> A Postcard from Oxford <br> <br> The music in this postcard is from the album The Oxford Ramble and is used with the kind permission of <a href="http://www.magpielane.co.uk/">Magpie Lane</a> . <br> <br> Some photos from the day: <br> <br> Magdalen Tower <br> <br> <br> Inside Darn It & Stitch<br> <br> <br> <br> The dinosaur in a badly-knitted Fair Isle sweater (aka Keble College) <br> <br> <br> Another dinosaur - real this time! <br> <br> <br> Looking down into the Pitt Rivers - it looks a lot darker than this in real life! <br> <br> <br> The Shrunken Heads in the Pitt Rivers <br> <br> The Radcliffe Camera <br> <br> The Bodleian Library <br> <br> <br> Links <br> <br> <br> Magpie Lane <a href="http://www.magpielane.co.uk/">http://www.magpielane.co.uk/</a> <br> <br> <br> <br> May Morning <a href="http://www.oxford.gov.uk/PageRender/decVanilla/MayMorninginOxford.htm">http://www.oxford.gov.uk/PageRender/decVanilla/MayMorninginOxford.htm</a> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Magdalen Tower <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdalen_Tower">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdalen_Tower</a> <br> <br> <br> <br> Botanical Gardens <a href="http://www.botanic-garden.ox.ac.uk/">http://www.botanic-garden.ox.ac.uk/</a> <br> <br> <br> <br> The Grand Cafe <a href="http://www.thegrandcafe.co.uk/">http://www.thegrandcafe.co.uk/</a> ;<br> <br> <br> <br> Darn It and Stitch <a href="http://www.darnitandstitch.com/">http://www.darnitandstitch.com/</a> ;<br> <br> <br> Oxford Kitchen Yarns <a href="http://www.oxfordkitchenyarns.com/shop/">http://www.oxfordkitchenyarns.com/shop/</a> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Morse <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inspector_Morse">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inspector_Morse</a> ;<br> <br> <br> <br> Lewis <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergeant_Lewis">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergeant_Lewis</a> ;<br> <br> <br> <br> Oxford University Museum of Natural <br> History <a href="http://www.oum.ox.ac.uk/">http://www.oum.ox.ac.uk/</a> ; <br> <br> <br> <br> Pitt Rivers Museum <a href="http://www.prm.ox.ac.uk/">http://www.prm.ox.ac.uk/</a> ;<br> <br> <br> <br> Shrunken heads <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrunken_head/">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrunken_head/</a> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Bodleian Library <a href="http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/bodley">http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/bodley</a> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> John Hampden <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hampden">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hampden</a> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Christchurch <a href="http://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/">http://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/</a> ; <br> <br> <br> <br> Dr Fell <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fell_(bishop)">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fell_(bishop)</a> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Howard Goodall <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Goodall">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Goodall</a> ;<br> <br> <br> <br> Ashmolean Museum <a href="http://www.ashmolean.org/">http://ww</a>
